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<title><![CDATA[RTC seeks Corporate Membership arrangments]]></title>
<link>http://riverviewtennis.wordpress.com/?p=43</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>riverviewtennis</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Th Riverview Tennis Club is a actively seeking out Moncton area corporations intersted in collaborat]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Th Riverview Tennis Club is a actively seeking out Moncton area corporations intersted in collaborating to build the tennis community locally. Under this type of arrangment a special coropate membership rate can apply for employees and families. Group lessons for employees can also be arranged along with wellness programmes tuned to improve the health of particpants. The RTC can also be a venue to hold special corporate events or family days.</p>
<p>RTC</p>
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<title><![CDATA[RTC newsletter registration on Web site]]></title>
<link>http://riverviewtennis.wordpress.com/?p=31</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>riverviewtennis</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A new Riverview Tennis Club newsletter has been published in Aug 2008 and is being circulated to int]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A new Riverview Tennis Club newsletter has been published in Aug 2008 and is being circulated to interested parties. The newsletter service can reach anyone's email inbox if they register on the Web site main menu by selecting the newsletter signup icon. The Web site is <a href="http://www.riverviewtennis.ca">www.riverviewtennis.ca</a></p>
<p>RTC</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Clay Court Tennis and Wellness at RTC]]></title>
<link>http://riverviewtennis.wordpress.com/?p=19</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>riverviewtennis</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A summary of some health and wellness benefits is available on the RTC web site at www.riverviewten]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A summary of some health and wellness benefits is available on the RTC web site at <a href="http://www.riverviewtennis.ca">www.riverviewtennis.ca</a> under the Good Info menu.  A list of the top ten wellness reasons to play tennis is provided.</p>
<p>In addition a few very useful hints around tennis and nutrition are summarized on the same Good Info menu on the Web site. This was elaborated by Jillian one of our tennis instructors and the resisident nutritional expert on staff. She is formally studying the subject at a local university and is positioned to advise club members seeking help around nutrition and tennis.</p>
<p>RTC</p>
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<title><![CDATA[RTC Staff creates YouTube Tennis Video]]></title>
<link>http://riverviewtennis.wordpress.com/?p=16</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>riverviewtennis</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A cool tennis video explaining clay court tennis at RTC was uploaded to YouTube. The video clip is a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A cool tennis video explaining clay court tennis at RTC was uploaded to YouTube. The video clip is accessible from the Web site <a href="http://www.riverviewtennis.ca">www.riverviewtennis.ca</a> video clips menu and features Nick and Mark on staff at RTC. The music was written and performed by Nick and the script is amusing but informative. It is worth a look. The clip can also be accessed directly on You Tube by searching the keywords Riverview Tennis.</p>
<p>RTC</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Half Season Rate RTC]]></title>
<link>http://riverviewtennis.wordpress.com/?p=12</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>riverviewtennis</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[As of August 15, 2008 the Adult membership rate will drop to $50 for the remainder of the season. Th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As of August 15, 2008 the Adult membership rate will drop to $50 for the remainder of the season. There is still lots of clay court tennis left</p>
<p>RTC</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Configurando reloj en Debian]]></title>
<link>http://mmejiav.wordpress.com/?p=68</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mmejiav</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Luego de instalar en el laptop llamado noir (hp 530) la versión Etch de debian el reloj que me most]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Luego de instalar en el laptop llamado noir (hp 530) la versión Etch de debian el reloj que me mostraba el sistema no estaba bien sincronizado, por lo que fue necesario realizar los siguientes pasos como superusuario (root)</p>
<p>El modulo que se encarga de descuadrar todo se llama rtc. Para comenzar se debe colocar dicho modulo en una lista "negra" para que al arrancar la máquina no inicie. Nota: yo utilizo el editor vi...</p>
<p><span style="color:#993300;"># vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist</span></p>
<p>y al final en una línea aparte se coloca</p>
<p>blacklist rtc</p>
<p>el módulo aun se debe estar ejecutando... para verificar:</p>
<p><span style="color:#993300;"># lsmod&#124;grep rtc</span><br />
rtc                    12372  0</p>
<p>Para bajar dicho módulo a mano:</p>
<p><span style="color:#993300;"># modprobe -r rtc</span></p>
<p>Luego es necesario sincronizar el reloj, Nota: ntpdate debe estar obviamente instalado</p>
<p><span style="color:#993300;"># ntpdate ntp.nasa.gov</span></p>
<p>Y con eso tenemos la hora correcta directamente desde la NASA (cosmico!!!)</p>
<p>Ahora debemos sincronizar el reloj interno con dichos datos:</p>
<p><span style="color:#993300;"># hwclock --systohc</span></p>
<p>Y listo</p>
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<title><![CDATA[RSDC UK Agenda Published]]></title>
<link>http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/?p=146</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mikemacd</dc:creator>
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The IBM Rational Software Development Conference UK (RSDC UK) will be held in  (22 - 23 September 2]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www-306.ibm.com/software/uk/itsolutions/developer/rsdc/quiz.html?position=lead&#38;referral=uk_ESD_rsdc2008_agenda" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone" src="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/uk/itsolutions/developer/rsdc/img-v16/lead_rsdc_710x200.jpg" alt="" width="533" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>The IBM Rational Software Development Conference UK (<a href="https://www-306.ibm.com/software/uk/itsolutions/developer/rsdc/quiz.html?position=lead&#38;referral=uk_ESD_rsdc2008_agenda" target="_blank">RSDC UK</a>) will be held in  (22 - 23 September 2008 <a href="http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/general/gen_contact_map.htm">Royal College of Physicians, London</a>). At the moment the banner on the <a href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/uk/itsolutions/developer/rsdc/" target="_blank">RSDC UK main page</a> is misspelt :D Perhaps a little less "devlopement" and a bit more "testing" might be useful :P</p>
<p>Anyway, this promises to be a great event with some <a href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/uk/itsolutions/developer/rsdc/speakers-sponsors.html?position=tab&#38;referral=uk_ESD_rsdc2008" target="_blank">great speakers</a>. On Monday the keynote will be given by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Gamma" target="_blank">Erich Gamma</a> in real life and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grady_Booch" target="_blank">Grady Booch</a> in Second Life. Then on Tuesday the keynote will be given by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_Jacobson">Ivar Jacobson</a>. Another colleague some of you may have heard of, <a href="http://www.ivarjacobson.com/about-us/thought-leader-bios.cfm#Ian%20Spence" target="_blank">Ian Spence</a>, will also be speaking. I'll also be speaking at the event, once with my client presenting a case study.</p>
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<td colspan="2"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>CUPID - Implementing the IBM Rational Unified Process at PricewaterhouseCoopers</strong></span></p>
<p>P05 Monday 15:50 - 16:50, Presented by Mike MacDonagh <em>(<a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/all-about-me/" target="_blank"><strong>Me!</strong></a> Principal Consultant, <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/?s=iji" target="_blank">IJI</a>)</em> and Linda Weedon <em>(Methods &#38; Tools Manager, <a href="http://www.pwc.com" target="_blank">PwC</a>)</em></td>
