Want to Read Another Developer Persona? Well, Here's Mine Anyway.

Posted on Jan 26, 2007

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

Steve Bryant "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!

Posted By Steve Bryant / Posted on 01/26/2007 at 12:31 PM

Brian Rinaldi 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).

Posted By Brian Rinaldi / Posted on 01/26/2007 at 3:34 PM

NIck Tong Hi Brian - talking about music i don't see you on the coldfusion group at last.fm? http://www.last.fm/group/Coldfusion

Posted By NIck Tong / Posted on 01/29/2007 at 10:54 PM

Brian Rinaldi 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.

Posted By Brian Rinaldi / Posted on 01/30/2007 at 4:59 AM

Paula Thornton 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.

Posted By Paula Thornton / Posted on 04/05/2007 at 9:21 PM

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My name is Brian Rinaldi and I am the Web Community Manager for Flash Platform at Adobe. I am a regular blogger, speaker and author. I also founded RIA Unleashed conference in Boston. The views expressed on this site are my own & not those of my employer.