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

[Mark Schraad]

On Sep 30, 2006, at 12:52 AM, Dana Smith wrote:

>
> The quick two:
> - What is your type?

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> - What is your occupation? (Please be as specific as possible.)

entrepreneur
interaction explorer
brand and marketing consultant
business strategist

>
> 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?

Not much.

> - What was your experience when you learned your type? Was it
> meaningful to you?

an amusing and thought provoking exercise. could vary significantly  
depending on the day - the recent events and what is immediately  
ahead of me. social sciences are not really science.

> - Has personality type ever played a role in your research or designs?

of course.

> - If you are outside the US, is there different or additional test  
> that
> is prominently used?

> - What else?

Self evaluation (as in this exercise) is completely different than  
the evaluation of research participants or targeted personas. It does  
not relate terribly well to design research. Researcher introspection  
IS valid - but is process and goal driven.