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<td colspan="3" valign="top">PricewaterhouseCoopers UK IT chose to adopt the IBM Rational Unified Process (<a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/tag/rup/" target="_blank">RUP</a>) as part of a Capability Uplift and Process Improvement Deployment (CUPID) program. This presentation focuses on the use of <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/tag/rup/" target="_blank">RUP</a> to manage a large-scale deployment of <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/tag/rup/" target="_blank">RUP</a> and the effective adoption of the IBM Rational tools when facing challenges such as geographically distributed development, the requirement for process governance, and the tailoring of <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/tag/rup/" target="_blank">RUP</a> to an organizational change management process.<a href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/events/rsdc2008/" target="_blank"></a></td>
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<td colspan="2"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Live Jazz: Process execution in IBM Rational Team Concert</strong></span><a href="https://1bosweb3.experient-inc.com/Events/Rational/RSDC2008/Agenda/agenda_by_track.cfm?track=PPM" target="_blank"><br />
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<p>PPM05 Tuesday 16:30 - 17:30, Presented by Mike MacDonagh, (<strong>Me!</strong> Principal Consultant, <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/?s=iji" target="_blank">IJI</a>)</td>
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<td colspan="3" valign="top">This session covers bringing software development practices to life using IBM Rational Team Concert. The demonstration includes kicking off a new project making use of Work Items, Agile Planning, Jazz SCM, Team Reports and other Jazz components in a seamless configured environment.</p>
<p>I've posted a lot about <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/?s=jazz" target="_blank">Jazz </a>and <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/?s=rtc">Team Concert</a> on this blog so follow some of the links to look around - this session at the RSDC UK is basically a big demo so it's your chance to see RTC and get a really good understanding of what it can do.</p>
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I suppose I really should get around to uploading a new pic of myself. The one's on this blog and all over the internet are about 6 years old... these days I've got a goatee beard and a lot more grey hair!</p>
<p>This conference is going to be a great gathering of thought leaders in the world of software development, an opportunity to see what's coming in the future from IBM Rational and an opportunity to network with peers, partners and hassle friendly IBMers. So make sure you register and come along :)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Segob entrega respuesta sobre el caso Creel-Televisa ]]></title>
<link>http://observatoriomediosuia3.wordpress.com/?p=1171</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Observatorio de Medios UIA</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Por: José Contreras, La Crónica 
 
En respuesta al exhorto que le hizo la Comisión Permanente re]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:small;">Por: José Contreras, La Crónica </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:small;">En respuesta al exhorto que le hizo la Comisión Permanente relacionado con el hecho de que Televisa “borró” la imagen del senador Santiago Creel, la Secretaría de Gobernación envió un oficio en el que sólo repite lo que ya es público.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:small;">El oficio incluye una copia del extrañamiento que la Dirección General de Radio y Televisión (RTC) hizo a la empresa Televisa, el cual está fechado el 14 de este mes y está dirigido a Leopoldo Gómez González, vicepresidente de la empresa.<!--more--></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:small;">En ese escrito, el director general de RTC, Norberto Tapia Latisnere, le dice a Leopoldo Gómez que la dependencia “manifiesta su rechazo a estos lamentables hechos y condena toda forma de censura en los medios de comunicación”.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:small;">Añade: “RTC hace un extrañamiento a Noticieros Televisa por alterar las imágenes y solicita una explicación de estos hechos. Asimismo, los exhorta a cumplir con la ley y con el mandato constitucional que los obliga a respetar la libertad de expresión a la que todos los ciudadanos tenemos derecho y es condición indispensable para consolidar nuestro proceso democrático”.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana;">La Secretaría</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana;"> de Gobernación también envió a la Comisión Permanente una copia de la respuesta de Leopoldo Gómez.<span>  </span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kyaaaaa ! Ou la gêne de Marie après coup]]></title>
<link>http://anyaaquebec.wordpress.com/?p=75</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anyaaquebec</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Aujourd&#8217;hui, je suis allé faire faire ma carte de membre RTC officielle pour l&#8217;été pu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aujourd'hui, je suis allé faire faire ma carte de membre RTC officielle pour l'été puisque je devrai en reprendre une à l'automne. Ça a pris du temps, il y avait plusieurs personnes qui avaient des photos à prendre, mais c'est fait ! </p>
<p>Tant qu'à être en ville, je suis passé au boulot pour prendre mon livre de Goethe oublié là-bas dimanche car je compte le relire en m'attardant aux détails cette fois. J'ai beaucoup aimé cette lecture ! En m'y rendant, j'ai arrêté à un spectacle de tir au fusil à poudre noire. Ça fait du bruit ! J'ai vu pour la première fois la ''flamme'' d'un tir. La poudre à canon est moins odorante que ce que je croyais. Saviez-vous qu'en 1760 (ou aux alentours, je ne me rappelle plus la date exacte), pour faire partie de l'armée française, il fallait être âgé entre 16 et 60 ans, mesurer au minimum 5 pieds 1 et posséder deux doigts et deux dents ? Eh oui !<br />
Pourquoi les dents ? Pour pouvoir ouvrir le sachet de poudre avec les dents ! </p>
<p><a href="http://anyaaquebec.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/100_1598.jpg"><img src="http://anyaaquebec.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/100_1598.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-77" /></a></p>
<p>En revenant, on m'a sauté dessus au carré d'Youville pour que je fasse un don à la Croix-Rouge et que je devienne membre de je sais pas trop quoi... Et le gars m'a demandé où je travaillais. Il n'avait jamais vu ce costume. Le costume en question étant la même tenue lolita que je portais la veille : ma jumper de velours noirs, ma blouse blanche, des bas noirs longs et le bandeau que m'a fait Delphine. Je lui ai vaguement appris qu'il s'agissait d'une mode vestimentaire japonaise.</p>
<p>Voici la raison du post ! XD<br />
Dans le bus pour retourner à la maison, il y avait un gars vraiment mais vraiment trop mignon. Cheveux courts mais longs (ils tiendraient pas avec du gel, mais ils sont trop courts pour qu'on puisse les appeler longs ; saisissez-vous ? ;__;) d'un beau brun châtain, un look assez banal, mais un regard superbe. Je ne pouvais pas m'empêcher de lever les yeux vers lui. J'étais assise (dès que j'ai une chance, je suis assise dans le bus) et lui debout juste devant moi. Je ne peux pas dire s'il a commencé à me jeter des regards avant que je ne le fasse ou s'il a commencé après, mais ça n'a pas arrêté durant un bon cinq minutes. Voyant ses cahiers de dessin dans les mains, j'avais mon excuse : je sors un carnet de mon sac à main, inscrit mon email, lui demande dessus ce qu'il dessine. Je n'ose pas lui donner, je suis timide et j'ai peur qu'il me remballe. </p>
<p>Il finit par tirer sur la corde pour signaler qu'il descend au prochain arrêt. Qu'est-ce que je fais, qu'est-ce que je fais ? J'attends le prochain regard, je lève les yeux vers lui et lui tend le papier. Moment d'hésitation, le prend, le regarde, me dit qu'il ne parle pas français. On échange quelques mots en anglais et le bus arrête. Il déchire un morceau du papier que je lui donné, prends un de ses crayons à dessin, inscrit rapidement son email. Les gens débarquent et embarquent dans le bus. L'autobus repart. Il me donne le papier et court jusqu'au chauffeur pour demander qu'il arrête.<br />
Et là, j'ai vraiment dû rougir et j'avais un sourire stupide au visage. J'ai osé ! Je suis fière de moi ! XD</p>
<p>J'ai particulièrement peur qu'il soit gay, ce qui ne serait guère surprenant puisqu'on sait tous que Marie trouve généralement les gays de son goût, n'est-ce pas ? Seul ombre réelle au tableau : y a des lettres que je comprends pas de son email. Il l'a écrit rapidement et sur lui, je vous laisse deviner la calligraphie parfaite de l'adresse.</p>
<p>Bon, là-dessus, je vais aller me faire chauffer une pizza maison faite par Nathalie avant de me préparer à aller voir Batman en version originale anglaise au cinéma ! </p>
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<title><![CDATA[21 juillet]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anyaaquebec</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Bonjour !
