Author Archives: Eddie Lopez

I’m currently empoyed in IT work- I have a programming background, with a little prior Air Force experience .

I would imagine most of my contributions will be as “outside looking in” type questions since I’m interested in usability and design, but don’t have the formal training or resume for it (working on both though!). I’ll mainly be attempting to pick the brains of the MNteractive community for my own education.

Groceries online: Activity based and budget friendly- who’s idea was that?!?

You remember webvan…I never used it myself so I can’t speak to what they offered, but this post isn’t a “buying groceries online is cool,” Ric Romero kind of post. I wanted to focus instead on the “activity based” aspects of it. In other words, it’s not the fact that you [...]

Distance learning- Choose your medium with care

I’ve taken a handful of distance courses in my day. The dynamic residency of being prior military, mixed with a continuous search for an HCI/Human Factors program has frequently led me to the web instead of the classroom.
As such, I’ve experienced several versions and delivery methods of education from afar, here are two types [...]

I hate it when I get stuck with an interface

Voting on UX and usability with your wallet is not always possible. Sometimes you’re stuck with what they give you.

Convergence catch-22

Jack of all trades, master of none. When it comes to designing an interface, is this a catch-22 that will always swing like a pendulum?

“Just browsing thanks”

How does your product handle the case of the “wish-list” shopper?