[IxDA Discuss] What's your Personality Type? (Related to: Now Hiring Leonardo DaVinci?)

[Tori Egherman]

Taking these tests now after three years of living in Iran makes me realize
how culturally biased they are. My personality has changed because I live
here. Do I trust people? Three years ago the answer was "yes", now it's
"no". That's just one example. I see a lot more circumstance than
personality in the answers now.

Tori

On 10/1/06, Petteri Hiisilä <petteri.hiisila at ixdesign.fi> wrote:
>
> [Please voluntarily trim replies to include only relevant quoted
> material.]
>
>
> Dana Smith kirjoitti 30.9.2006 kello 7:52:
>
> > The quick two:
> > - What is your type?
>
> INFJ 11 62 50 1
>
> The J can be P sometimes, depending on the day I take the test.
>
> > - What is your occupation? (Please be as specific as possible.)
>
> Senior interaction designer / freelancer.
>
> > If you're willing to write more:
> > - How does knowledge of your type impact your thoughts about your
> > career, design, other people, and yourself - as a designer and as a
> > person?
>
> For other's sake and to be sure that my intuition is right, I try to
> do a lot of objective validation to different framework directions
> and interaction solutions. Personas and validation scenarios have
> been particulary useful in this.
>
> > - What was your experience when you learned your type? Was it
> > meaningful to you?
>
> Not surprising.
>
> > - Has personality type ever played a role in your research or designs?
>
> Yes, some people need more facts before they are willing to believe
> that this is the correct design direction. After all, there is a lot
> of "soft" thinking involved in the early phases of design, especially
> when designing a completely new product. Research, personas and
> scenarios help me to look and be sure. I try to avoid projects that
> don't have resources for the research part.
>
> > - If you are outside the US, is there different or additional test
> > that
> > is prominently used?
>
> I don't know. I haven't been in psychological tests.
>
> --
> Petteri Hiisilä
> Senior Interaction Designer
> IX Design / +358505050123 / petteri.hiisila at ixdesign.fi
>
> "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
>   - Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________
> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
> To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org
> List Guidelines ............ http://listguide.ixda.org/
> List Help .................. http://listhelp.ixda.org/
> (Un)Subscription Options ... http://subscription-options.ixda.org/
> Announcements List ......... http://subscribe-announce.ixda.org/
> Questions .................. lists at ixda.org
> Home ....................... http://ixda.org/
> Resource Library ........... http://resources.ixda.org
>