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Jan 26, 2007
Want to Read Another Developer Persona? Well, Here's Mine Anyway.
In response to the meme that Tim Buntel (inadvertently) started, here is my developer persona:
- 32 years old
- Married for 9 years with 2 kids (one 4 and one only 5 months old) and two parrots (conures)
- Drives a Mini Cooper
- Bought our current home 2 years ago and just recently finished renovating it. It is in Boston, so we paid too much, but the neighborhood is great.
- A recent Mac convert, though I have to use a PC for work.
- I rarely get to go to the movies anymore. I think the only ones I saw recently were Casino Royale and Borat...is Borat up for best picture?
- I watch Heroes, Grey's anatomy, Desperate Housewives and My Name is Earl (yeah, not much geeky scifi stuff...my wife mostly picks the shows but I enjoy them too ;)
- No snowboarding or kayaking. My only real hobby anymore would be Xbox 360 when I have the time (and in the case of Gears of War I make the time)
- Love Indian food and Sushi
- I like all kinds of music, but mostly obscure electronic stuff (think Shiny Toy Guns, Kish Mauve or Lali Puna), straight pop with a female vocalist (Leigh Nash, Goldfrapp or Gwen Stefani) or Latin music (but no Ricky Martin...more like Ely Guerra or Julieta Venegas). I am addicted to my eMusic subscription which has tons of that stuff.
- I almost never visit YouTube unless someone sends me a link (and I am not at work). I read too much new on New York Times online instead (I am a politics junkie).
Comments
"Drives a Mini Cooper"
Come on! You gotta give us more than that. What color at least?
We had a black over yellow one until we traded it in recently for something more practical. It really was a joy to drive!
Come on! You gotta give us more than that. What color at least?
We had a black over yellow one until we traded it in recently for something more practical. It really was a joy to drive!
Hey Steve. Black with a white top. Perhaps when the younger kid is older I will need to get a more practical car (since it is really tight back there) but for the moment I am enjoying it (and my wife has our practical car).
Hi Brian - talking about music i don't see you on the coldfusion group at last.fm? http://www.last.fm/group/Coldfusion
Ok Nick, I joined. I can get to the site but I can't get around it much at work due to firewall issues, but I will check it out tonight.
Interesting, but not a persona. A persona is more about what you 'do', the context in which you do them, and the challenges you face doing them.