The "Magic Box"

I already know a fair amount about my computer, which happens to be a Mac. I know plenty about the various Microsoft Office applications, such as Word, Powerpoint and Excel. I am learning about Entourage, however, which is the Mac equivalent of Outlook for Windows. These applications make sending and receiving e-mails much easier, since they can be linked to various e-mail accounts and negate the need for putting your password in every time you log in to your account. If I don't know what I'm doing, I typically click around until I figure something out or at least have a general idea of what the program does. Being in my early 20's, I know quite a bit about applications such as iTunes, iPhoto, Safari, Firefox, various IM programs and the Address Book on my Mac. I have learned that it is much easier to find files and applications via the Mac's Finder window than it ever was on a PC.

My first challenge within Google Docs was to learn how to upload the particular files I wanted to post. Next came the process of learning how to share with either the class, the school, or my fellow teammates and the instructor. At one point I had to help a teammate who was struggling with the system. It took a while but I think we finally got him on the right track at least.

EXTRA CREDIT (STORAGE SITE) Reviewed several storage sites and I liked Buzzword: http://www.adobe.com/acom/buzzword/. As an Adobe product, it is solid and dependable with a good text editor like Word from Microsoft. Buzzword accesses latest version of your document, and the ability to share feedback and respond to each other's comments from any computer. Applications include tables, presentations, web conferencing, file organization, creating PDFs and a mobile application. It gives the user the ability to store up to 5GB of storage space with a limit of 200MB per file. There is no installation and the site for basic services is free. Buzzword is user-friendly and I found it easier to upload my resume than on Google Docs. Other storage sites I viewed are Zoho at http://www.zoho.com, EtherPad at http://etherpad.com, and Peepel at http://peepel.com.