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“Hindsight is a beautiful thing”, I was recently reminded.  With hindsight, last week wasn’t the super-catch-up exercise I’d hoped.  But, instead, it was a good week for new ideas (all captured, naturally).

Last week:

Get back on track!

Work

  • [-] WAITING: SEO customer project
  • [X] Database update customer project. Rebuild Kexi from source and test after a fix from lead developer
  • [-] WAITING: PHP calendar development for customer
  • [-] Visual design/template revision work for customer
  • [ ] Get list together of targets for Project “L” and plan launch
  • [-] Create additional web forms to service other business areas
  • [ ] Minor company homepage change
  • [-] Review structure of site and content; trim.
  • [-] Complete SVN/Bugzilla integration project.

Life

  • [X] Tax return
  • [-] Siu Lim Tao / stretching
  • [ ] Pick up files for F/LOSS project and start documenting…
  • [ ] 2 swims, 1 mile each
  • [X] Some personal correspondance/organisation to be achieved.
  • [XX] Social life 🙂
  • [X] Looking forward to meal with family friends this weekend

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This week:

Get real! 🙂

Work

  • [ ] Approve new service Ts & Cs
  • [ ] Kexi – liaise on mailing list re testing issues…
  • [ ] Small updates to client web site
  • [ ] Database updates to client site
  • [ ] Layout work for high priority customer project (linked with CMS dev)
  • [ ] CMS development
    • [ ] Feature-freeze spec
    • [ ] Roadmap & assign target dates
    • [ ] Soft launch on test web site
  • [-] Complete additional web forms to service other business areas (really!)
  • [ ] Business web site changes –  higher priority
  • [ ] Complete SVN/Bugzilla integration project.
  • [ ] Networking event
  • [ ] Clarify new sales process
  • [ ] Re-evaluate financial goals for August/September and prioritise accordingly.Unplanned extras
  • Resolved a situation with web hosting accounts unable to access email.
  • Revised UML Use Cases and put into action for sales process revision.

Life

  • [ ] Pick up files from a cool F/LOSS project and start documenting…
  • [ ] 2 swims – 1 mile each
  • [ ] Cook something “new”!
  • [ ] Social life: this week, it’s on Thursday! 🙂
  • [ ] Address issues with service providers
  • [ ] Finish the book Getting Things Done
  • If time, use orgmode in more of a GTD-style method

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My life doesn’t revolve around the television.  I don’t watch any terrestrial broadcasts.  I am especially uninterested in “prime”-time offerings (e.g. soaps). Ugh.  Instead…

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Last week was fantastic. Lots of stuff achieved, plus a few blockers along the way which have spilled over into this week and new challenges. To top off last week, a close friend of mine had a great birthday BBQ on Saturday and then became a father on Sunday. Congrats to them!

Last week:

Work

  • [X] Development work on 2 customer projects
  • [X] Stay in touch prospective clients/leads
  • [ ] Get list together of targets for Project “L” and plan launch
  • [X] Review charity project costings: is there a more cost-effective approach?
  • [ ] [Arrange to] visit datacenter for scheduled maintenance – the machines, not me 🙂
  • [ ] Create additional web forms to service other business areas
  • [ ] Minor company homepage change
  • [ ] Review structure of site and content; trim.
  • [ ] Complete SVN/Bugzilla integration project.
  • [X] Complete new cashflow tool.

** DONE Investigate why CentOS box is looking for dpkg (Debian packager) in cron job
** DONE Revise Project “W” PDF
** WAITING Put project “W” site online?

Life

  • [ ] Tax return
  • [-] Practice Siu Lim Tao and stretching
  • [X] Clean house
  • [X] Try to get a bit of Family Guy in

** DONE Clean car

Misc

  • [X] Decide on Slovakia trip
  • [X] Learn GnuCash
  • [X] A few more CDs to add to the collection

This Week

Work

  • [ ] SEO customer project
  • [ ] Database update customer project. Test out Kexi
  • [ ] PHP calendar development for customer
  • [ ] Visual design/template revision work for customer
  • [ ] Get list together of targets for Project “L” and plan launch
  • [ ] [Arrange to] visit datacenter for scheduled maintenance – the machines, not me 🙂
  • [ ] Create additional web forms to service other business areas
  • [ ] Minor company homepage change
  • [ ] Review structure of site and content; trim.
  • [ ] Complete SVN/Bugzilla integration project.

An unscheduled but important piece of work is also project “W”. I have made significant progress on this over the weekend and need to keep the pace up!

Life

  • [ ] Tax return
  • [ ] Siu Lim Tao / stretching
  • [ ] Properly start my involvement in an open source project
  • [ ] 2 swims, 1 mile each
  • [ ] One more form/session of exercise (run? weights?)
  • [ ] Grocery shop
  • [ ] Social life 🙂

Misc

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