Remember.com, Worlds First Memory Bank, Launches to Founders Alma Mater
Summary
Remember.com, currently available only to members of the DePauw community, intends to launch nationally over the coming weeks, taking on memories as varied as Super Bowls past to the Civil Rights movement.The founders, Jason Becker and R. Brandon Sokol, say they started with DePauw because of their own memories of the school, their alma mater."Remember.com provides an innovative and immersive platform for the universitys alumni, students, faculty members and friends to share memories of their experiences here," says Steve Setchell, director of corporate and foundation relations at DePauw and chair of DePauw’s 175th anniversary committee."Remember.com provides an innovative and immersive platform for the universitys alumni, students, faculty members and friends to share memories of their experiences here," says Steve Setchell, director of corporate and foundation relations at DePauw and chair of DePauw’s 175th anniversary committee.Ken Owen, the university’s executive director of media relations, sees Remember as a tool to engage alumni."The founders, and their team of software engineers, plan to ultimately make Remember.com synonymous with the idea of remembering.“We hope to be for memories what Wikipedia is for knowledge or Facebook is for friends,” said Sokol.