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Weekly review: Week ending March 18, 2011

From last week’s plans

  • Work
    • [X] Work on critsit involving AJAX and PHP
    • [-] Deploy web services onto Websphere Application Server in test environment
    • [X] Create stub web services, maybe integrate with DB2
    • [-] Sort out work priorities for April
  • Relationships
    • [-] Catch up with mail, networks
    • [-] Help with study group – moved to next week
    • [X] Make pie for Pi Day
  • Life
    • [X] Finish value of blogging series
    • [X] Write about tutoring math
    • [X] More Zipcast experiments: what if I treat them like office hours?
    • [-] Write about tweetchats and what I want out of them
    • [X] Make more bread

Plans for next week

  • Work
    • [ ] Sort out web services on Websphere Application Server
    • [ ] Figure out work priorities for April and May
    • [ ] Send staffing guidelines for project M
    • [ ] Catch up on work mail
  • Relationships
    • [X] Host pirate card game party
    • [ ] Catch up on mail
    • [ ] Chat with David Singer
  • Life
    • [ ] Draw more
    • [ ] Update plans
    • [ ] Catch up on mail

Time analysis

Category This week Last week Delta Notes
Break 4.5 3.0 1.45
Drawing 8.5 1.2 7.27
Exercise 9.8 2.2 7.60
Learning 0.5 0.50
Personal 2.0 6.1 -4.08
Preparation 3.3 2.0 1.28
Routines – cooking 6.0 3.2 2.83
Routines – general 9.8 14.8 -5.03
Routines – tidying 1.6 1.6 0.03
Sleep 60.1 59.0 1.07
Social 1.0 24.2 -23.25
Travel 3.9 5.1 -1.18
Work 44.3 40.8 3.52
Writing 11.8 4.8 6.98

I spent most of last week focused on work, drawing, and writing, shifting time away from social get-togethers. In the evenings, I usually sketched while W- and J- played Lego Star Wars. I’ve been drawing and baking a lot recently, and I enjoy doing so.

I haven’t spent a lot of time on mail, though, so I need to focus on that and catch up.

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