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- Age/Gender: 42/Female
- Education: A year at Duke.
- Culture: American
- Language: English
- Physical limitations: bad eyes
- Computer Experience: general using the internet, playing games, research.
- Motivation: get errands done and try not to be so OCD/anal about things.
- Domain Experience: has been running errands since...age 18?
- Application Experience: can use google maps, calendar, email, etc. on
Lessons learned:
- Might have a car only intermittently (husband usually drives into the wharf to take the ferry in.)
- Not certain which stores have things, so will check something closer
- before visiting something farther.
- Is parking availiable? also quantity and size of parking spaces.
- Some errands are flexible: can do them at really any time and possibly drop.
- she can have issues driving at night and doesn't like driving in inclement weather.
- Even for things where she can drop stuff off, prefers to do that when it is open.
- For picking up something from a pharmacy, she'd call ahead of time.
- She would do grocery shopping later because foodis perishable. This is weather dependent: Is it cold?
- Are things being bought in bulk or not.
- Is the neighborhood safe? If not, goods are also likely lower quality
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