Weekly review: Week ending October 17, 2010

Oct 17, 2010| weekly

From last week's plans

Work
- [X] Organize Idea Labs: Support planning for upcoming Idea Lab
- [X] Build Connections Toolkit: Build requested improvements
- [X] Build career: Connect with manager regarding new projects
- Built text template tool for Darrel Rader
- Added thread sorting to forum export
- Submitted Lotusphere abstract
- Submitted Community Toolkit as Hackday project
- Attended DrupalCampToronto
- Got back into Drupal development: prototyped with Workflow, Profile Permission, Calendar, etc.
- Sent talk description to Adil Sardar
Relationships
- [-] Wedding: Review and select pictures
- [-] Wedding: Collect mailing addresses and e-mail addresses for everyone
- [-] Wedding: Send thank-you notes with prints
- Drafted most of the thank-you notes
- Followed up with lawyers and photographers
- Attended concert with MIL
Life
- [X] Improve productivity: Reorganize house, put things away
- [-] Sew dress: Mark chalk lines on dress
- [X] Writing: Flesh out wedding stories
- Starting to get back into the habit of using Org for timetracking
- Tried out datetree for org-capture – looks useful
- Installed Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11

Plans for next week

Work
- [ ] Work on Drupal project: Learn about Features
- [ ] Work on Drupal project: Try out CiviCRM
- [ ] Organize Idea Labs: Support Idea Lab
- [ ] Build Connections Toolkit: Add event feed and other information
- [ ] Build career: Configure hard-disk encryption
Relationships
- [ ] Wedding: Send thank-you notes
- [ ] Wedding: Download and organize photos
- [ ] Shared interests: Try a new recipe
Life
- [ ] Improve productivity: Track sleep, wake-up, and snooze
- [ ] Sew dress: Mark chalk lines on dress

Elsewhere on the Net:

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sachac: @alanlepo There's hope for the new version, though! (Fri, Oct 15, 2010)
sachac: @ianirving Indeed. Getting the hang of the new interface. =) (Fri, Oct 15, 2010)
sachac: @_aid_ Indeed! That just might tip me over to using #newtwitter (Fri, Oct 15, 2010)
sachac: Hmm. Why doesn't Twitter have an easy "view replies to this tweet" kind of thing? Or is it just hiding? (Fri, Oct 15, 2010)
sachac: RT @blm849: The best way to get me to follow someone on #ff is to retweet something they tweeted that's really good. (Fri, Oct 15, 2010)
Cooking Classes and Appearance of Norene Gilletz (Fri, Oct 15, 2010)
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sachac: @jgombita It might need further reflection, but I suspect there's value in making and sharing potentially crappy presentations. ;) (Fri, Oct 15, 2010)
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10 More Essential Skills You Didn’t Learn in College (Thu, Oct 14, 2010)
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Cooking for Geeks: Organize Your Kitchen Like a Programmer [Organization] (Thu, Oct 14, 2010)
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sachac: RT @byosko: RT @dunchill: Looking for good local WordPress developers. Appreciate any recommendations. #toronto (Tue, Oct 12, 2010)
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sachac: Home! Cats happy. Last two weeks awesome buzz. Ready to rock work and married life. Stories to come. Thanks, all! #fb (Tue, Oct 12, 2010)
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