Can you give us a brief history of your computer use? Background, originally pretty anti-, actually bit of a luddite. My dad's a systems analyst, a previous boyfriend is a computer/internet boffin hence no desire to go there!!! Now I'm a convert - it's been a gradual process over the last couple of years, starting off with a really crappy old Amstrad lent to me by a friend.
What do you use now? Office Dell Pentium D266 PC and a smaller Packard Bell at work. Apple Mac G3 at home.
How does the computer help in your design work? From a fashion point of view the design process is very much still done with pen and paper. In visuals and graphics it's a great tool, but only as good for creative design as the designer using it. In a more general way for afashion business, it's great for co-ordinating visuals with administrational information. I think for actual original design it's limited.
What advances in technology could help you more? Healing Hangover Software.
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Any favourite software? Photoshop.
Any gadgets you'd like? Cup of Tea icon.
What do you mainly use your computer for? Administration at the moment which will change to communication of information.
Do you shop online? Yes, just started, from Go, fantastically easy to buy and select flights on the net to mini Tabasco bottles brought in bulk for Bloody Marys for a Birthday Brunch.
Anything really irritate you about computers/technology? When it doesn't do what you want.
What's the strangest thing you've found online? Not strangest, funniest: "Gerbil in a Microwave."
How long have you been known to spend at your computer? Three days on Excel doing cashflows.
What do you see in the future for computers? What would you like to see? Hardware getting seriously aesthetically pleasing. We tolerate it at present because there's no choice.
What are you working on at the moment? A very exciting multi media project with other creative disciplines not usually connected with computers and technology, but the end result will be a marriage of leading creatives and leading technology both in the final presentation and in communicating that vision and information.
