​👉 Agenda

• ​Announcements

• ​Update about skill-share activities

• ​Guest Speaker: Bryce Howitson

• ​If time allows: Casual socializing & networking

​🚀 About the guest speaker

• ​Bryce Howitson is a Twin Cities-based designer and coder with multiple specialties including UI engineering, storytelling, and business.

• ​He's an official Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies, and he's been trained in the art of facilitating Design Sprints.

• ​His talk is titled, “The Great Divide: Decoding the Design vs. Dev Dictionary.” Bryce will be addressing how designers & developers often live in different worlds. And because of this, they subsequently speak different languages, leading to misunderstandings or frustrations. You will learn how you can be an effective communication bridge between these two groups. It will include a period of Q&A, so bring your questions!

• ​On May 3, as in years past, Bryce will host a UX Office Hours session at the Minnebar (un)conference. He's seeking volunteers too. Contact him if you want to help!

​🧠 More about this meetup

​Are you a UXer? A developer? Both?

• ​This online meetup is for people who are interested in discussing or learning about the intersection of user experience and software/web development.

​Why UX & Development???

• ​There's a very vibrant tech community in the Twin Cities, and thus a lot of overlap and opportunities for cross-pollination.

• ​In addition to exposing new UXers to the development side of things — and vice-versa — seasoned developers, especially the old-timers, often practice UX already.