Blogs

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Blogs
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Definition

• A BLOG IS A PERSONAL DIARY. A DAILY PULPIT. A
  COLLABORATIVE SPACE. A POLITICAL SOAPBOX. A
  BREAKING-NEWS OUTLET. A COLLECTION OF LINKS. YOUR
  OWN PRIVATE THOUGHTS. MEMOS TO THE WORLD
  http//www.blogger.com

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Creating your own Blog

• Get a blog space for free http//www.blogger.com/
  

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Examples of Blogs

• Microsoft http//blogs.msdn.com/
• IBM http//www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw
  _blog.jspa?blog475
• A fun blog http//www.gizmodo.com/

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blogger.com

• To log in
• Go to http//www.blogger.com
• To post a message go to
• Posting and Create New Post
• To add members
• Settings and Members

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http//www.blogger.comSign in with login/password
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To post click on posting/create
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To access the membersGo to settings/members
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What should be in your blog?

• If it is not there it does not exist!
• The blog is a window on your work!
• Everything you do must be documented!

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What should be on your blog? Diary

• What you are doing on a daily and weekly basis?
• Difficulties you have?
• What goes fine?
• Surprises you have (good and bad)?
• The things that prevent you from working
  (vacations, holiday, electricity cuts)?
• Cultural and language issues?
• What do you like?
• What you do not like?
• What you will not do again?
• What you will definitively do again?

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What should be on your blog? Learning Experience

• What you learn from a technology point of view
  (software, case tools, Word, blogs)?
• What you learn from a software engineering point
  of view?
• What you learn about software engineering
  processes?
• What you learn about?
• What you learn about requirements?
• What you learn about design?
• What you learn about coding?
• What you learn about testing?
• What you learn about documentation?

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What should be on your blog? Project Management

• What do you learn about working in team?
• What do you learn about project management?
• Do you meet the deadline?
• Do your counterpart team meet the deadline?
• What do you learn about communication?
• What do you learn about coordination?
• What do you learn about negotiation?