Blog posts

• Webinars and hangouts; Weekly review: Week ending June 21, 2013
• Quick question: What would you prefer for shorter URLs?
• Mohiomap: A visual way to browse your Evernote notebook
• How I use Emacs Org Mode for my weekly reviews
• Thinking about small talk at networking events
• Planning a Quantified Self workshop on time tracking

Other things I learned this week

• Geek
  • Rails: In respond_to or respond_with, you can use format.any to define a default response.
  • To restore just one database out of an all-database dump, use the -D and -o options: mysql -p -u root -D databasename -o < mysqldump-of-all-databases.sql
  • pwd -P shows you the physical location of your directory (no symlinks)
  • Creating an item-type entry in org-capture-templates is a great way to capture a quick note to include in my weekly review.
  • $wp_query->found_posts gives you the total number of posts returned by the query. I often find myself paging through a category to get a sense of how many items I’ve posted in it, so now I can easily get the number. (By golly, I’ve written more than 550+ posts about Emacs.)
• Life
  • I can fit two laptops in one of my saddlebags, carefully clipping them in to minimize bouncing (esp. bouncing right out!). This means I don’t have to wear my backpack when biking to work in summer. Yay ventilation!
  • When biking in probable rain, slippers are easier to pack than rain boots. Rain boots take up a lot of space in saddlebags.
  • Quick-dry clothes are okay in the rain but they still take an hour or so to dry. If I’m wearing shorts but no rain pants, I should wear a poncho instead of a rain jacket.
  • Mouthwash is not particularly good at getting permanent marker stains out of carpets.
• Oops, my post on coverage testing missed its schedule in WordPress Adding a link here anyway so that you can find it.

Focus areas and time review

• Business (57.5h – 34%)
  • Earn (16.7h – 29% of Business)
    • [X] Earn: Consulting – E1 – Help with test
    • [X] Earn: Consulting – E1 – Thursday
    • [X] Earn: Consulting – E1 – Tuesday
    • [X] Sketchnote School4Civics
    • [ ] Earn: Consulting – E1 – Thursday
    • [ ] Earn: Consulting – E1 – Tuesday
    • [ ] Follow up on overview
    • [ ] Sketch how to make a deputation
  • Build (34.3h – 59% of Business)
    • Quantified Awesome (24.3h)
      • [X] Figure out why sequences are breaking in cucumber + factory_girl
      • [X] Start working on goal interface
      • [X] Get code mostly covered by tests
      • ( ) Finish goal interface
    • Drawing (4.7h)
      • [X] Sketchnote a book
      • [X] [#C] Experiment with drawing on large sheet of paper
      • [ ] Sketchnote a book
    • Paperwork (0.5h)
      • [X] Set up electronic link between main account and savings account
      • [X] Activate ING Direct account
      • [ ] Figure out how to pay myself
    • Blog
      • [X] Change sidebar icons to be lighter-weight
      • [X] Update my bio
      • [X] Add post count to WordPress template
  • Connect (6.5h – 11% of Business)
    • [X] Discuss Nov 29 event
    • [X] Talk to Bastien Guerry about Emacs
    • [X] Talk to Soroush about sketchnoting
    • [X] Talk to Eric about business and marketing
    • [X] Meet Shelley Archibald – discuss Quantified Self
    • [X] Host visual thinking meetup
    • [ ] Talk to Eric and Joshua about Quantified Self workshops
    • [ ] Participate in #SKNTchat
    • [ ] Host LivingAnAwesomeLife.com virtual meetup/experiment
    • [ ] Document process experiment for Visual Thinking meetup
• Relationships (9.1h – 5%)
  • [X] Back up and downsample all JPGs
  • [X] Pick up stuff at pharmacy
  • [X] Set up LastPass for Mom
  • [X] Check out lots of libraries on my bike
  • [X] Attend Eric’s moving party
  • [ ] Check out potential bike for J-
  • [ ] Make lots and lots of wontons while watching movies
  • [ ] Hang out with Morgan and Cathy
• Discretionary – Productive (14.1h – 8%)
  • [X] Buy more short-sleeved office shirts
  • [X] Experiment with a new way to do the weekly review – by topic
  • [ ] Follow up with embassy regarding passport
  • Writing (6.4h)
• Discretionary – Play (2.6h – 1%)
  • (X) Watched more episodes of Kung Fu
  • ( ) Read through my backlog
• Personal routines (22.0h – 13%)
• Unpaid work (7.1h – 4%)
• Sleep (55.7h – 33% – average of 8.0 per day)