Here's a handy tool to check when names were most popular. For example, type in Judith and you'll see a huge spike in the 1940s so that would be a great name for a persona in her 60s:
http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager Cheers, Julie On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 2:12 AM, Caroline Jarrett < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Matthew > > In 2004, I wrote a piece on places to choose names:. > http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article1739.asp > > It seems to have suffered a little from linkrot, but most of the links are > still active. My basic idea was that names do suggest > ages so you could pick a set of names that reflect the age of the persona. > > Caroline Jarrett > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > :I am running a persona workshop with our client partners to flesh out > : some of the behavioral aspects. As part of a "fun" exercise, we would > : like to have persona naming as part of the event. Normally, when I > : pick names, I make up something based on my IM list, mashups of TV > : characters from shows I watched recently, or something along those > : lines. > : > : Does anyone have a process in place (or ideas) for how our group might > : choose names collaboratively? > : > : Thanks, > : > : Matthew Zuckman > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