Ce post sera (peut-être) court (oui, MC, peut-être!). Je n&#8217;ai rien fait d&#8217;in]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bonjour !<br />
Ce post sera (peut-être) court (oui, MC, peut-être!). Je n'ai rien fait d'intéressant sinon sortir dehors prendre l'air un peu. Ordinateur, dessin, téléphone, lecture ont occupé le reste de mon temps. Seuls faits notables de la journée : 1 - Je me suis vêtue en lolita !<br />
<a href="http://anyaaquebec.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/100_1578.jpg"><img src="http://anyaaquebec.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/100_1578.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-66" /></a></p>
<p>2- Ce fut une aventure que de m'arranger pour avoir la carte RTC pour étudiant étant donné que je n'ai ni imprimante, ni fax. Va sur le site, appelle le service à la clientèle, attends, attends, attends, on me répond, j'expose mon problème que je n'ai pas encore de carte étudiante vu que je ne suis pas encore entrée à l'université, on me dit ce que je dois envoyer et où, envoie les documents à ma mère par hotmail qui a mal compris quelque chose, m'estine avec elle au téléphone, lui envoit, il en manque, je lui envoie les documents manquants... Enfin, on en est venu à bout mais je dois aller prendre la photo et obtenir ma carte demain en basse-ville !</p>
<p>3- J'ai soupé des vols-au-vent avec Nathalie ! C'était bon !</p>
<p>4- Namidaichigo m'envoie enfin ma Marie-Antoinette JSK en noir et rose demain. Je devrais l'avoir dans une dizaine de jours. Ça faisait près d'un mois que j'attendais qu'elle l'envoie... et elle était réservée depuis mars ! Il s'agit de cette robe en rose et noir (portée par Asa-Chan sur cette photo).<br />
<a href="http://anyaaquebec.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/mariejsk008.jpg"><img src="http://anyaaquebec.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/mariejsk008.jpg?w=205" alt="" width="205" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-67" /></a></p>
<p>Ce qui me fait penser que Lei a reçu notre commande Bodyline. Après près d'un mois et qu'ils aient annoncés qu'ils avaient perdus la commande j'ai eu peur. Plus jamais Celga. À chaque fois que je les ai utilisé comme intermédiaire, j'ai eu des ennuis. La prochaine fois, j'essaierai Crescent ou Hulksellthings pour du Putumayo ou la boucle Innocent world pour aller avec ma robe Cage print. Je verrai d'abord si ça en vaut la peine.</p>
<p>Carl et Lei viennent samedi ! Yaaaaay ! </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Si tú dejas entrar a niños, no me sermonees]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Romero</dc:creator>
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Más allá de reflexiones sobre la violencia en el cine y la televisión, basadas casi siempre en ]]></description>
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<p>Más allá de reflexiones sobre la violencia en el cine y la televisión, basadas casi siempre en prejuicios esgrimidos como razones, después de ver <em>Batman, El caballero de la noche </em>creo que sería un error considerarla un trabajo para niños, aunque muchos aspectos de esta afirmación entiendo que son discutibles. Inquieta que en México no sólo las grandes cadenas exhibidoras permitan la entrada masiva de menores de 12 años a las salas, sino que de las 700 copias distribuidas por Warner Bros. para el estreno, un alto pocentaje corresponda a una versión doblada al español, evidentemente dirigido al público infantil.<br />
La responsabilidad más alta recae en la Dirección General de Radio Televisión y Cinematografía que se encarga de la clasificación del material que se exhibe en nuestro país y que en este caso dio la categoría B-15 (No recomendada para menores de 15 años) al filme de Christopher Nolan, pero en un sentido más amplio esto es también responsabilidad de Warner y de las empresas de exhibición como Cinépolis y Cinemex para quienes la autorregulación es del todo incompatible con el potencial de dinero en taquilla que ofrece Batman. No me espanto en lo absoluto de que menores de 12 puedan ver <em>El caballero de la noche</em>, pero es un hecho que alguien aquí está violando las reglas. En congruencia, espero que tengan la dignidad de no volver a recetarle a los espectadores sus cineminutos que pretenden enseñarle moral a la sociedad y regañarla, por ejemplo, por comprar películas <em>piratas</em>. Total, parafraseando su propio discurso, si ellos dejan entrar a niños, yo puedo comprar lo que se me hinche.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[La chantajista Televisa... &quot;nom&aacute;s por joder&quot;]]></title>
<link>http://contratiempo.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/la-chantajista-televisa-noms-por-joder/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chnoland</dc:creator>
<guid>http://contratiempo.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/la-chantajista-televisa-noms-por-joder/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Por Diego Petersen Farah - Milenio
Traición, censura y olvido
En La broma, Milán Kundera narra c]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><a href="http://contratiempo.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/media.png"><img style="border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;margin:0 5px 0 0;" src="http://contratiempo.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/media-thumb.png" alt="MEDIA" width="104" height="104" align="left" /></a> Por <strong><a href="http://www2.milenio.com/node/49555" target="_blank">Diego Petersen Farah</a></strong> - Milenio</p>
<h4>Traición, censura y olvido</h4>
<p align="justify">En <em>La broma</em>, Milán Kundera narra cómo uno de los héroes de la Revolución checa fue borrado de las fotos oficiales porque en un momento de su vida entró en contradicción con el Partido Comunista. Sin recato ni rubor, algunos operadores del partido lo borraron de la foto del triunfo de la Revolución. De los tres héroes que aparecían en el balcón nomás quedaron dos. Fue tan burdo que el mensaje pasó clarísimo a todos los camaradas checos: la traición se paga con olvido.</p>
<p align="justify">Lo que hizo Televisa al borrar a Santiago Creel de un video se llama censura; no hay que darle vueltas. Fue un error haberlo hecho, de eso nadie tiene duda, pero no fue “un error de edición”. Un error de edición habría sido que cortaran la toma antes de que saliera Santiago Creel; un error de edición habría sido que pusieran mal el nombre de las personas que estaban en la toma; un error de edición habría sido que se colaran tomas de otro tema. Etcétera. No es un asunto de un clic mal dado o una tecla apretada por error; es un proceso que requiere conciencia y laboriosidad. Borrar deliberadamente a alguien es censura, no error de edición.</p>
<p align="justify">Lo que pudo haber sucedido es que la decisión de borrar a Creel de ese video específico la haya tomado un jefe de edición (por eso dicen que es “error de edición”) y no haya sido una orden expresa de ningún conductor o jefe de noticieros. Pero ningún jefe de edición, ninguno, hace eso “nomás por joder” (para citar a un clásico del buen decir nacional, hoy secretario de Agricultura). La decisión se operó así porque lo más probable es que se haya dado la orden en Televisa de no sacar a cuadro a Santiago Creel y este operador se la tomó demasiado en serio. Es decir, sí había la orden de borrar a Santiago Creel del mapa político y nunca falta quien se tome las metáforas al pie de la letra.</p>
<p align="justify">¿Cuántas veces se han tomado decisiones similares? ¿Cómo podemos estar seguros de que lo que vemos en la televisión se parece someramente a lo que sucedió? ¿Tenemos derecho los televidentes a algo más que a cambiarle de canal? (que, me queda claro, sigue siendo el peor de los castigos para cualquier televisora). La reforma que hicieron los partidos para, según ellos, eliminar la perversión de las televisoras de los procesos electorales no resuelve el problema de fondo. Se quitaron de encima la presión comercial, que en 2006 fue bárbara, pero no le quitaron a las televisoras nacionales la capacidad de chantaje que sigue siendo el arma más poderosa. Hicieron una reforma para resolver sus problemas inmediatos y no para solucionar el tema de fondo, que es medios y democracia (periódicos e internet incluidos).</p>
<p align="justify">En Colombia hicieron obligatorio que todos los medios electrónicos, que utilizan una concesión del Estado, tengan un defensor de las audiencias o del televidente, según el caso. Esta obligatoriedad tiene un sustento muy sencillo: la primera es que al ser el espectro propiedad del Estado, éste debe velar por el buen uso de estas concesiones, y la segunda, que el derecho a la información requiere mecanismos de observación y vigilancia que ayudan a mejorar la calidad de la información que recibe el usuario. En México la instancia encargada de vigilar estos temas es una dependencia de la Secretaría de Gobernación llamada Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía (RTC) que antes, en los tiempos del <em>partidazo</em> y de los secretarios de Gobernación con dientes, era algo así como el organismo censor; ahora es, para bien y para mal, un órgano de vigilancia y advertencia.</p>
<p align="justify">Sería gravísimo que el tema del difuminado Creel quedara en un simple “<em>ahí disculpe</em>”; fue un error pero venga para que lo entrevistemos. No estamos ante un caso de censura del Estado ni ante una autocensura por temor, sino ante un ejercicio deliberado de alteración de la realidad.</p>
<p align="justify">Sólo hay dos caminos, el primero es una vigilancia estrecha del Estado en materia informativa, lo cual es el peor de los mundos (lo único peor que un editor que acata metáforas a rajatabla es un burócrata con poder). El segundo es el poder del dedo gordo, ese que puede cambiar de canal en el momento que quiera, y apostar a que la regulación informativa se dé por la vía del mercado. Esta opción, que suena bonita, requiere más que licitar una concesión de cadena nacional, porque esta que llaman la tercera cadena en realidad no sería la tercera sino la séptima, pues una televisora tiene dos redes nacionales y la otra cuatro, con lo que cualquier competidor nuevo estaría condenado a competir en desigualdad de dos a uno o cuatro a uno frente a lo actuales jugadores.</p>
<p align="justify">La secuela traición-censura-y-olvido no puede quedar en anécdota. Fue el síntoma de una enfermedad muy grave que se llama concentración de poder y que en una democracia, parafraseando las leyendas de las cajetillas de cigarros, es causa de muerte.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[La televisión]]></title>
<link>http://observatoriomediosuia3.wordpress.com/?p=1097</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Observatorio de Medios UIA</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Carmen Aristegui F., Reforma 
 
