First day back: reflections

So a few metrics:

Passwords changed: 6 (8 if you include the one I had to reset twice)

Software updates applied: 160+ (granted, this was a background task)

Emails:

• received during sabbatical: 1599
• deleted outright with cursory scan (sender / subject line): approx 550
• requiring immediate action: 1
• of immediate relevance to current / future work: 5-10
• remaining in backlog: 176 (the balance were filed for reference, or had minimum action performed e.g. brief response sent)

• Projects on the horizon, more to be found out about tomorrow
  • A paper-based feasibility study: writing / completing a document
  • A proof of concept
• Meetings set up for tomorrow:
  • 1 (one) on-account solution review: this is a process that can take up a fair chunk of time in a working week
  • 1 (one) off account technical / delivery assessment preparatory meeting: hour long preparation for a review (Potential time suck!)
  • 1 (one) face-to-face with a customer team that I work with: good opportunity to catch up with them, and reacquaint myself with the technical (and political) landscape
  • 1 (one) teleconference aimed at all people managers in my organisation: opportunity to find out what's going on internally
• Meetings not set up, but required:
  • Further conversations with direct reports (some of whom work on the site I'll be at tomorrow), peers and (hopefully) my manager

That actually turned out to be a really useful reflection, especially on the ratio of ham to spam in emails, and the purposes behind meetings.

I've also turned on spell checking in my browser, so that I remeber (sic) to spell things correctly when blogging.