Friday, December 3, 2010

I'm disturbed by my inefficiency #scatterbrain

Here is the log of my computerized activity for Friday, December 3, 2010.
Location: Memorial Library
Time: 430pm-9pm

(The following list is in chronological order with times noted for activities I happened to catch a specific time frame for)

1. check email
2. check Facebook
3. check Twitter
4. open up a class wiki page for one of my classes, begin working on an assignment
5. check Facebook again, listen and post 80s music to my J345 group page as potential songs to use in our campaign (40min)
6. Check Twitter
7. follow link to VH1's bestweekever.tv and watch Oliver Richman music videos in disgust - I'm going to warn you, if you have heard of him, you might be scarred for life if you follow that link (30min)
8. sign up for bestweekever.tv RSS feed
9. go back to wiki page to finish assignment
10. re-listen to the interview I conducted earlier in the day and transcribe notes using Audacity recording software
11. flip back and forth between Audacity and the wiki page to complete assignment (35-40min)
12. quickly finish another assignment on the wiki page (20min)
13. start listening to music on iTunes and Facebook chat with my roommate (20min)
14. continue listening to music and start a paper (20min)
15. leave my stuff at the library and text with a friend on my way to go get coffee at Starbucks
16. comeback to the library and check email, Facebook and Twitter again
17. work on the paper (30min)
18. reply to an email from a group member
19. check Twitter, not Facebook
20. read a WSJ story
21. go back to the paper for a little bit, try to write a thesis and get stuck
22. call it quits on the paper as it isn't do for 2 weeks (it can wait until the night before, right?)
23. go on the Ca346 blog and paste my log in

This activity really puts things in perspective. I now know why an assignment that I allocate 45min-hour for takes me three. Good job, DJ. Keep up the inefficient work in the weeks leading up to finals, you'll be happy you did when you're up for 72hrs straight walking around campus like a zombie.

In my defense, it is a Friday and I'm anxious to have a good time. Then again, tonight was a fairly typical study session. I.e., I suck. Hopefully I won't feel so bad when I see some of your posts. Help me out!

1 comment:

  1. Yeah, I really don't think you'll feel too bad when you see mine. Though I know I have a serious problem! Haha.

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