WINDOWS+L

How many seconds does it take to hit Ctrl+Alt, Delete and then press Enter? That's the way I've been locking my screen for the last six years.

I've calculated it as somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds. Did you know that you can do the same thing with Windows+L?

You probably did. Everyone seems to know it already. I just overheard Nell explain it to a new starter. Windows+L takes at most, 1 second - which means I've been losing 2 seconds every time I've left my desk.

Now then. Today is day 1,346. (Yes, I'm counting. Are you surprised?) If I lock my screen say, 10 times per day, that means that I've lost... seven hours and twenty eight minutes. That's like a whole working day, just hitting Ctrl with my little finger, stretching  my index finger to the Alt key and then thumping Delete with the little finger of my right hand... then hitting return... when I could have been using Windows+L this whole time.

How many other time-saving things could I be doing?

There's no way to calculate how much time I spend daydreaming or gazing out of the window.  Neither is it likely that I can predict the exact time of day when I'm statistically likely to navigate the kitchen for a cup of tea, without having to shimmy past everyone else shoving the milk back in the fridge-door or stirring their coffee directly in front of the drawer with the spoons in it.

I doubt I'll be able to work out the percentage of each day I rant to Erica about exclamation marks or use of the word 'fewer', or listen to Ian's phone ringing, or raise an eyebrow at whatever latest thing has got the engineers in a spin.

That's okay though: you can go over the top with these things and be too nerdy about the numbers.

So that's it for blog post 1,220 on Day 1,346, hour 8,233, minute 494,020. I've got work to do.

Windows+L.