Weekly review: Week ending November 8, 2013
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Super-typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda was a complete mess. My family is okay, but lots of people aren't. Find out how you can help. In Canada? The Canadian government is matching donations made through Red Cross and other charities. I'm donating in lieu of buying gifts, and we're going to see about helping out more when we're in the Philippines next month.
Blog posts
- Weekly review: Week ending November 1, 2013
- Monthly review: October 2013
- Emacs Org Mode Customization Survey
- Mapping what I’m learning
- Experience report/invitation: Pick my brain through Google Helpouts
- Handwriting
- High energy and low energy activities
Link roundup
- Startups Do Not – Repeat, DO NOT – Prepare You to Create Products: This makes sense. Also, I'm probably never going to be in a startup. New business? Maybe. Bootstrap? Sure. Lifestyle? Most likely. But not something that relies on being acquired or going public as the main ways to win.
- Habits that help, wherever you are: Handy rationality checklist. I also like the idea of looking for domain-general skills, which you can learn more about by looking at domain-specific examples…
Sketches
- 2013-11-02 Creating way more value #business #sharing
- 2013-11-02 Google Helpouts Experience Report #helpouts
- 2013-11-03 My new Google Hangouts workflow #tech
- 2013-11-04 Growing my visual vocabulary #drawing
- 2013-11-04 Reimagining the house #life
- 2013-11-04 Revising my mornings #life
- 2013-11-05 Additional Helpout observations #helpouts
- 2013-11-05 How does Google Helpout fit in with my goals #helpouts
- 2013-11-05 Standard Time - Winter Time #life
- 2013-11-05 What are some of my limiting beliefs #life
- 2013-11-05 What do I want to learn on the go #my-learning #mobile
- 2013-11-06 Helping students with study skills #helpouts #learning
- 2013-11-06 How do I want to respond to requests for sketchnoting #business #experiment
- 2013-11-06 Keeping track of what you want to do #productivity #tip
- 2013-11-06 Make the most of lecture classes #learning #tip
- 2013-11-06 Teaching people with vague questions
- 2013-11-07 Google Helpouts - sold out #helpouts
- 2013-11-07 House style #life
- 2013-11-07 Imagining ideal days #life
- 2013-11-07 It's okay to talk to yourself #learning
- 2013-11-07 Sketches from Beyond Words #doodles
- 2013-11-07 Sketches from Beyond Words, continued #doodles
- 2013-11-07 What would a virtual sketchnoting agency look like #business #sketchnoting #idea
- 2013-11-07 Why do I do consulting #experiment
- 2013-11-08 How to cheat when animating sketches #drawing #animation
- 2013-11-08 How to deal with distractions
- 2013-11-08 How to feel great about your daily to-do list #productivity
- 2013-11-08 How would I scale up helping people learn more effectively #sharing
- 2013-11-08 Making the most of interruptible time #learning #tip
- 2013-11-08 Manage your energy when learning a lot in one day #learning #tip
- 2013-11-08 More garden plans for 2014 #plans #gardening
- 2013-11-08 Note-taking tips for meeting minutes #notetaking #meeting #learning #tip
- 2013-11-08 Structure your notes for easy review #notetaking #organization #learning #tip
- 2013-11-08 Weekly review #weekly #scratch
- 2013-11-08 What would make me feel comfortable with charging for a Helpout #helpouts #business
Oh, I filed taxes on Monday, too!
Focus areas and time review
- Business (55.6h – 33%)
- Earn (20.2h – 36% of Business)
[X]Earn: Consulting – E1 – Thursday[X]Earn: Consulting – E1 – Tuesday[X][#A] Draw sketch ideas for different "scenes" for the first script[X][#A] Record audio for trailer[ ][#A] Sketch and animate trailer[ ]Earn: Consulting – E1 – Thursday[ ]Earn: Consulting – E1 – Tuesday
- Build (15.6h – 28% of Business)
[X]Set up incremental backups- Quantified Awesome (0.0h)
- Drawing (10.6h)
[X]Draw something technical[X]Process October sketches for visual vocabulary purposes[X]Rescan black sketchbook[ ]Convert sketches into blog posts[ ]Draw more emotions
- Paperwork (1.7h)
[X]Call CRA for web access code[X]File T2[X]File payroll return[X]Log depreciation expenses[X]Log taxes paid
- Connect (19.8h – 35% of Business)
[ ]Start planning Friday evening Hangout session – maybe 29th[ ]Set up mailing list for notetaking and learning
- Earn (20.2h – 36% of Business)
- Relationships (8.4h – 4%)
[X]Call Bathurst Dupont Animal Hospital[X]Call Bloor West Animal Hospital to see if they can refer to a lower rate[X]Call Fraser[X]Set up project management for house stuff?[X][#B] Comparison-shop for Luke's possible dental work[X]Take Luke to Bathurst Dupont Animal Hospital for a second opinion[ ]Have vaccination information faxed over[ ]Prototype box cover cushion[ ]Reply to the Hattoris
- Discretionary – Productive (8.2h – 4%)
[X]Look into johnw video problems[X][#A] Reflect on delta[ ]Process chat with Magnar – time bookmarks- Writing (6.3h)
- Discretionary – Play (4.7h – 2%)
- Personal routines (17.3h – 10%)
- Unpaid work (18.3h – 10%)
- Sleep (59.8h – 35% – average of 8.5 per day)