Weekly review: Visual thinking, time management – Week ending July 12, 2013
| weeklyDug into the D3 data visualization library a little more this week – got lots of coding done! =) Also, I’ve been working on creating resources for visual thinking, and I’m looking forward to making more. =)
Blog posts
- Weekly review: Week ending July 5, 2013
- Slice of life: Meowrnings
- Making the day count
- Redesigning the Visual Thinkers Toronto Show & Tell
- Quantified Time: Comparing notes
- What do I want to do right now? Understanding my algorithm for discretionary time
- Sketchnote Lessons: Drawing Emotions
Focus areas and time review
- Business (44.3h – 26%)
- Earn (15.9h – 35% of Business)
[X]
Earn: Consulting – E1 – Tuesday[X]
Earn: Consulting – E1 – Thursday[X]
Follow up on overview[X]
Sketch how to make a deputation[ ]
Earn: Consulting – E1 – Thursday[ ]
Earn: Consulting – E1 – Tuesday
- Build (26.4h – 59% of Business)
- Quantified Awesome (16.1h)
[X]
Sketch out receipt tracking interface[X]
Add a filter string[X]
Add duration to last activity[X]
Add friendly names[X]
Add goals to nav[X]
Add receipt categories[X]
Add sunburst graph for grocery data[X]
Add zoom level selection to review[X]
Fix monthly view for time summary[X]
Get all tests passing[X]
Get tests to pass again[X]
Set up my lookup and category data[X]
Write more integration tests[X]
Write tests for receipt tracking interface[X]
Sort durations by category instead of total
- Drawing (7.0h)
[X]
Practise drawing hands[X]
Practise drawing figures[X]
Prepare presentation on emotions[ ]
Design landing page for livinganawesomelife.com[ ]
Design new front for business cards[ ]
Design sketchnoting tips for business cards[ ]
Redesign Experivis site[ ]
Sketchnote a book
- Paperwork (3.1h)
[X]
Follow up with CRA regarding reassessment[X]
Pay myself annual salary of $15,000
- Quantified Awesome (16.1h)
- Connect (1.9h – 4% of Business)
[X]
Review Emacs chat transcript and post it[ ]
Send out Visual Thinkers Toronto message[ ]
Host another LivingAnAwesomeLife hangout[ ]
Write blog post on life planning with Mural.ly and Evernote[ ]
Do a quick video on Areas & Outlines[ ]
Order new business cards
- Earn (15.9h – 35% of Business)
- Relationships (4.1h – 2%)
[X]
Pick up bicycle[X]
Research R[ ]
Go to Eric’s housewarming party
- Discretionary – Productive (16.6h – 9%)
[X]
Call Sun Life to find out if the recare frequency also affects cleaning[X]
Check with dentist regarding filling- Lost passport
[X]
Follow up on my passport[X]
Follow up on my passport again[X]
[#A] File for police report[X]
[#A] Print report from Canada Post[X]
File an appeal with the ombudsman[X]
Print everything that needs printing[X]
Withdraw more cash for passport application[ ]
Follow up with consulate regarding police report (should have been faxed)
- Writing (4.5h)
[X]
Add Bill Z to possible Emacs book repository[ ]
Add more to my outline
- Discretionary – Play (9.9h – 5%)
- Personal routines (17.2h – 10%)
- Unpaid work (13.3h – 7%)
- Sleep (62.8h – 37% – average of 9.0 per day)
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