Today's work on/in the business - Sun 30 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Compress files to retrieve space on server and laptop. (6hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 29 Jan

1. Compress files to retrieve space on server and laptop. (3hrs 25mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 28 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (40mins)
3. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
4. Accounting. (15mins)
5. Investigate issues and email quote to potential new customer. (30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 27 Jan

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. Another big session - about nine potential new members, probability that 5 will actually join us, given the feedback after the meeting. (7hrs 40mins)
2. One to one meeting with group member. (1hr 10mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 25 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Working on website revamp for new customer - first version with full access on live server. (2hrs 15mins)
3. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 63 visits - so steady but lower than I would like, 43 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 32% search, 20% direct and 48% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.57 pages per visit, 1:18 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. The holiday doldrums are still here, but starting to clear - as expected. (5mins)
4. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (45mins)
5. BAS - except that it's not actually due until the end of February - so have another go at this at the end of next month. (40mins)
6. Accounting. (2hrs)

Australia Day holiday tomorrow!

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 24 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Accounting. (35mins)
3. Review the project schedules - no changes required. (5mins)
4. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (5mins)
5. Working on website revamp for new customer - changes to allow full access on live server. (5hrs 50mins)

A long weekend to recharge the batteries and catch up on some of the housework.

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 20 Jan

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. The big session - about a dozen potential new members, probability that 5 or 6 will actually join us, given the feedback after the meeting. (6hrs 45mins)
2. One to one meeting with group member. (1hr 10mins)
3. Correspondence with partner regarding website upgrade questions. (5mins)
4. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
5. Record business cards collected at this morning's meeting. (20mins)
6. Working on website revamp for new customer - creating space to work on next version. (1hr 45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 19 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Collate and forward response to enquiry for website update work. (20mins)
3. Travel towards Bendigo for networking meeting. (2hrs 20mins)
4. Continue work on Employment Agreement for associate - Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant work. (30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 18 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Working on website revamp for new customer - version 1 available for review and client notified! (7hrs 15mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (45mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 63 visits - so down a little again, 43 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 37% search, 19% direct and 44% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.68 pages per visit, 1:17 average time on site is up a bit - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. The holiday doldrums are still here, but starting to clear - as expected. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 17 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Working on website revamp for new customer - starting to come close to version 1 again (slowly). (7hrs 50mins)
3. Meeting with business coach to discuss possibility of offering Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant services to his clients. (3hrs)
4. Freeing up space on customer's server to remove error message (again). (45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 16 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (20mins)
3. Review the project schedules. Adjusted all projects out a week. (20mins)
4. Defragment my laptop (a bit!) (40mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 15 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Working on website revamp for new customer - starting to come close to version 1 again (slowly). (9hrs 15mins)
3. Invoice reconciliation. Probably no point in chasing these right now - follow them up after Australia Day, when everyone is back in business mode. (15mins)
4. Accounting. (20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 14 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Working on website revamp for new customer - starting to come close to version 1 again. (11hrs 15mins)
3. Assisting with investigation into email issue for support customer. (50mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 13 Jan

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. The planning meeting for our big session next week. (7hrs 25mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Follow up of two potential new members for networking group - unfortunately, one business being sold and the other concerned that she could not commit the time and effort required. (25mins)
4. Working on website revamp for new customer - starting to come close to version 1 again. (5hrs 25mins)

A long day!

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 12 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Working on website revamp for new customer - finally have a setup that functions correctly. (7hrs 15mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (1hr 5mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 69 visits - so down a little again, 48 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 32% search, 19% direct and 49% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.57 pages per visit, 0:54 average time on site is fairly steady now, but business focus is going to be low over December and January - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. The holiday doldrums are still here - as expected. (5mins)
5. Assist with issue with website changes for website upgrade customer - Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant work. (50mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 11 Jan

1. Further investigation of issue with customer's mail server. (15mins)
2. Freeing up space on customer's server which website was moved to, to allow faster loading. (15mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
4. Working on website revamp for new customer - finally have a setup that functions correctly. (7hrs 50mins)

Then out for a wonderful evening of music with friends!

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 10 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Accounting. (40mins)
3. Review the project schedules. Adjusted the current project to reflect actual progress. Then moved software projects to reflect this. (15mins)
4. Review progress made this last couple of weeks and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (15mins)
5. Working on website revamp for new customer - working on this again. (7hrs 35mins)
6. Freeing up space on customer's server to remove error message. (25mins)
7. Initial investigation of issue with customer's mail server - need to do something about the number of emails in one user's inbox! (20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 9 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Working on website revamp for new customer - worked out the fundamental flaw with what I was trying to do - now to go back and do it in a way that should work. (5hrs 45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 8 Jan

1. Work on moving customer's setup from one server to another - now finished. (2hrs 20mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 7 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Working on website revamp for new customer - more unsuccessful setups, including creating a base on the live server and bringing it down to my virtual machine. Still creating a virtual machine with the exact same operating system as the live one, in the hopes that will work. (8hrs 50mins)
3. Post on the Perfect Notes blog - Of the new year, resolutions, holidays(!) and progress. (30mins)
4. Work on moving customer's setup from one server to another - now redirected, but a few minor issues to sort out tomorrow. (25mins)
5. Accounting. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 6 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Working on website revamp for new customer - more unsuccessful setups, including creating a base on the live server and bringing it down to my virtual machine. Now creating a virtual machine with the exact same operating system as the live one, in the hopes that will work. (11hrs 45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 5 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Working on website revamp for new customer - another setup created which will also not work on the live server. Second setup created, uploaded to server, ready to determine whether it will be usable (and therefore whether I can move forward on this or not). (8hrs 50mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 4 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this last couple of weeks and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (30mins)
3. Review the project schedules. Adjusted the current project to reflect actual progress. No changes needed to the software projects. (10mins)
4. Bank reconciliation. (20mins)
5. Accounting. (15mins)
6. Determine whether we met the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for December 2010. Thankfully, we met most of them - the obvious one that failed being my requirement to exercise. (10mins)
7. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (40mins)
8. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 78 visits - so up a little again, 57 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 27% search, 19% direct and 54% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.53 pages per visit, 0:48 average time on site is dropping, but business focus is going to be low over December and early January - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. The holiday doldrums are still here - as expected. (5mins)
9. Working on website revamp for new customer - version one for the client on server, ready to be set up for client to review. Unfortunately, the new version of Plone does not appear to work on the live server, so I have to go back and recreate this work in the version of Plone that is currently working on the live server. This includes time to zip up a number of virtual machines on the backup server to create sufficient room to do this work. (9hrs)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 3 Jan

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Working on website revamp for new customer - version one for the client on server, ready to be set up for client to review. (7hrs 55mins)
3. Record business card supplied by my partner. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 31 Dec

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Working on website revamp for new customer - nearly ready to put up version one for the client to review. (7hrs 5mins)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!