Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Los Angeles & Yahoo present "Personas SUCK / Personas RULE!", Wednesday, April 29th 7-9pm

2009-04-15 Thread Angel Anderson
Thanks for the support, Liz! First let me say that this event is very much inspired by the presentation that you and Steve Calde did for Portland. I'm hoping to continue the conversation here in Los Angeles because at our last two UX book club meetings, the topic (and usual debate!) came up and so

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Los Angeles & Yahoo present "Personas SUCK / Personas RULE!", Wednesday, April 29th 7-9pm

2009-04-14 Thread live
I have no idea how to respond to that. Um... OK(?) On Apr 14, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Angel Marquez wrote: Just wanted to chime in and let you know I am not the Angel you are accusing of plagiarism. I am the good Angel. Welcome

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Los Angeles & Yahoo present "Personas SUCK / Personas RULE!", Wednesday, April 29th 7-9pm

2009-04-14 Thread Elizabeth Bacon
Hey folks, For the record, I do not sense plagiarism here. It's a natural dialetic. Personas are a valuable and powerful tool yet they are sometimes seen as controversial, for various reasons. I first worked with Adam Korman at Cooper, where personas as practiced today were invented, so I'm guessi

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Los Angeles & Yahoo present "Personas SUCK / Personas RULE!", Wednesday, April 29th 7-9pm

2009-04-14 Thread Angel Marquez
Just wanted to chime in and let you know I am not the Angel you are accusing of plagiarism. I am the good Angel. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Los Angeles & Yahoo present "Personas SUCK / Personas RULE!", Wednesday, April 29th 7-9pm

2009-04-14 Thread live
This sounds *exactly* like a talk Elizabeth Bacon last year. Down to the title even. On Apr 14, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Los Angeles IxDA wrote: Personas. Do you use them? Are they useful or a waste of time? Our April event will feature persona experts who will explain why, when, and how personas ca

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Los Angeles & Yahoo present "Personas SUCK / Personas RULE!", Wednesday, April 29th 7-9pm

2009-04-14 Thread Elizabeth Bacon
Hi IxDA LA, Sounds like a rocking event -- wish I could attend! I'm compelled to comment here because it's exactly the theme of a presentation that Steve Calde and I did together in Portland last year, which we also presented as a webinar thru Catalyze. The talk was called "Death to Personas! Long

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] IxDA Los Angeles & Yahoo present "Personas SUCK / Personas RULE!", Wednesday, April 29th 7-9pm

2009-04-14 Thread Los Angeles IxDA
Personas. Do you use them? Are they useful or a waste of time? Our April event will feature persona experts who will explain why, when, and how personas can be used effectively in your interaction design process. What do you do when you know you need personas, but you can't seem to convince the cl