Re: Help with fake names issue

[Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>]

Hey Cindy,

Your client needs to lighten up. Apart from that, here is some
justification you can use for actual people names: It makes the characters
and situations more realistic.

Rather than grabbing names out of thin air, why not think of the attitudes
or circumstances the person is in at that moment? At work we talk about
some of our personas as being "frustrated", "contented", "efficient",
"newcomer", etc. So when describing a high-intensity transaction between
the frustrated user, we refer to him as "Fred Frustrated". Likewise the
contented user, in a more easygoing transaction, would be "Cindy Contented".

The alliteration is a mnemonic, and the attitude is a characteristic of the
interaction. Realistic names help to build attachment to the idea.

Hope this helps.

-Tony

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