The Good Stuff, from Japan - an exclusive interview with Digital World Tokyo

On October 16, 2007 in Interviews

Hi all. We are back again today chatting with Mark from Digital World Tokyo. So far we’ve already talked about his search for guest bloggers, wacky USB gadgets, and why DWT is unique.

So Today let’s get to know a little more about Mark:

Daily J: What motivated you to start your site?

Mark: It was originally published by the Japan division of a large US publisher. When management there proved - um, how can I put this? -less than inspired, I acquired it from them in 2006.

Daily J: What was the most difficult part of starting your site?

Mark: Ha ha - I refer you back to my previous answer.

Daily J: What part of running a site is the most fun for you?

Mark: Definitely attending press events and meeting the real people behind the news.

Daily J:What is your favourite post? And why?

Mark: Definitely the toy dog that humps your PC’s USB port. It’s crude, stupid and pointless but has received tens of millions of hits.
USB Port Humping Dog!

Daily J: What is your favourite Japanese gadget(s)?

Mark: Ooh - that’s a hard one… I’m not a fan of technology for its own sake — a product has to actually be useful or fun, so let’s go for the IC chips that are in most new phones; I could never go back to life without my Suica card, credit card and e-cash right in the phone and that’s very telling.

Is’n it great to have everything in one place? The cellphone is now tv, internet, digital music, game console, credit cards, train pass, and dictionary… I heard somewhere that in the future we will even use them to make calls

A very big thank you to Mark from Digital World Tokyo for the interview. It’s been fun!

And thank you all for reading. Be sure to drop by DWT and check out some gadgets and other good stuff from Japan.

To all a great day

From Daily J

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