Grant Parnell - EverythingLinux wrote: > Automatic time tracker / secretary > ==================================
Keeping tabs on you ------------------- > * pops up and asks what you're doing every 15 mins to which you give a one > or two word response EG "phoning Tom" apt-get install clippy > * email says "what are you up to?" to which you reply with a short > explanation integrate clippy with Ximian Calendaring application > * if it can't find you, when you're back it asks "what were you up to > between xx and yy time?" spyware - enough said > * perhaps impliment a jabber bot > * perhaps in future provide an SMS gateway integrate clippy with your mobile phone > Summaries > --------- > * Should provide you a timesheet of what's happened each day which should > be filled in & returned. > * Should provide weekly & monthly timesheet/reports Grant. You are excellent manager material :-) Ask for a promotion. > Ingredients > ----------- > SQL database for schedules & event logs > A reminder daemon - lets you know what's on openClippyd - an open source implementation of Clippy as a daemon > A contact daemon - keeps track of the best way to contact you and provides > a communication channel for other programs a tracker like that put round animals necks to track em in the wild could be attached to you so you can be tracked. It will know whether you are in the receiving/despatch room or updating the Everything Linux web siet or in the dunny :-) Naturally this is integrated with closed circuit television system (Axis cameras with embedded Linux) which monitors you as well. > EG You should be able to send an email to the secretary with something > like "Schedule meeting 9am with Tom" and it will know that since it's 10am > at time of writing you mean the next working day and the meeting's at your > office. If it doesen't understand it can email you some examples and ask > for clarification. > "Schedule meeting 10am with Sidney in Burke" :-) The system has now corrected your spelling mistake of Sidney to Sydney and you are now scheduled to meet Burke in Sydney. Grant, you have too much free time on your hands and you are thinking too much. Get back to work :-) Anthony, give grant Grant more work to do :-) Mike UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ======================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ======================================================================== -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
