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Weekly review: Week ending February 22, 2013

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Accomplished this week

  • Business
    • Earn
      • E1: Tuesday and Thursday
    • Sketchnotes
      • [#C] Find videos of people sketchnoting, projected in real-time
      • Import Eva-Lotta Lamm’s sketchnotes
      • Sketchnote a book
    • Development
      • Find out why I’m getting gateway timeouts
      • Set up my Android development environment again
      • Fix UTF8 problems on my blog
    • Connect
      • Set up pair programming session with Avdi
      • Attend GenArtHackParty seminars
      • Quantified Self
        • Set up Quantified Self Toronto communication
        • Copy Quantified Self Toronto videos again
        • Post transcript for Arthur Gron’s talk
      • Pecha Kucha
        • Practise presentation
        • Send Vivien PechaKucha info
      • UK visa
        • Finish online application
        • Go to visa appointment
        • Get visa photo
      • Call to discuss details
    • Paperwork
      • File annual resolutions
      • File federal annual return
  • Relationships
    • Make Anki flashcards for Hacklab members and pictures
    • Set up tea party
    • Go to HackLab on Wednesday
  • Life
    • Write letters

Plans for next week

  • Business
    • [ ] Earn: Consulting – E1 – Thursday
    • [ ] Earn: Consulting – E1 – Tuesday
    • [ ] Sketchnote a book
    • [ ] Map some artist styles
    • [ ] Prepare for pair programming session – want to talk through Emacs configuration, tool setup
    • [ ] Talk to Avdi about his Emacs setup
    • [ ] Follow up with U
    • [ ] Draft talk
    • [ ] Sketch past talks?
  • Relationships
    • [ ] Drop by HackLab.to on Monday
    • [ ] Drop by HackLab.to on Wednesday
    • [ ] Drop by HackLab.to on Friday
    • [ ] Set up tea for Friday
    • [ ] Cook a lot of food
  • Life
    • [ ] Set up dentist appointment
    • [ ] Study for the Canadian citizenship test
    • [ ] Declutter

Time review

  • Business: 40.5 hours (E1: 15.0, Connect: 19.9, Drawing: 2.1, Coding: 0.3)
  • Discretionary: 33.1 hours (Emacs: 1.8, Social: 4.4, Writing: 9.3)
  • Personal: 17.7 hours (Routines: 12.4)
  • Sleep: 63.3 hours – average of 9.0 hours per day
  • Unpaid work: 13.2 hours (Commuting: 7.3, Cook: 2.8, Tidy: 1.9)

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