Robert said: All I have to do is imagine a person to create a persona? And if it's a real person, it's not a persona? What if I imagine a cartoon character? What do you call that? If a tree falls in a forest and hits a mime, does anyone care?
To continue beating a dead horse. Maybe there is a language issue here. I meant to use the word imagining to mean making something up in your mind not only visualizing something existing. To me, characters in a movie, in a novel, in a cartoon or in a comic book are all personas. Obviously, I have a broad definition of what a persona is. To me it is really a ficticious individual that has some traits. That movie character or persona is then put through scenarios (or plot) and reacts according to their traits. In software, we craft some of the experience the persona will have using it and hope the real people will have the same experience. In movies, the director (or whomever) crafts the experience the character goes through and expect the viewers will react in unison or discordance. When I was at Cooper, a colleague who was acting explained to us the techniques used by actors to inhabit characters and that process is similar to how personas are created. I guess that is where I got this more encompassive definition of personas. In the end, any two things can be seen as similar or dissimilar, it just depends one the level of granularity one is at. to be continued.............. Pierre Roberge User Experience Designer 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