Entre insólito, patético y ridículo resultó lo que hizo la prin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;" lang="ES-MX"><span style="font-size:small;">Carmen Aristegui F., Reforma </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;" lang="ES-MX"><span style="font-size:small;">Entre insólito, patético y ridículo resultó lo que hizo la principal televisora del país con el presidente del Senado, Santiago Creel. Borrarlo, como remedo estalinista, de la pantalla de televisión y, por lo tanto, de la escena pública es algo que alcanza ya tintes enfermizos de quien o quienes tomaron la decisión. Entre otras cosas porque no se trata de un hecho aislado.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;" lang="ES-MX"><span style="font-size:small;">La respuesta de la televisora ante el extrañamiento de RTC resultó tan hueca como insostenible: "Se cometió un error de edición en la imagen del senador Creel". Esa afirmación es falsa y lo saben los profesionales y lo sabe cualquiera que haya visto esa imagen. Lo sabe el doctor Leopoldo Gómez, a quien estimo personalmente, pero que sabe muy bien que una explicación como ésa no puede satisfacer ni a RTC ni al Senado ni a nadie. A todas luces estamos frente a una acción deliberada para eliminar de la escena a un protagonista de la vida pública. Baste ver el tipo de encuadres que muestran a los participantes del encuentro de un lado y otro del senador, evitando registrar su imagen en cualquier plano cerrado, y cuando aparece en los planos abiertos es borrado. El remate estúpido de un veto mayor.<!--more--></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;" lang="ES-MX"><span style="font-size:small;">Lo que el Canal 2 transmitió a millones de personas, en su nota del 2 de julio sobre el debate petrolero en el Senado, es absolutamente inaceptable por varias razones.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;" lang="ES-MX"><span style="font-size:small;">La principal tiene que ver con el poco respeto que se muestra a una audiencia de millones de personas que tienen como su principal fuente de información política, precisamente, a la televisión. El principal agravio no es sólo a la víctima directa de la mutilación visual, sino a un público a quien se le escamotea el elemental derecho a estar informado. La desaparición del rostro de Creel es un capítulo más de una larga cadena de omisiones deliberadas del trabajo en el Congreso y especialmente del senador Creel. En los 44 días que siguieron a la aprobación de la reforma electoral, que prohíbe la compra de tiempos en radio y televisión, la información sobre el Congreso y sus legisladores cayó dramáticamente. Así lo demuestra el monitoreo que hizo el propio Senado. Mientras que Enrique Peña Nieto registra más de 700 menciones en ese periodo, en una sobreexposición también anómala, Congreso y legisladores literalmente desaparecen de las pantallas en una clara represalia informativa. La prensa reportó 70 por ciento de la cobertura del Senado, la radio 33 por ciento y la televisión únicamente un 4 por ciento. Un auténtico ostracismo informativo.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana;" lang="ES-MX">Es claro que las televisoras vieron afectados sus intereses al haberse establecido la prohibición de compra con fines electorales y eso afectó los ingresos millonarios de recursos públicos que tenía la industria en tiempo de campañas. Tienen derecho a inconformarse si creen que esa reforma les afecta, pero no tienen derecho a hacerlo a costillas de los ciudadanos y su derecho a saber. El ex secretario de Gobernación ha sido objeto de un consistente veto televisivo que dura ya por lo menos un año y me temo que en las actuales condiciones no será el último. No importa lo que haga, lo que diga, o la relevancia de su representación o de su presencia pública. La consigna es que no salga en las pantallas. La consigna es desaparecerlo frente a un público masivo sin importar, en absoluto, el derecho de las audiencias a recibir información relevante, plural, crítica, oportuna y veraz sobre lo que hacen o dejan de hacer aquellos que tienen un mandato de la sociedad, además de los otros actores de la vida nacional. Cercenar, no sólo la imagen, sino la palabra y las ideas (las que sean) de quien o quienes tienen la representación social, es una afrenta muy seria. Como pocos, Santiago Creel ha probado en su vida política las mieles y las hieles del trato con las televisoras. Fue beneficiario, por ejemplo, de una cobertura privilegiada en Televisa, en marzo y abril de 2005, en detrimento de la figura de Felipe Calderón, cuando ambos competían por la candidatura presidencial. Entre febrero y marzo, Calderón no tuvo una sola nota en la televisora, justo cuando se cocinaba la Ley Televisa, en tanto que Santiago Creel gozaba de un tratamiento desmedido a su favor desde las pantallas. Hoy, por las razones que sean, es desaparecido de la televisión. El tema aquí no son tanto las cuitas de Creel con Televisa sino la constatación, nuevamente, de que desde el régimen duopólico que impera en la televisión mexicana se pueden poner en práctica, sin recato alguno, una serie de criterios extraperiodísticos para determinar qué se informa, qué no se informa y cómo se informa a millones de personas que tienen en la televisión a la principal ventana de contacto con la realidad nacional. Si no que le pregunten a López Obrador, a Calderón, a Cárdenas, a Castañeda, a la Suprema Corte, al equipo Puebla, a Corral, a Bartlett, a Junco de la Vega, a Saba y a una lista demasiado larga ya. Ése y no otro es el tema principal.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Rational Team Concert - Personal Builds really are personal!]]></title>
<link>http://scmmonkey.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/rational-team-concert-personal-builds-really-are-personal/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kitemonkey</dc:creator>
<guid>http://scmmonkey.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/rational-team-concert-personal-builds-really-are-personal/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today it was uncovered that when you request a personal build from the RTC Eclipse client of an alre]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today it was uncovered that when you request a personal build from the RTC Eclipse client of an already defined build project <em>the build actually takes place on your current local machine!!!</em>&#160; Whilst this might seem reasonable to most it is in complete contrast to the behaviour of a developer build (using the reflector functionality) of BuildForge.</p>
<p>Whilst it would have been funky if an RTC personal build used the <em>real</em> build engine for a build project I see no world changing functionality here, rather its just a glorified mouse click that executes a build script... anyone can do this on the command line.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Installation de WVDIAL sous BackTrack/Slackware]]></title>
<link>http://lebricabrac.wordpress.com/?p=34</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Nassim</dc:creator>
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Dans cette article nous allons voir comment installer l&#8217;application Wvdial sous BackTrack, la]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.alpha-geek.fr/public/logo_backtrack.JPG" alt="" width="419" height="233" /></p>
<p>Dans cette article nous allons voir comment installer l'application Wvdial sous BackTrack, la distribution BackTrack étant basée sur la Slackware, les manipulations décrites sont donc aussi valables pour Linux Slackware.</p>
<p>Pour rappel, Wvdial est un dialer PPP permettant le paramétrage de connexionx internet pour les modems ADSL/RTC, terminaux WLL...etc.  Wvdial nécéssite l'installation des dépendances suivantes : wvstreams, libiconv, qdbm, xplc, openslp.</p>
<p>Nous allons donc commencer par télécharger les dépendances ainsi que le package de Wvdial :</p>
<p>- Wvstreams :</p>
<p><a href="http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.1/development/wvstreams/4.4.1/wvstreams-4.4.1-i486-1bj.tgz" target="_blank">http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.1/development/wvstreams/4.4.1/wvstreams-4.4.1-i486-1bj.tgz</a></p>
<p>- Libiconv :</p>
<p><a href="http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.1/libraries/libiconv/1.12/libiconv-1.12-i486-2as.tgz" target="_blank">http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.1/libraries/libiconv/1.12/libiconv-1.12-i486-2as.tgz</a></p>
<p>- Qdbm :</p>
<p><a href="http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.1/database/qdbm/1.8.77/qdbm-1.8.77-i486-2as.tgz" target="_blank">http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.1/database/qdbm/1.8.77/qdbm-1.8.77-i486-2as.tgz</a></p>
<p>- Xpic :</p>
<p><a href="http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.1/utilities/xplc/0.3.13/xplc-0.3.13-i486-2as.tgz" target="_blank">http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.1/utilities/xplc/0.3.13/xplc-0.3.13-i486-2as.tgz</a></p>
<p>- Openslp :</p>
<p><a href="http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.1/network/openslp/1.2.1/openslp-1.2.1-i486-2as.tgz" target="_blank">http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.1/network/openslp/1.2.1/openslp-1.2.1-i486-2as.tgz</a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">- Wvidal 1.6 :</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.1/network/wvdial/1.60/wvdial-1.60-i686-2bj.tgz" target="_blank">http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.1/network/wvdial/1.60/wvdial-1.60-i686-2bj.tgz</a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Maintenant vous pouvons procéder à l'installation des dépendances, ouvez un terminal (console) et placez vous dans le répertoire qui contient les fichiers téléchargés, puis tapez la commande :</p>
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installpkg wvstreams-4.4.1-i486-1bj.tgz libiconv-1.12-i486-2as.tgz qdbm-1.8.77-i486-2as.tgz xplc-0.3.13-i486-2as.tgz openslp-1.2.1-i486-2as.tgz wvdial-1.60-i686-2bj.tgz<br />
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<p style="text-align:left;">Voilà ! Maintenant vous pouvez configurer Wvdial selon votre matériel et votre abonnement internet et surfer depuis votre linux.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fannie Mae 與 Freddie Mac 的困局]]></title>
<link>http://joechan201.wordpress.com/?p=38</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>joechan201</dc:creator>
<guid>http://joechan201.wordpress.com/?p=38</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Fannie Mae 與 Freddie Mac 的困局，是今天美國財經官員面對最大的考驗，兩間機]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fannie Mae 與 Freddie Mac 的困局，是今天美國財經官員面對最大的考驗，兩間機構共擔保約5萬億美元的樓揭債務，當中有多少會變成壞賬，而其中又有多少是資不抵債債？聯邦儲備局和美國財政部不單要解決這些壞賬的問題，更重要的是如何能令市場對Fannie Mae及Freddie Mac重拾信心，投資由其擔保發行按揭抵押證券(MBS)，確保樓市有充足的資金供應。</p>
<p>隨著Fannie Mae與Freddie Mac財政不穩的狀況日趨嚴重，美國政府可用的手法不多，如今最多人提及的是20年前解決Savings and Loan (S&#38;Ls)的策略，即是成立一個類似Resolution Trust Corp (RTC)的機構，為Fannie Mae及Freddie Mac清理已破產的樓按。</p>
