Jared said >It would be a part of persona-based design if the intended user were using was a persona. If it's just someone you just made up in your head, then its just role-playing. (Both are valid techniques, but have different purposes.)
I agree with the first sentence but not the second one. Role-playing is a technique that can be used with or without a persona. If you *made up* someone in your head, you just created a persona. If you role-play using someone you know, it is role-playing but you are not using a persona. A persona being archetype, a creation and not a real person. Pierre Roberge User Experience Designer - Business Analyst etfs ---------- etfs inc. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you have received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Unless otherwise stated, opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and are not endorsed by the author's employer. etfs inc. L'information transmise ne s'adresse qu'au particulier ou a l'organisme a qui il est dirige. Il peut contenir des renseignements de nature privilegiee et/ou confidentielle . Si le lecteur de ce message n'est pas le destinataire vise, ni l'employe ou le mandataire charge de la livraison au destinataire vise, il est par la presente avise que toute dissemination, distribution ou transcription de cette communication est strictement interdite. Si vous avez recu la presente communication par erreur, veuillez nous en aviser immediatement par courriel et detruire le document de tout ordinateur le contenant. A moins d'avis contraire, toute opinion exprimee dans le present courriel est celle de son auteur et n'est pas endossee par l'employeur de la personne qui l'exprime. ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help