Kathy Sierra of “CPU” antes up worthwhile questions… I’ll bite

Creating Passionate Users, usually thought provoking, poses some interesting questions that more marketers, friends, individuals should know about others. Rather than the normal survey blather, questions like these can tease out something you didn't know, but maybe ought to...

Seems to me like an interesting thought exercise, which is about as complicated as I can muster in the wee hours...

0) What's your name and website URL? (optional, of course)

Micah Collins, http://alivematters.wordpress.com

1) What's the most fun work you've ever done, and why? (two sentences max)

Defining an innovative new product for my current company during its startup... because I was able to learn, draw on experience, and work on product that my family and friends will use (very soon).

2) A. Name one thing you did in the past that you no longer do but wish you did? (one sentence max)

Play baseball.

B. Name one thing you've always wanted to do but keep putting it off? (one sentence max)

Build a race car and race it.

3) A. What two things would you most like to learn or be better at, and why? (two sentences max)

(1) Surfing, so I could be in better shape and have a bona fide excuse to live near the beach. (2) Practice patience, so I wouldn't drive myself nuts so often.

B. If you could take a class/workshop/apprentice from anyone in the world living or dead, who would it be and what would you hope to learn? (two more sentences, max)

Tough one... hmm... what does this say about me that I can't answer quickly... ok, seeing as I was already fortunate to learn how to be a good man from my dad, I would say, I'd love to chill with Jesus for a bit to see whether he thinks the world today is really just tied up like bollocks...

4) A. What three words might your best friends or family use to describe you?

(1) Funny. (2) Smart. (3) Handsome. What can I say, I know they love me.

B. Now list two more words you wish described you...

(4) Happy. (5) Respected.

5) What are your top three passions? (can be current or past, work, hobbies, or causes-- three sentences max)

(1) Family. (2) Making difficult things look easy. (3) Having a good idea early.

6) (sue me) Write--and answer--one more question that YOU would ask someone (with answer in three sentences max)

What would be two things (one practical, one fanciful) you could observe in your lifetime that would restore (or sustain) your faith in humanity?

(1) Practical: Landing a man on Mars.  (2) Fanciful: Free market solution to eliminating demand for fossil fuels.

Cheers.