Weekly review: Week ending February 18, 2011
| weeklyFrom last week’s plans
- Work
- [-] Clarify scope and prepare estimates for other Drupal or Rails projects – Current pipeline handled
- [-] Work on Facebook/Rails project – waiting for paperwork
- [X] Work on newsletter tool – fix bugs, implement requests
- [X] Look into AIS IP address bug with simple_access>
- [X] Put together ITSC presentation and blog post
- [X] Sketch Remote Presentations That Rock revision
- [-] Outline Org-mode talk – will work on next week
- Added standalone wiki support to community toolkit – for Debra Johnson
- Added generic newsletter support to community toolkit – for Darrel Rader
- Added template file support to community toolkit – for Darrel Rader
- Did some quick illustrations
- Finally sent in Lotusphere expenses
- Relationships
- [X] Give spices to Maira; cook Louisiana-style shrimp
- [X] Watch The King’s Speech with W-
- [-] Possibly get people together for opera – postponed to next week
- [X] Prepare paperwork for Dutch visa
- [X] Go to Dutch embassy
- [X] Meet Mike Nurse
- [X] Chat with David Singer
- Life
- [X] Write about things I’m working on improving
- [X] Get through busy week – not actually that hectic, yay!
Plans for next week
- Work
- [ ] Sketch ITSC keynote by David Zach
- [ ] Give ITSC keynote on networking
- [ ] Learn about ECM and web services
- [ ] Follow up on documents of understanding
- [ ] Put together Idea Lab resources
- Relationships
- [ ] Go to Second City with recent hires and friends
- [ ] Host tea get-together 1pm our place Saturday Feb 26
- [http://toronto-opera.com) ] Watch Die Fledermaus (
- [http://toronto-opera.com) ] Watch Madame Butterfly (
- [ ] Send birthday cards
- [ ] Try making a beet smoothie or Tex-mex lasagna
- Life
- [ ] Enjoy extended weekend: spend focused time revising, drawing, presenting, cooking, and tidying up
- [ ] Experiment with giving presentation through Zipcast (Remote Presentations That Rock, Monday?)
Time analysis
Experiment for the week: more social stuff. Met people, had mentoring chats, reached out through e-mail, etc.
Category | This week | Last week | Delta | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Break | 4.8 | 5.2 | -0.4 | |
Drawing | 0.6 | -0.6 | ||
Exercise | 4.7 | 5.7 | -1.0 | Including trip to Dutch embassy |
Learning | 0.6 | 1.8 | -1.2 | |
Prep – general | 0.4 | 0.4 | ||
Routines – cooking | 1.8 | 4.4 | -2.6 | |
Routines – general | 6.3 | 7.8 | -1.5 | |
Routines – tidying | 3.8 | 5.1 | -1.3 | |
Sleep | 65.3 | 62.6 | 2.7 | 9.3 hours average |
Social | 25.9 | 12.0 | 13.9 | Skype, Starbucks, and e-mail |
Travel | 1.5 | 3.4 | -1.9 | Some commuting |
Work | 40.4 | 47.3 | -6.9 | Proposals, CommunityToolkit, presentations |
Writing | 12.5 | 11.1 | 1.4 |
Still hitting snooze in the mornings. It’s hard in winter and a warm bed. I’ve asked W- to help me stick with my resolve to get up in the morning, and may experiment with returning to the other week’s routine of having a very light evening.
Lots of time invested into building relationships, following up on my previous reflections on friendship. Good use of time – instead of doing extra work in the evenings, I used that time to reach out instead. Looking forward to doing more drawing and cooking over the next few days.
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