<p>1980年代，由於利率大幅波動，加上Savings and Loan的管理不善，令美國金融界陷入自經濟蕭條以來最大的危機，保守估計由S&#38;Ls持有已變壞的資產高達5000億美元，為了拯救金融市場，美國國會成立了RTC，接管這些S&#38;Ls，並有秩序地出售這些資產。根據美國聯邦存款保險局(FDIC)的統計，由1989至1995共7年間，RTC共虧損1529億美元，其中由納稅人負擔1238億美元。</p>
<p>今次Fannie Mae和Freddie Mae的危機，雖兩機構共擔保達5萬億美元的樓按（十倍於S&#38;Ls），但並不是全屬壞賬，其中很多是優質貸款，假設有十分一的樓按出事，其數額才與S&#38;Ls相若；再者這些樓按均有物業作抵押，只要物業市場轉趨穩定，樓價企穩，損失將會有限，估計不會較S&#38;Ls多。但仍然要由納稅人支付。</p>
<p>今次的救亡行動，相信美國政府仍然會以時間換取金錢，首先承諾擔保Fannie Mae和Freddie Mac發行的證券，以免債市崩潰；然後再以其他方法刺激樓市，如提供稅務優惠給予業主等，希望達到穩住樓價，甚或令其上升。最後在樓市穩定後，便將斷供的物業接收並出售。</p>
<p>這次危機，將令美國政府的財政赤字加重，聯邦債務也因此上升，或許會令其後數年美國的利率上升。</p>
<p>在監管層面上，可能出現新的監管機構，以監察Fannie Mae和Freddie Mac的運作，而Fannie Mae和Freddie mac以後再也不會隨便購入樓按，以保財政穩健，可以說的是，美國以後再沒有寬鬆的樓宇按揭貸款，2000年代初的熾熱樓市，只能說是此情可待成追憶，只是當時已惘然。</p>
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<title><![CDATA[First Look: IBM Rational Quality Manager]]></title>
<link>http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/?p=119</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mikemacd</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Yet again hats off the Jazz folks for making something consumable. With no effort involved I was abl]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yet again hats off the Jazz folks for making something consumable. With no effort involved I was able to download and install a <a href="https://www14.software.ibm.com/iwm/web/cc/earlyprograms/rational/QMOpen/" target="_blank">Beta 2 of Rational Quality Manager</a> (RQM) and login and get a default empty dashboard with no configuration at all 8)</p>
<p>RQM is a web based tool "for test planning, workflow control, tracking and metrics reporting capable of quantifying how project decisions and deliverables impact and align with business objectives." It's also <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/?s=jazz" target="_blank">Jazz </a>based. A couple of weeks ago I did a First Look analysis of Rational Requirements Composer (<a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/first-look-ibm-rational-requirements-composer/" target="_blank">here</a>) so I thought I'd have a look at RQM today. I should caveat this by saying I'm not a QA/Test expert! :)</p>
<p>This being a Beta there are some bugs hanging around like the horizontal tabs having a higher z-order than the pop-up menus from the left navigation bar so you've got to be precise with the mouse to open the "My Test Plans" tab at the moment and it's a little hard to create a new test plan :S If only the left menu bar auto scrolled down like the "related sites" links on the far right! Eventually I worked around this by constructing the URI to create a new test plan - <a href="https://localhost:9443/jazz/web/console/QM#action=com.ibm.rqm.planning.home.actionDispatcher&#38;subAction=newTestPlan" target="_blank">https://localhost:9443/jazz/web/console/QM#action= com.ibm.rqm.planning.home.actionDispatcher&#38;subAction=newTestPlan</a> and just typing it into the browser address bar. I had this problem in FF and IE, anyway I've got a work around so off I go.</p>
<p>Here's the blank empty GUI:</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/rational-quality-manager.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-120" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/rational-quality-manager.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="226" /></a></p>
<p>Once I got into the Test Plan editor I was able to start creating a structured Test Plan. I like this idea, as instead of a huge Word document with no structure here there are discreet sections with potentially seperate ownership. Obviously in my demo repository there are no requirements to hook into a test plan so I clicked the button to create one, this led me into the Rational Team Concert web interface 8)</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/rational-team-concert-create-requirement.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-121" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/rational-team-concert-create-requirement.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a> <a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-test-plan-requirements.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-122" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-test-plan-requirements.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-test-plan-quality-goals.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-124" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-test-plan-quality-goals.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a> <a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-test-plan-test-cases.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-125" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-test-plan-test-cases.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-test-plan-environments.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-126" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-test-plan-environments.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p>Unfortunately I got quite a few errors in trying to save sections of my test plan, and also none of the editors for the various sections would let me type in them no matter how many times I hit the "Edit" link. The idea of structured test assets continues in the Test Case editor, although I had the same problems as with Test Plans here in terms of editing some of the content. I was however able to generate work items  (which naturally I did twice) based on my test case and configured environments using the excellent lab management interface :D</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-lab-management-new-machine.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-123" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-test-case-summary.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a> <a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-lab-management-new-machine.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-132" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-lab-management-new-machine.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-test-case-generate-work-items1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-127" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-test-case-generate-work-items1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a> <a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-test-case-generate-work-items2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-128" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-test-case-generate-work-items2.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-test-case-generate-work-items3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-129" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-test-case-generate-work-items3.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a> <a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-test-case-generate-work-items4.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-130" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-test-case-generate-work-items4.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p>Upon executing my generated work item the problem I found was that my test failed. There were no doughnuts to be had! :(</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-test-execution.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-131" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-test-execution.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p>This being based on the Jazz platform there is of course a lot of reporting available (I shifted over to the sample Java PetStore test plan since there wasn't enough data in my dummy project).</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-reports-execution-status.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-133" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-reports-execution-status.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /> </a><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-reports-execution-by-phase.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-134" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-reports-execution-by-phase.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-reports-execution-trend.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-135" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-reports-execution-trend.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /> </a><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/quality-manager-reports-requirements-coverage.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-136" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/quality-manager-reports-requirements-coverage.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p>
<p>RQM gives you a fully web based quality management portal. The structured nature to managing test assets is a major improvement, and since this is Jazz based I'm sure it's all deeply configurable for different ways of working and approaches to quality management and testing.</p>
<p>The integration of information from Team members, Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Execution, Reports and Defects is seamless and intuitive, with requirements and defects being managed through the Rational Team Concert interface and of course the data is easily reported on.</p>
<p>I'd like to dig more into the integration with other tools such as <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/screenshots-of-new-ibm-rational-jazz-products/" target="_blank">Rational Team Concert</a>, possibilities with <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/first-look-ibm-rational-requirements-composer/" target="_blank">Rational Requirements Composer</a> and the relationship between process templates in these various tools. Not to mention migration paths from other QM/Test tools like the "classic" Rational tools and those from other vendors.</p>
<p>All in all it looks like an impressive, intuitive and powerful product but it's an early access Beta and has quite a few bugs that can make playing with it a bit frustrating at the moment.</p>
<p><strong>More info</strong></p>
<p>See my first look at IBM Rational Requirements Composer <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/first-look-ibm-rational-requirements-composer/" target="_blank">here</a></p>
<p>See more stuff about Jazz in general here: <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/screenshots-of-new-ibm-rational-jazz-products/" target="_blank">What's all that Jazz?</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/jazz_ensemble1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-99 aligncenter" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/jazz_ensemble1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="84" /></a></p>
