It’s a bit strange writing on Scenariogirl and not knowing anything about you…
So consider this a little bit of user research on my part - Humour me if you have the time ;)
Where do you live and what do you do for work?
Tell me something about you that’s too unique and special to blend into a generic persona?
What did you have for dinner last night?
What makes you happy?
Hey Lisa;
Live in Country NSW, Work from home.
My family makes me happy, coding makes me happy … and just now I found out mowing my long grass with a ride on mower makes me happy :)
Matta
Hi, I just discovered your nice Blog. Like it a lot.
I am an IA from Berlin.
Cheers :)
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UI/UX/IxD designer … and music keeps me sane in the otherwise dull grey world of government; I air-drum or -bass while coding CSS :-)
where do you live and what do you do for work?
Atlanta, Georgia - Usability/IA/Interaction Design
Tell me something about you that’s too unique and special to blend into a generic persona?
I love to knit, it reminds me of coding HTML oddly enough!
What did you have for dinner last night?
Spaghetti and a baked potato
What makes you happy?
Most anything, a sunny day, gifts in the mail, surprises, kissing my husband, playing with my daughter.
Chippendale, Sydney; web developer/ux/sysadmin/accessibility evangelist/all round nerd
I love Fray Bentos steak & kidney pies. You pie connoisseurs can all go to hell.
Chicken & veg pie
Pie; Doing stuff with my mum & nephew :)
Perth, Australia - Freelance, IA/UI/Interaction Design
I can’t stand silence, I must have noise or music around me almost 24/7. I visualise off music, which others think is strange.
I eat way to much pasta.
Being creative makes me happy.
He he - Gary and his weird music-to-screen thing. I visual music, but not in a way that I can actually use for work … more like 3D waveforms … possibly linked to learning sound engineering and mixing :-)
@NathanaelB - I see hundreds of images, some as movies, some as colour flows, sometimes to the point that its just way to much. But I have learned to turn it off and on. Its like you bring them into focus and they just flood into your mind.
Hence I can shunt the music visuals into the background. Which is good for coding/writing and in the foreground is good for being creative.
I learnt to do this in high school when I learnt some advanced contour drawing techniques with a little mediation. Yes we had radical art teachers for back in the day.
You mean meditation?
@NathanaelB yeah that.. All I remember of it was the visualisation methods that I have improved on over the years.
I’m a little behind with reading blog posts so sorry for the late reply.
Where do you live and what do you do for work? - Canberra, and I work in UX/IA/IxD/Accessibility.
Tell me something about you that’s too unique and special to blend into a generic persona? - I’m actually quite a shy person (really!). I love doing lots of creative stuff, like making music and photography. I play the djembe but wish I had the time to join a drumming circle.
What did you have for dinner last night? - A cheese platter. Only a light dinner as we’re so full from the Multicultural food festival.
What makes you happy? - Everything and anything. I was particularly happy on the weekend as there were lots of people returning my smiles!
Heh, this should be fun:
1) Live in Perth. What do I do for work? Beg. Pure and simple. And offer FREE stuff. Will you please hire me to do your SEO? I’ll give you free Analysis n’ such!
2) IS there a generic persona? Where can I get one? Think of how much that would rock at parties. “Hey, where’s Jake?” “He’s over there, talking to some generic persona.”
I think my uniqueness comes from an inability to respond to questionnaires in anything less than a smartass way. Yeah?
3) NO. What did YOU have for dinner last night?
Okay, I had Hungry Jacks in the car, and then a beer at some random guy’s house while he gave me an old fishtank.
4) Humour. Random Acts of Kindness. Acts of Creation (and I don’t just mean my kids - though they’re certainly included on this list).
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That was fun, thanks. Especially the parts about Gary and his medications. Um… I mean, mediTations. HA!
Hi matey! Here you go:
1) Living in London for a while yet, working as a full-time UX/Web Designer
2) Er… I don’t currently own a TV?
3) I had a nice pre-made organic vegetable soup from the supermarket last night, but the previous night’s dinner was more interesting, steak in creamy mushroom sauce and chips in a restaurant in Lisbon, accompanied by some Fado music. But actually, the vegetable soup from the supermarket *was* pretty good.
4) Food prepared with love. People with a wicked sense of humour. People that are nice on public transport.
I wouldn’t miss my TV if it disappeared Hank - but it is odd you don’t even have one!
Thanks guys! I feel like there’s a lot more personality around here all of a sudden… it’s lovely :)