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Tasks
| B | X | @1200 Brunch camp at Sneaky Dee's |
| C | C | @1230-1400 Chris' party? Einstein, College St. |
| A | X | @1500-1800 Tea time |
| A | X | Return socks to Zellers; swap for white socks |
| A | X | Balance my books |
| A | X | Sync Emacs directory |
| A | X | Upload .htaccess |
| A | X | Sync wiki directory |
| A | X | Check credit card bill from 2007.04.15 |
| A | X | Get remember-el from canonical source (LinuxLaptop) |
| B | X | Draft letter to J about play |
| B | X | Update my Emacs install |
| B | X | Add TaskPool tracking hack |
| B | X | Change my whois information |
| B | X | Fix robots.txt for large files or remove them from server +net |
| B | X | Change sashachua.com to point to Dreamhost |
Notes
1. Expensive running shoes considered harmful: 21:50
Check out Mark A. Hershberger's blog post about shoes and other non-intuitive things, which links to an essay about the health hazards of fancy running shoes. Food for critical thought.
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2. Week in review: 22:35
This week, I realized that I'm working on something pretty cool. I had previously focused on how my prototype fell short of what I really wanted to build, and I forgot to keep checking against what was currently being used. I'm excited about the opportunity to try it out and maybe get a few of the ideas from it into IBM's culture (and then the world)!
This week, I set up a wiki for my research lab. I'm going to be the guinea pig. I'll write my thesis online. Password-protected, though!
This week, I wrote about falling in love with reading and thinking about how to help J learn how to appreciate it too. (Quick, while she's young and impressionable! Repeat after me: Science/art/math/crafts/everything is wonderful. Reading rocks. Life is good.) I got so many insights and tips from my mom and other readers, which I should write up and post here soon. =) Thanks!
This week, I filed my taxes. I hope this is the last year I'm getting a refund! I do actually believe in taxes, and I probably will still keep believing in them even after they take away a third of my pay or something like that.
This week, I met with a usability expert at IBM who might be able to help me conduct my summative study. Yay!
This week, I talked to someone from IBM HR who helped me take a look at my job and immigration paperwork requirements.
This week, W decided to try out GTD. This has also incidentally resulted in a rise in my productivity. <grin>
This week's tea party was also lots of fun. Good conversation, particularly with Mike Tsang's questions. =)
Next week, I'll take the plunge and do a pilot usability test. I'm running a little behind schedule, I think, but we'll make it all work. I may have to be anti-social and focus almost entirely on writing if I'm going to write a hundred-page thesis in a month and a half, but I really want to finish the darn thing already.
Life is great! I'm glad to get back to my weekly reviews...
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Contact
- Reply to Don Marti - sent today
- E-mail to Wayne Young
- Reply to George Belotsky - sent today
- Reply to Mark A. Hershberger - sent today
- Reply to Devang Asher - sent today
- Reply to Mike Borrelli - sent today
- Reply to Roger Yang - sent today
- Reply to Mark Chignell - sent today
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