On the other end of the technology learning curve is O'Neal, the Los Angeles Lakers' MVP center and Internet entrepreneur who founded his own Web site, Dunk.net, and is a key investor in Digital Media Campus, a technology business incubator. O'Neal's business interest is rooted in his love for technology. But when he wants to learn the latest Internet developments in flash technology or streaming videos, he turns to the staff at Dunk.net or Digital Media, said Leonard Armato, O'Neal's longtime agent. Steven Spielberg, who also is known for having a computer within reach at all times, turns to the information technology crew at DreamWorks when he has computer problems, said Marvin Levy, his publicist. Spielberg has access to some of the brightest minds in Hollywood.
Politicians get much the same treatment.
When her e-mail program freezes, the senator usually hands her laptop over to the same technology experts who update her office Web site. But when he is at home, his primary computer guru is his wife, Sharon. But when he has computer problems at home, he said, he usually calls the toll-free help line that came with his computer. The Denver Post. All rights reserved.