For your first blog post, you will discuss cloud computing.  First, read the following articles and watch the following videos on cloud computing:

Wikipedia
NY Times article
Video about Animoto, referenced in the NY times article:

YouTube Video on Animoto

Tim O'Reilly on Cloud Computing

Google & Censorship (BBC)

Next, write a blog entry that answers the following questions:

What is cloud computing?
What are the benefits and disadvantages of cloud computing for an ordinary computer user?
What are the benefits and disadvantages of cloud computing for a start-up company?
What are the social dangers of cloud computing?  That is, why might people be uneasy about the whole world's documents being stored on GoogleDocs instead of on local machines?

Due Date:
Your blog should be completed by September 9th

Grading:
All blogs for this class will be scored out of 5 points, using the following metric:

0 Points	No Blog
1 Point	A blog posts exists, but is very minimal, with little to   no information
3 Points	A blog exists that covers many of the required main  points of the assignments.  Some questions may not  be answered, or some answers may be incomplete or  poorly reasoned.
5 Points	Well Written response that covers all of the required  points of the assignment.