Sam Larsen-Disney

Hi, I'm Sam, the founder of HackathonParty 👋 Over the past two years, I’ve been building HackathonParty to solve a very real problem I kept seeing at hackathons: How do we help teams form faster, collaborate better, and get more out of the short time they have together? HackathonParty is the first real-time facilitation tool for hackathons—built for organizers who want to spark better ideas,...

Hey, I'm Sam - the author of "The Hackathon Survival Guide". I'm a hackathon enthusiast and full-time senior software engineer. I have attended over 50+ hackathons as either an attendee, mentor or sponsor and won over $20,000 in the last year alone. How do I keep winning? I'm not a wizard. I am not any smarter than you. The secret is the right combination of tools to set you up for success....

Great app!

DesignRant has launched! DesignRant is the new home of “Short, Sharp, User Experience Complaints.” What started as a place for a Sam Larsen Disney, Ryan Gregory, and Yannis Panagis to rant quickly evolved into a much larger project. DesignRant is the perfect place for young UX designers and developers to share their rants, critiques, and visions for User Experiences and User Interfaces....