[Design] how to write personas?

[SteveC]

On 9/16/2011 12:12 PM, Matt Amos wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:02 PM, SteveC<steve at asklater.com>  wrote:
>> That's a nice example, but we're being too tactical (in jumping in to
>> writing personas without knowing who they are) and it paints a very bright
>> picture. If Norman did so well, then why do we need to change anything?
> i thought the point was that you write the narrative that you want to
> happen, and that can then be evaluated against the design. for
> example, with the current site Normal might well think it's just a
> pale Google imitation rather than a vibrant community. or, having
> bothered to read the text on the left of the map, might not be able to
> find out about community in his area (because that's on the wiki,
> which he didn't notice).

Ahhhhh, that makes sense. I thought we were writing personas for what's 
happening today, not where we want to be tomorrow. Both make sense to me.

Steve