Weekly review: Week ending September 16, 2011
Posted on September 18th, 2011 by Sacha Chua
This week felt slower than normal. Looking back, though, I can see that it was pretty packed. My sense of time is a little off, I guess. School has started, so we’ve been helping J- with her homework. Between that and going to work more often so that I can pair program or go to meetings, things have been busy.
Plans from last week
- Work
[X]Put together and give IBM Drupal Users Group presentation on Source code and configuration management[X]Implement more features for project T[X]Follow up on project I[-]Prototype some more for project O- Revised IBM comic
- Gave project C tips on finding Ruby on Rails people
- Tried out Maxivista for extending my Windows desktop onto my second laptop; interesting, although a little quirky
- Tried out VirtuaWin for virtual desktops.
- Relationships
[X]Help with build class[X]Follow up on cat boarding- First study group: square roots, convex/concave shapes
- Life
[X]Get a massage[X]Prototype decision tracker in Org mode[X]Start putting together notes for myself- Built my first Teensy USB project
- Read lots of Kindle samples for one of our upcoming projects
- Tried out Tales of Monkey Island demo, considering getting game (hmm… time…)
Plans for next week
- Work
[ ]Test project T and develop more features[ ]Start on project O[ ]Follow up on project I
- Relationships
[ ]Help with build class[ ]Pack for the trip
- Life
[ ]Write backlog of blog posts for trip[ ]Delegate another two tasks[ ]Fix sleep analysis in my time tracker dashboard[ ]Draw
Time analysis
| Activity | This week | Last week | Delta | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! Discretionary | 43.0 | 52.1 | -9.1 | |
| ! Personal care | 16.5 | 14.8 | 1.8 | |
| ! Unpaid work | 15.5 | 10.2 | 5.3 | |
| A – Sleep | 52.5 | 58.7 | -6.2 | Stayed up later |
| A – Work | 40.5 | 32.2 | 8.3 | Regular work week |
| D – Break | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | Watching |
| D – Delegating | 0.1 | -0.1 | ||
| D – Drawing | 1.9 | 3.2 | -1.3 | Some sketching |
| D – Electronics | 2.0 | 2.0 | Moved my footswitch to the Teensy board! | |
| D – Personal | 0.8 | 12.3 | -11.5 | Less hacking |
| D – Reading | 2.9 | 5.5 | -2.6 | |
| D – Sewing | 1.6 | 1.6 | Made a cushion for the kitties | |
| D – Shopping | 3.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | Getting things for our trip |
| D – Social | 12.1 | 19.2 | -7.1 | Helping J- with homework |
| D – Volunteering | 3.5 | 3.5 | Build class | |
| D – Writing | 11.4 | 7.2 | 4.2 | Wrote a lot of posts! |
| P – Eating | 1.7 | 2.8 | -1.1 | |
| P – Exercise | 2.6 | 5.6 | -3.0 | |
| P – Routines | 12.2 | 6.3 | 5.9 | Prepping to go to work / coming back from work, staying up later |
| UW – Cooking | 4.0 | 3.1 | 0.9 | |
| UW – Tidying | 6.3 | 5.7 | 0.6 | |
| UW – Travel | 5.2 | 1.4 | 3.8 | Went to the office three times this week |
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