Goal for August, Final Update, and Goal for September/October

My Goal for August is complete.

Now, to set a goal for September…thinking about this for the last week really stretched me.  There are a number of things that I know which I could blog about, but the problem is that every one of those things is considered confidential piece of information.  Access to and usage of the PDT (i.e., Problem Determination Tool) interface for a Nortel Meridian-1/CS1000 is taught in a series of classes, twice a year (6-12 classes total, given about every 6 months) directly by Nortel.  And the truth is that most of what I know was learned outside of that class by watching the experts at work and taking notes along the way.

I think I’d like to aim for a BARS/NARS 101, 201, 301 type tutorials like what ghtrouthas done, but only more detailed.  Frankly, nothing can really replace the original GHTrout BARS 101 tutorial, but I can certainly try to cover things that he did not and put together a walk through for a 201, 301 type course.  Unfortunately, I think that working out the course material might make that topic a little too difficult to tackle in September.  So instead, I’ll plan on making September my month to put together the outline for that, and also to make September my month to work on:

1. Prepare for the onslaught of blog scraping.
2. Install FeedEntryHeader and test thoroughly.
3. Write 101 style tutorials for the following:
   1. Adding, Changing, Deleting a set (NOTE: impossible to discuss all set types, so it’s basic 101 material only)
   2. Adding, Changing, Deleting a calling party name display record
   3. Managing descriptions (DES), tips & tricks
4. Write course outline for 101, 201, 301 on BARS/NARS