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<description><![CDATA[There are many benefits to self-hosting which tend to lead to self-hosted projects achieving high qu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are many benefits to self-hosting which tend to lead to self-hosted projects achieving high quality. Some examples of this are many compilers, IDEs such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borland_Delphi">Delphi</a>, <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx" target="_blank">Visual Studio </a>etc. The sheer breadth of testing on self-hosted systems means bugs and dodgy user experiences are ironed out early. More recent examples of high-quality self-hosted development efforts come from <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/" target="_blank">Eclipse </a>and <a href="https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-team-concert/releases/1.0">Rational Team Concert</a>. Scott Rich recently blogged on the Jazz <a href="https://jazz.net/blog/" target="_blank">team blog</a> about RTC having the "<a href="https://jazz.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/07/the-smoothest-end-game-ever-but-why/" target="_blank">smoothest end game ever</a>" and one of the key points that led to this smooth end game was the self-hosting of RTC.</p>
<p>The question is how can we get the benefits of self-hosting in normal projects, since most organisations aren't in the business of building IDEs...</p>
<p>Personally, I get involved in a lot of projects that aim to improve an organisations software development capability, often these projects involve deploying tools into an organistion to deal with things such as planning, issue tracking, configuration management etc. So in my projects I always make sure I'm self-hosted, that is we use the planning tools to plan the delpoyment of the planning tools :P We track issues in the issue tracking tool that we want others to use and store our artifacts in the repositories we are deploying in the organisation. This approach gives the benefits of broad and deep testing of infrastructure, configuration, integration and usage models. Not to mention the opportunity of being in the strong position of practicing what we preach!</p>
<p>Currently I'm involved in rolling out Rational Portfolio Manager to about 500 people. Changing the way that many people plan and manage projects isn't terribly easy, but it's made easier by ensuring that the configuration of a tool and it's usage models have really been put through the ringer and thoroughly tested. As a result my project is self-hosted in RPM. That way my team is the first to find things that haven't been set up correctly, is the the first to feel pain points and can fix them before the general user base has to feel the pain.</p>
<p>Not to mention we're practicising what we preach.</p>
<p>If you're doing any sort of project and you can work out how to usefully use the output of the project in the project then do so.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Coming up in September is the IBM Rational Software Developers Conference UK (22 - 23 September 2008]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Coming up in September is the IBM Rational Software Developers Conference UK (22 - 23 September 2008 <a href="http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/general/gen_contact_map.htm">Royal College of Physicians, London</a>).</p>
<p>As well as <a href="http://www.ivarjacobson.com/about-us/thought-leader-bios.cfm#Ivar%20Jacobson" target="_blank">Ivar Jacobson</a> and <a href="http://www.ivarjacobson.com/about-us/thought-leader-bios.cfm#Ian%20Spence" target="_blank">Ian Spence</a> there will be <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/all-about-me/" target="_blank">yours truly</a> speaking on:</p>
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<li>Practice Based RUP delpoyment - not sure when this session is yet</li>
<li>Jazz and Rational Team Concert - on Tuesday based on the initial agenda</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.ivarjacobson.com/" target="_blank">IJI</a> are gold sponsors so expect to see our stand and lots of IJIers about. I also expect Julian Holmes from <a href="http://www.upmentors.com/" target="_blank">UPMentors</a> will be doing his Process Wars presentation which is extremely entertaining :D Grady Booch will be presenting, although sadly not in real life, but in Second Life.</p>
<p><a href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/uk/itsolutions/developer/rsdc/" target="_blank"><img style="border:0 none;" src="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/uk/itsolutions/developer/rsdc/img/rs_conference_600_160.jpg" alt="" width="492" height="131" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[First Look: IBM Rational Requirements Composer]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[So I downloaded and installed IBM Rational Requirements Composer (RRC) today. I&#8217;m not very goo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I downloaded and installed IBM Rational Requirements Composer (RRC) today. I'm not very good at reading instructions so typically I didn't read them but I still managed to set up RRC server and connect a client within an hour :D Excellent job yet again Jazz people, in the past with the "classic" tools this sort of thing wouldn't have been possible in such a short time. It even co-exists (but isn't integrated) with my Rational Team Concert installation. At the moment I've got two Jazz server instances which is a shame, but this is only a Beta.</p>
<p>Anyway, I used the configuration utility and with only referring to the instructions once or twice I quickly got RRC setup and working. Having said that the config utility uses an embedded IE instance to access the Jazz Admin console and for me that wasn't working so I gave up on the config utility and just used trusty FireFox.</p>
<p>The client is Eclipse based but isn't shell sharing with my other eclipse shell at the moment. I've created a Test Project and thought about creating some artifacts to go along with it. I can't see where to edit templates but since this is Jazz based I'm sure that everything is customisable. I've got a bunch of errors showing in my logs and in the Jazz admin web UI so I'm not sure if I'm seeing everything anyway. Perhaps reading the instructions is a good idea!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Overview</strong></span></p>
<p>It's clear that it's an early Beta as there's still a lot of simple UI bugs but the point of these releases is not to provide a finished product but to give people that are interested a chance to get to grips with the functionality and look and feel. So here's some of my thoughts and screenshots (clicky piccies):</p>
<p>I set about creating a process diagram</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/requirements-composer-process.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-106" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/requirements-composer-process.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="233" /></a></p>
<p>Then a glossary that supported some of the terms that I identified in thinking about the business process</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/requirements-composer-glossary.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-107" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/requirements-composer-glossary.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="202" /></a></p>
<p>I also played around with creating a Use Case diagram</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/requirements-composer-use-case-diagram.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-108" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/requirements-composer-use-case-diagram.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="233" /></a></p>
<p>Because I've got a software development background I immediately decided to mock up a UI and screen flow rather than consider any of those pesky requirement things :P</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/requirements-composer-ui-mockup.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-110" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/requirements-composer-ui-mockup.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="202" /></a> <a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/requirements-composer-screen-flow.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-111" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/requirements-composer-screen-flow.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="172" /></a></p>
<p>At this point it seemed like a good idea to think about writing an initial Use Case specification, this was cool because I could integrate the various things I've done already such as embed the UI mockup, link to the business process and have glossary management done for me too :)</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/requirements-composer-use-case-specification.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-112" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/requirements-composer-use-case-specification.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="233" /></a></p>
<p>All of which left me with some cross linked integrated stuff to do with capturing my requirements as regards eating doughnuts</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/requirements-composer-project-home.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-113" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/requirements-composer-project-home.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="233" /></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Conclusions</strong></span></p>
<p>It's quite easy to start setting up a set of integrated stuff including storyboards, process diagrams, use cases, UI mockups etc. and is very non-technical to use. Personally I found the UI mockup functionality to be limited, I'd prefer more free form drawing capability when I create a "sketch" it would take me longer to mock up a UI here than it would for me to build it in Visual Studio - but then again this is aimed at analysts that may not be able to use IDEs. The UI seems very windows based as well, what about trusty web widgets!</p>
<p>I'd like to get at the project template and see what can be done in terms of the elements and strucutre of the project, not to mention document templates for things like Use Cases.</p>
<p><strong>Does this replace RequisitePro? No. </strong>Although it's got requiremetns authoring, marking and linking RRC doesn't yet provide full traceability management and (at least at the moment) I can't see where I'd go about attributing and managing requirements attributes. That's why RRC has integration into ReqPro to provide these things.</p>
<p>Personally I'd like to see versionable requirements artifacts, more flexible UI sketching, traceability management, attribute management and more integration into other Rational tools such as Rational Software Architect and Team Concert.</p>
