Second Week of Class

During our second week of class we set up a G-mail account.

 This will be our mode of communication throughout the course.

We talked about cloud storage which is where data can be stored not in the user's computer, but in a virtual storage online in a site called Dropbox.  Dropbox will be used to crate a class folder for submitting assignments or retrieving files placed there by Mario.  Files placed in this folder are accessible from any computer, tablet or smart phone provided there is a Wifi connection.  I feel this image does a great job describing the concept of cloud storage for the Dropbox brand.

I discovered that Dropbox was created by two MIT students, Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi in 2007.

Here is the link to both sites mentioned in this blog entry:  Gmail and Dropbox