GE Healthcare: Design Thinking in the NICU

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I have been exposed to design thinking in a variety of ways over the past 13 odd years. From conferences, startups and projects – I have used the framework to develop and build services, software and hardware which incorporates one of the most important elements in the design: empathy.

Empathy ensures that the designers, developers and creators of these products “walk a mile in their shoes” and put the users at the center of the development lifecycle rather than technology, limitations or costs.

This TedX talk is a nice example of empathy in something critical that all of us can in some shape or form relate to, which is being born. The video centers around the design thinking process which went into the design and development of Neonatal Intensive Care Units and the equipment which nurses and parents have to deal with when a child is born prematurely. It is a great example of how empathy was an integral part of the process from start to finish. read more

Memorable Runs: The Other Epic

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Attempt 1:

First time attempting this run and failed pretty badly, called Kate from McAdenville to come and pick me up 🙂

Attempt 2:

The second time was a little faster and at least completed it 🙂 This was probably closer to 30+ miles due to the trails in Poston.

Attempt 3:

The 3rd time was probably one my most solid runs epic run … Rocky Branch + Poston – to the top of Spencer Mountain and back. 4.5 hours … 26+++ miles, 2,200ft climbing.

TrainingMatrix.app

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Training matrix was built from a customer demand/requirement, essentially it is a web app providing a way for a companies to track which equipment employees are authorized to work with, or operate. It falls in the employee training management software space, but not necessarily a tool for conducting the training or hosting it, like a traditional Learning Management System.

The reason the name of “Training matrix” came about is that managers or supervisors can get a concise overview of which employees are trained to work in various work area, in a matrix like view.

From an architecture standpoint, it’s a full stack app running on Node.js using Postgres for persistence. All components are running on AWS. read more