Scaling up knowledge workers

Every year I try to spend a month doing things I’m proud of such as developing new ideas, sharpening the saw, and moving pet projects forward. Scaling up knowledge workers is one of those ideas



I’m a knowledge worker, and I want to get the most out of myself that is possible. I call this scaling up, and it’s something I’m passionate about. The tooling for scaling up is in its infancy, so I’m helping to develop it.

Personal Analytics

One of the first area’s I’m developing is personal analytics. Personal analytics answers questions about you, and the first branch of personal analytics I’m exploring is screen time analytics. In this domain I’ve written either sensors, sensor downloaders and/or dashboards:

Analytics Type	Sensor/Data Extractor	Visualizer
Outlook E-mail	psOutlook	Email Analytics
Screen Time	Rescue Time Analytics	Screen Time Analytics
Time Usage	Time Usage Reporter	TBD

Onenote Automation

I do alot of my writing (and writing is thinking) in onenote, and so I need a onenote scripting capability. To that end, I’ve implemented a oneonote interface assembly, OnenoteObjectModel, and some useful functionality:

• Clean up empty pages (easily created by accidental key strokes in onenote)


• Daily Template Insertion

Frequently asked question forum

Developers find most of their answers on stack overflow, but what about questions that apply to a person? For that, I’ve setup a stackoverflow clone called OSQA (Open Source Question & Answer), and I run it at IgQA. So far no users and few questions, but hopefully it will evolve.

Igor's Own StackOverFlow - IgQA

UPDATE: This QA site didn't take off for me, but it has since been taken over by spammers, in what I am assuming is an SEO scam. This was a fun experiment. 



I hate having to repeat myself.  That's the reason I started blogging.  Blogs are great for one directional communication e.g. from me to my audience, but don't work well for a community with questions. To help a community ask and answer questions a question and answer (Q&A) site like StackOverflow is awesome, an so  I've created my own Q&A site called IgQA.  This site is implemented using OSQA, an opensource StackOverFlow clone), and runs in the free tier of  open shift.

Cool Tools: Rescue Time

Have you ever tried to remember where your time went last week and had no clue?  Rescue Time helps you understand where your time goes by keeping track of what application and web sites you use, and providing analytic over that data. I started using rescue time a few days ago, and can't wait to build up my personal usage data.