Guest speaker Dr. Morgan Wickline Getchell shared some amazing insights into how to effectively communicate information during a crisis. Our teams all did well, but we could only crown one winner. After much deliberation, Team 5 ( Robert Charnley , Pamela Lin , Glenda Ngo , Rohan Pal , and Alisa Kutsina ) were awarded Apple gift cards for their design solution. A well planned and executed solution in barely an hour. The Neuron UX team did an excellent job fielding questions along with driving design discussion into the relationship between communication and design. Thank you to Chris Marciano, Lucia Marciano, Matt Stoner, Michelle Stoner, Ryan Matthew, Mark Munroe, and Sagal Kahin for allowing me to host/coordinate another one of their events. It's always a challenge and pleasure. Special thank you to Figma for sponsoring the event. #figma #beerandux #neuronUX #uxdesign #hackathon #meetup #humancentereddesign #covid19 #coronavirus #contacttracing

Last night I hosted my first Hackathon in partnership with Neuron UX and sponsored by Figma. It was such a fun event to create, lead, and be a part of. We had a great turnout of participants and spectators along with some fun interviews with the Neuron team. The winning team members (Lauren Oh, Lyrics Rabino, Caroline Nduta, Chris Wallace, Sarah Ganbat, Rohan Pal, and Malina Cheeneebash) were awarded $25 Apple gift cards for their insightful solution. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all the participants! #uxdesign #bringpeopletogether #hackathon #covid19 #beerandUX #neuronUX

In Spring 2014 I had an idea to utilize the Bluetooth in an iPhone as a way to send users relevant data about businesses & services that they were physically near (I called it ProxiCoin). Little did I know, in Summer 2013 Apple had announced this same idea in the form of iBeacon. As a tool, the product had a lot of potential however it received little attention from a consumer side and some on the business side. So, what happened to the iBeacon? #Apple #usercentereddesign #reboot