<p>This is a good start in terms of providing a single tool to support requirements elicitation and elaboration, all the diagrams and docs in one place, easily distributed and collaborated on. I'll look forward to seeing more of it as time goes by :)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/jazz_ensemble1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-99 aligncenter" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/jazz_ensemble1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="84" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Screenshots of new IBM Rational Jazz products]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mikemacd</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I recently put together a presentation for IJI on IBM Rational Jazz and the new, and future, Jazz -b]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently put together a presentation for <a href="http://www.ivarjacobson.com" target="_blank">IJI</a> on IBM Rational <a href="http://jazz.net" target="_blank">Jazz </a>and the new, and future, <a href="http://jazz.net" target="_blank">Jazz </a>-based products. Rather than present bullet points about products I like to show demos where possible and screenshots otherwise as like many people I find that I need to see a tool to gain an understanding of it. This presented me with a bit of a problem because most of these tools aren't released yet, and some are only ideas from Rational Labs rather than actual listed products. But I managed to get screenshots or at least spy shots for the presentation so I thought I'd share.</p>
<p>[slideshare id=497421&#38;doc=whatsallthatjazz-1215080318923749-9&#38;w=425]</p>
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<td>You can download the whole presentation here, it's in PDF form though so you don't get the animation or Rational Team Concert demo vids (if you're an IJIer just drop me an email if you want the full demo videos)</td>
<td><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/whats_all_that_jazz.pdf"><img class="size-medium wp-image-84 alignnone" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/pdf-icon.gif?w=150" alt="" width="31" height="31" /></a><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/whats_all_that_jazz.pdf">Download</a></td>
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<hr />Here's some screenshots and spy shots of some of the new tools:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Rational Team Concert</strong></span></p>
<p>Rational Team Concert (RTC) is a collaborative project execution environment providing source control, work item tracking, build management and reporting capabilities as well as supporting agile planning. RTC is the first Jazz based product and at the moment the best known. The demo includes some early integration between <a href="http://esswork.com/" target="_blank">Esswork </a>and RTC.</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/rational-team-concert-essup-backlog.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-85" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/rational-team-concert-essup-backlog.jpg?w=128" alt="" width="128" height="88" /></a> <a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/rational-team-concert-iteration-planning.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-86" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/rational-team-concert-iteration-planning.jpg?w=128" alt="" width="128" height="88" /></a></p>
<p>Early access packages of RTC are available now from <a href="http://jazz.net" target="_blank">jazz.net</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Rational Quality Manager</strong></span></p>
<p>Rational Quality Manager (RQM) is a business-driven software quality portal for people seeking a collaborative and customizable solution for test planning, workflow control, tracking and metrics reporting capable of quantifying how project decisions and deliverables impact and align with business objectives.</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/rational-quality-manager.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-87" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/rational-quality-manager.jpg?w=114" alt="" width="114" height="96" /></a> <a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/rational-quality-manager2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-88" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/rational-quality-manager2.jpg?w=127" alt="" width="127" height="70" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www14.software.ibm.com/iwm/web/cc/earlyprograms/rational/QMOpen/" target="_blank"></a>RQM should be available around the 7th of July</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Rational Requirements Composer</strong></span></p>
<p>Rational Requirements Composer (RRC) is a requirements definition solution that enables organizations to enhance their requirements processes with easy-to-use elicitation and definition capabilities and provides various visualisation, documentation and collaboration capabilities.</p>
<p><a href="http://mikemacd.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/rational-requirements-composer.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-89" src="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/rational-requirements-composer.jpg?w=127" alt="" width="127" height="93" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www14.software.ibm.com/iwm/web/cc/earlyprograms/rational/RDMOpenBeta/download.shtml?S_TACT=&#38;S_CMP=" target="_blank">Open Beta pre-registration</a> (Available in July hopefully)</p>
<hr /><em>The following are currently Rational Labs projects and may not make future products in their current form</em></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong> Rational Tempo</strong></span></p>
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<td>Improve estimation through:</p>
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<li>Tracking probabilities</li>
<li>Schedule extrapolation</li>
<li>Risk management</li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Rational Ensemble</strong></span></p>
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<td>Improve team collaboration</p>
<ul>
<li>Awareness of similar work</li>
<li>Tracks historic assignments</li>
<li>Links team members</li>
</ul>
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<p>There is also <a href="../2008/06/26/ibm-rational-ensemble-or-ibm-rational-ensemble/" target="_blank">business partner collective</a> called IBM Rational Ensemble which is not the same thing as this Rational Labs project!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Rational Governor</strong></span></p>
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<td>Improve Governance</p>
<ul>
<li>Specify Governance Solutions</li>
<li>Manage Roles and Decisions</li>
<li>Automate processes</li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Rational Financier</strong></span></p>
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<td>Improve Financial Management</p>
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<li>Specify Governance Solutions</li>
<li>Manage Roles and Decisions</li>
<li>Automate processes</li>
</ul>
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<title><![CDATA[Quick plug for a local band I love]]></title>
<link>http://matthewjhughes.wordpress.com/?p=116</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hey guys, I just want to give a quick plug to a band I totally adore. They are called Road To Canada]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey guys, I just want to give a quick plug to a band I totally adore. They are called Road To Canada, and they play music that is totally unique, emotionally powerful and well written. I have met one of the band once in real life and I have also talked to her online quite a bit.</p>
<p>She asked me to post a quick message on my blog, which I am happy to pass on.<br />
<em> Hey we're Road to Canada, two girls who love music... a lot.</em></p>
<p><em>We play, write and produce our own music and would really appreciate it if you would go listen to it at <a href="www.myspace.com/roadtocanada">www.myspace.com/roadtocanada</a>. Comments are always welcome, good or bad.</em></p>
<p><em>Hope you like our music</em></p>
<p><em>Love<br />
RTC<br />
xxx</em></p>
<p>I suggest you check it out. Their music is beautifully tinged with pianos and soft drumming, not to mention sheet awesomeness.</p>
<p>Please, do yourself a favour and click the link above. You won't regret it.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Matt</p>
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<title><![CDATA[When can you get the Jazz based Rational Tools?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen some comments about the fact that at the RSDC2008 Rational announced 22 products. I ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I've seen some comments about the fact that at the RSDC2008 Rational announced 22 products. I think many bloggers and article writers may have got a little confused by all the hype. Rational certainly made some very important product announcements and the Rational Labs in the exhibition centre were fantastic in terms of showing us some previews of what's coming in the future. These announcements and lab previous are the primary reason why I said it was the best RSDC in years. However there weren't 22 new products announced! It breaks down like this in terms of what the analysts have been writing/bloggin:</p>
<p>IBM Rational announced pricing and availability for a swath of 22 products:</p>
<ul>
<li>There are 6 new IBM Rational products that are native <a href="http://jazz.net" target="_blank">Jazz </a>products <strong>(6)</strong></li>
<li>Updates to five existing Rational tools that add <a href="http://jazz.net" target="_blank">Jazz </a>enablement/capabilities <strong>(5)</strong></li>
<li>plans for certified add-in products from 11 Rational <a href="http://www.ivarjacobson.com">partners </a><strong>(11)</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>6+5+11 = 22</p>
<p>Personally I've struggled to put these numbers in context. I think I'm fairly aware of the new Rational stuff that's coming along but I can't quite get the numbers to add up, so the rest of this post is about what I'm aware of, please comment if you have any more/contrary information: <em>(Edit: see the comments on this post for a clarification on the numbers from IBM)</em></p>
<p><strong>New Jazz based tools:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>IBM Rational Team Concert (may not count as it's been announced for 2 years)</li>
<li>IBM Rational Quality Manager</li>
<li>IBM Rational Requirements Composer</li>
<li>IBM Rational Financier</li>
<li>IBM Rational Governor</li>
<li>IBM Rational Tempo</li>
