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Andrew Hinton has an interesting post about Personas and the Role of Design Documentation.

"Whenever orthodoxy seems to be going awry, you can either reject it, or try to understand it in a new light. And one way to do the latter is to look into its history and understand where it came from to begin with—as is the case with so much dogma, there is often a great original idea that, over time, became codified into ritual, losing much of the original context."

Word.

He also has this interesting note about the Charmr from Adaptive Path

"One thing a couple of the presenters said really struck me—they said they found themselves having nightmares that they’d been diagnosed with diabetes, and had to manage these medical devices for the rest of their lives. Just think—immersing yourself in your user’s experience to the point that you start having their dreams."

Also true. In my projects, I often am so deeply involved in the personas that I dream conversations with them.