Tim Pham

SF Hacks

Assisting students to cultivate meaningful relationships

Role

UX Designer

Time

March 2021

Context

During the pandemic, I participated in the SF Hacks 2021 virtual hackathon as one of the UX designers on my team. We were provided 48 hours to design and develop an application that would improve the quality of our interpersonal relationships, affected by the pandemic.

Our submission was Beam, a mobile app that helps students build and maintain meaningful relationships with their friends, family, and colleagues. Beam won prizes for Best Mobile Hack and Best Usage of Google Cloud Platform.

For more information about this project and my role, check out the full case study.

Presentation

Beam
Keeping track of what matters
86% of users
find it hard to keep up and stay in contact with friends
67% of users
have trouble recalling memories/experiences with friends
80% of users
want to put in more effort in their relationships
Research
24 hour Instagram poll
& Google survey
Problem Statement
How might we help people build better relationships?
Relationship profile
Add interests, hobbies, favorite foods, artists and more
Memory timeline
Record special events in a chronological timeline
Smart sharing recomendations
Sharing recommendations based on profile and timeline (music, articles, restaurants, movies and more)
Core features
2. Find personalized
sharable content
1. Create contacts
3. Continue the
conversation
Team Beam - SF Hacks 2021
Designer
Kevin Chiang
Developer
Kirk Wong
Designer
Tim Pham
Developer
Lambert Liu

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