<li>IBM Rational Ensemble (not to be confused with the IBM Rational Ensemble that is a <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/ibm-rational-ensemble-or-ibm-rational-ensemble/" target="_blank">business partner collective</a>!)</li>
<li>IBM Rational Enterprise Reporting</li>
<li>IBM Rational Project Management</li>
</ol>
<p>I'm counting 9 not 6</p>
<p>As for the 5 updated, these will be ClearQuest, ClearCase, ReqPro, RPM (arguably) and...? I'm not sure where AppScan fits in with this stuff. It's great tool and will clearly integrate with Rational Quality Manager but I don't know where it fits in with the 22? announcements. Similar questions can be asked about the Telelogic tools.</p>
<p>Anyway here's what I'm tracking in terms of the new IBM Rational Jazz tools:</p>
<p><strong>Rational Team Concert</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://jazz.net/downloads/RationalTeamConcert/milestones/1.0RC4" target="_blank">Release Candidate 4</a>(<a href="http://jazz.net" target="_blank">Jazz.net</a> registration required) is currently available for downloading, the production release is sceduled for mid 2008 with the enterprise release scheduled for October 2008 (that's the one I'd use for piloting)</p>
<p><strong>Also</strong></p>
<p>IBM Rational are running a number of open betas for some of the new tools that were announced at last weeks RSDC. They're not generally available yet but will be soon. Specifically:</p>
<p><strong>Rational Quality Manager</strong></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size:x-small;">This open beta program includes <span lang="EN-US">two new Rational products and three enhanced</span> <span lang="EN-US">versions of Rational products that you already know:</span> </span></p>
<ul>
<li>
<div><span style="font-size:x-small;"> <span lang="EN-US"> <span lang="EN-US"> <span lang="EN-US"> <strong> <span style="color:#ff0000;">NEW*</span> </strong> </span> </span>IBM® Rational® Quality Manager v8.0</span> </span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><span style="font-size:x-small;"> <span lang="EN-US"> <span lang="EN-US"> <strong> <span style="color:#ff0000;">NEW*</span> </strong>IBM® Rational® Test Lab Manager v8.</span>0</span> Extension**<br />
**This extension is included in Rational Quality Manager for the open beta but will be available under separate license for GA.</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><span style="font-size:x-small;"> <span lang="EN-US"> <span style="color:#ff0000;"> <strong>ENHANCED*</strong> </span>IBM® Rational® Performance Tester v8.0</span> </span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><span style="font-size:x-small;"> <span lang="EN-US"> <span style="color:#ff0000;"> <strong>ENHANCED*</strong> </span>IBM® Rational® Functional Tester v8.0</span> </span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><span style="font-size:x-small;"> <span lang="EN-US"> <span style="color:#ff0000;"> <strong>ENHANCED*</strong> </span>IBM® Rational® Service Tester for SOA Quality v8.0</span> </span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www14.software.ibm.com/iwm/web/cc/earlyprograms/rational/QMOpen/download.shtml?S_TACT=&#38;S_CMP=" target="_blank">Open Beta pre-registration</a> - get emailed when the open beta gets released on (currently) June 24th 2008</p>
<p>There will also be some open <a href="http://qualitymanager.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/rational-quality-manager-web-demo-open-to-all/" target="_blank">web demos</a> on June 24th so you can get an overview without pre-registering for the beta if you wish.</p>
<p><strong>Rational Requirements Composer</strong></p>
<p>This Beta features the latest version of Rational RequisitePro for managing your requirements, as well as a new offering, Rational Requirements Composer, enhancing your abilities to elicit and define requirements for business driven-development.</p>
<p><strong>NEW*</strong> IBM Rational Requirements Composer Beta focuses on the following capabilities for requirements definition and management:</p>
<ul>
<li>Leverage multiple sources for requirements and organize them in rich documents for context
<ul>
<li>Create requirements and link to supporting documents and external sources</li>
<li>Supplement textual content with embedded views of diagrams and sketches</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Develop robust use cases
<ul>
<li>Create simple, informative use-case diagrams</li>
<li>Elaborate use cases with rich document descriptions, user interfaces sketches, storyboards, and activity flows</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Build comprehensive business glossaries
<ul>
<li>Interact with rich documents to define and share new terms</li>
<li>Link to and verify the usage of existing terms</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Sketch business processes
<ul>
<li>Sketch business processes using a widely recognizable and easily understandable subset of the BPMN notation</li>
<li>Link business tasks and decision points to use cases, user interface sketches, and requirements</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Visualize results with user interface sketches and storyboards
<ul>
<li>Elaborate the user experience to further elicit and validate requirements</li>
<li>Refactor sketches into reusable parts to quickly build storyboards</li>
<li>Easily maintain storyboards as sketch changes are propagated throughout</li>
<li>Link requirements to any user interface part</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Collaborate in context to validate and clarify requirements
<ul>
<li>Attach comments to virtually any textual or graphical element</li>
<li>Maintain comment threads for conversational context</li>
<li>Create requirements from comment content</li>
<li>Host reviews within the collaborative environment to facilitate requirements validation and approval</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Integrate Rational Requirements Composer Beta and Rational RequisitePro v7.1 Beta
<ul>
<li>RequisitePro integrations provide requirements traceability across the application lifecycle</li>
<li>Enhance requirements content to overcome perception, communication, and information gaps across functions, organizations, and geographies.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>ENHANCED*</strong> Rational RequisitePro® v7.1 Beta focuses on the following new and improved capabilities:</p>
<ul>
<li>RequisitePro client for Web enhancements, including:
<ul>
<li>Improved Microsoft® Word integration: create and edit requirements without taking documents offline</li>
<li>Additional project administration capability</li>
<li>View rich-text requirements content</li>
<li>Run and share BIRT-based reports</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Enhanced security model for enterprise deployments
<ul>
<li>Set permissions on package hierarchies and views</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>New BIRT-based reporting option
<ul>
<li>Report designer for custom report design</li>
<li>Sample report templates aid in report design</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Baseline Manager improvements
<ul>
<li>Explore baseline contents to gain context beyond baseline comparisons</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www14.software.ibm.com/iwm/web/cc/earlyprograms/rational/RDMOpenBeta/download.shtml?S_TACT=&#38;S_CMP=" target="_blank">Open Beta pre-registration</a> - get emailed when the open beta gets released (currently) planned for late June/July 2008</p>
<p><strong>Other tools</strong></p>
<p>Some other tools I'm aware of but don't have any information on dates (some of these are part of the rational labs research and may never make final products):</p>
<ul>
<li>IBM Rational Financier - gives project and program managers insight into the financial value of one ore more projects to help identify and manage risks</li>
<li>IBM Rational Governor - helps IT organisations manage project roles and associates decision rights including managing the polices that constrain decisions and promote compliance with processes</li>
<li>IBM Rational Tempo - lets project managers understand and mange the variability of schedule overruns, a key source of risk in software development projects</li>
<li>IBM Rational Ensemble - reduces risks incurred by communication failures by promoting communication between developers doing related work (see <a href="http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/ibm-rational-ensemble-or-ibm-rational-ensemble/" target="_blank">here </a>for info on the business partner group called IBM Rational Ensemble)</li>
<li>IBM Rational Enterprise Reporting - a reporting interface that sits across all of the Jazz tools, more than just a jazz version of SoDa this tool can replace a lot of the executive dashboard features of tools like RPM</li>
<li>IBM Rational Project Management - a replacement for Microsoft Project???</li>
<li>IBM Rational Self Check (see <a href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/announce/mcif/?S_TACT=105AGX56&#38;S_CMP=RSDC" target="_blank">MCIF</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p>
<p>There's clearly a lot going on in this space and the next few years will be critical in the Rational space as Jazz takes it's ascendency. It seems obvious to me that the "classic" Rational tools (ReqPro, ClearCase, ClearQuest etc.) will converge with the new Jazz based tools in each area and Rational will provide an upgrade path for each tool so eventually more everyone from the classic tools to the Jazz tools. In my opinion this is a good thing for a number of reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li>Rather than purchases of point products integrated point to point, the Jazz project is an architectural focus on the needs of the industry. I'd argue this is long overdue and extremely valuable.</li>
<li>Distributed teams are accepted as the norm not the exception</li>
<li>The "classic" tools have needed a facelift for a while</li>
<li>And more importantly there is a growing trend from Rational towards Practice based process and tooling, something that my company, and me personally, have been evangelising for a while now. The new Jazz tools, the <a href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/announce/mcif/?S_TACT=105AGX56&#38;S_CMP=RSDC" target="_blank">MCIF</a>, practice based approach to process and embracing of agile principles demonstrate a genuine effort in right direction</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Clay Courts fully operational at Riverview Tennis]]></title>
<link>http://riverviewtennis.wordpress.com/?p=9</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The courts are all up and playing nicely and a full programme is in place for 2008. Memberships are ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The courts are all up and playing nicely and a full programme is in place for 2008. Memberships are being accepted.</p>
<p>RTC</p>
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