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IS 213 -- User Interface Design & Development

ReadingTree: Interviews - Persona Development (Child 1)
INTERVIEWED BY: 
Moryma Aydelott
WHEN:
Sunday February 4, 2001
WHY:
Child (potential user)
NOTES:
 Both boys wanted to be interviewed at the same time, which went okay except for when they took some time to fight over a beach ball.

1. What do you like to do after school/ on the weekends?
Watch TV (cartoons), go bike riding (with cousins who live in the neighborhood)

2. When do you read books?
Sometimes, just read Black Beauty for school.

3. What kind of books do you like to read? Do you like stories or facts better (fiction or non-fiction)?
Fiction

4. What's your favorite book? How did you find it originally?
Harry Potter (the second one). Hasn't read the rest yet. Heard about it from his older sister and his grandmother.

5. When you pick out books yourself how do you do it?
Read the back to see what its about.

6. What do you think is the best way to find a book you'll like?
Talk to other people.

7. For school projects/ book lists, how do you pick out a book?
Ask other people or the teacher what to read, find something that looks good.

8. Once you find a book you think you'll like, how do you get it?
(Didn't ask - I think this was when the beach ball fight escalated)

9. What makes a book interesting to you?
The cover and what it says on the back.

10. Do you ever ask for books for your birthday? How do you know what to ask for?
(Didn't ask.)

11. Do you ever go shopping for books with your parents?
(Didn't ask.)

12. Do you ever use a computer? Where? What do you use it for?
Yes, at home, for homework, checking e-mail, chatting with friends, and games.

13. What's the hardest thing about using a computer?
Typing.

14. What do you like best about using a computer?
Getting to do a lot of cool things on it.

15. Do you ever use the Internet? What are your favorite websites?
Yes. Pokemon sites, Nintendo Game Codes.

16. Do you only IM/chat with friends you already know? If no: How do you meet new friends online? Do you always talk to the same people online? Do you look at people's profiles?
Chats with mostly people he knows in person - once got IM'ed by a friend of a friend and checked her profile and e-mailed the friend before responding.

17. Do you play video games? If so which are your favorites? What do you like about video games?
Yes. Zelda, Super Smash Brothers.

18. How old are you?
11