DIGITAL MEDIA

z Earliest web memory?

The first time I clicked on a hyperlink in Mosaic. I almost screamed “Eureka”. It was a seriously powerful media moment for me as I just knew that the web had to be a serious game-changer for media (and life) as we had known it.

z Digital faux pas?

Sending a deprecating email about a guy I didn’t have much time for. The email somehow made its way into print in a weekly business magazine much to my embarrassment.

z Home page?

www.bigpond.com

z Secret site everyone should know about?

www.i-pond.com.au, http://bigpondvideo.com/ or http://www.rhymezone.com for songwriters.

z Mobile phone handset?

Lots of different handsets and PDAs so I can constantly check all of our content on them. The experience is still so irritatingly variable.

z PC or Mac?

Both. The new i-Mac, which is basically all screen, looks particularly sexy and I want one. I just got a new HP Smart Touch which is a touch screen Windows Media Centre for the kitchen.

z Google or Yahoo?

www.sensis.com.au

z Facebook or MySpace or most frequented social networking site?

www.bigblog.com.au and Facebook.

z Digital hero?

Very Mulberry, the queen of the BigPond islands in Second Life. Then Steve Jobs.

z Best digital communication ever seen?

Forgive the inhouse focus but it’s a toss-up between our live mobicast and webcast of Missy Higgins from The Basement in Sydney or our 30-minute live TV program with Eric Bana and Richard Wilkins for the launch of BigPond TV.

z I wish I thought of?

RSS.

z What’s passé ?

Ads featuring talking animals .

z What’s next?

The vision of the digital home becoming a reality as faster broadband speeds allow multiple connections for PCs, media centres, games platforms and more.

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