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Predominantly a UX designer and MediaWiki developer. I have many [[User:Apheori/Projects|projects]]. Last updated 2020. __NOINDEX__

== Work experience ==

=== Wikimedia Foundation ===

; Project Grantee - [[mw:meta:Grants:Project/Timeless/Post-deployment support|Timeless/Post-deployment support]] (2018 - 2019) ([[mw:meta:Grants:Project/Timeless/Post-deployment support/Final|report]])
* Consolidation of bug reports and user feedback into actionable tasks
* Outreach to relevant stakeholders to prioritise development and better understand audience needs, including RfCs to determine paths forward
* Bugfixes and features development within Timeless, both to increase inter-compatibility with external components and improve the effectiveness of included components
* Development on and documentation of the underlying skinning system in MediaWiki core to better support needs of all skins
* Updates and compatibility fixes across myriad skins and extensions in order to improve compatibility and consistency across the overall MediaWiki frontend ecosystem

; Project Grantee - [[mw:meta:Grants:Project/WikiProject_X/CollaborationKit_MVP/|WikiProject X/CollaborationKit MVP]] (2018 - 2019) ([[mw:meta:Grants:Project/WikiProject_X/CollaborationKit_MVP/Final|report]])
* Extension review and task triage to ensure up-to-date status information
* Resolution of technical debt: style changes, deprecated functions, upstream and cross-compatibility with other extensions
* Determination and resolution of current deployment blockers, including setting expectations for the extension as well as upstream requirements
* Updates and maintenance for onwiki and community outreach channels, including general newsletters and direct liaising with with relevant stakeholders

; IEG Grantee - Designer and Developer for [[mw:meta:Grants:IEG/WikiProject X/Renewal|WikiProject X Renewal]] (2016 - 2017) ([[mw:meta:Grants:IEG/WikiProject_X/Renewal/Final|report]])
* MediaWiki extension development, design, and review
* Collaboration with upstream teams to fix bugs and implement new features
* Creating and implementing skin-agnostic designs based on earlier prototypes
* Vetting potential new hires

; IEG Grantee - Designer for [[mw:meta:Grants:IEG/WikiProject X|WikiProject X]] (2015) ([[mw:meta:Grants:IEG/WikiProject_X/Final|report]])
* Collecting user stories, and comparing components across successful WikiProjects
* Creating design documents to track existing and potential user workflows
* Prototype layout design and development, testing, and iteration
* Presentations to various stakeholders at conferences

; Design intern - Flow (2013) ([[mw:User:Isarra/OPW report|report]])
* Testing for usability problems with the existing interface
* Component wireframes and high-fidelity interactive designs for initial testing
* Design changes to ease transitions between different interface styles

=== Freelance work ===

; Website development and graphic design (2011 - present)
* MediaWiki extension and skin development and design, with focus on those needing cohesion with other aspects of an organisation's site
* Art commissions and logo design, branding and visual identities
* Website building and updates for deployed platforms

=== Measured Progress ===

; Scoring Team Leader, Supervisor (2016 - 2020)
* Coordinating with other team leaders and supervisors
* Performing quality assurance to ensure consistency over time
* Managing team(s) of scorers
* Evaluating edge cases and translation issues and determining new rules consistent with existing standards

; Scorer (2014 - 2017)
* Consistent evaluation according to standardised rules
* Finding unestablished edge cases

=== Quest Product Development ===

; General assistant (2007 - 2009)
* Quality assurance testing, database sanitisation, clerical duties, and other tasks

== Volunteer work ==

=== Wikimedia ===

; MediaWiki developer (2011 - present)
* Skin development, maintenance, and design, especially for [[mw:category:Mobile skins|mobile]], providing distinct visual identities for MediaWiki sites
* Presentations on current work and training sessions walking people through the processes involved
* Extensions and better interfaces for remote authentication and database imports, screenplay formatting, others
* Liaising between volunteer and staff developers in bug reports and discussions
* Adding built-in support for new CSS specs while also supporting fallback options for older browsers
* Mentoring Google Summer of Code participants, as well as other new users
* Filing and following up on tasks for improved usability and accessibility of various interfaces, internal and external

; Content contributor and editor
* File uploads and editing, including watermark removal and adjustments for better digital viewing
* Editing Wikipedia and sister wikis
* Organising and facilitating meetups, editing events, and other outreach
* Administrating the mailing list for the Wikimedians in Colorado User Group

=== ShoutWiki ===

; Head of User Experience (2013 - present)
* General site branding
* Extension and tool design and review
* Skin and extension maintenance and upstream coordination with MediaWiki core projects

=== Uncyclopedia ===

; Director of Semi-visible Operations (Uncyclomedia) (2013 - present)
* MediaWiki extension and script development
* Interface and tool development in response to changing user needs and upstream changes
* Project management of system and server administration
* Prerelease testing and live deployments
* Community organisation and outreach

; [[uncyclopedia:user:lyrithya|Editor]] and administrator (2010 - 2015)
* Image manipulation, creation, and editing, as well as logo design
* Community management, cat herding, and countervandalism and antispam maintenance
* Article writing, editing, and review

== Skills and tools ==

; UX and Design Research
* Data collection: Surveys, interviews, community discussion, testing out and surveying existing content/processes
* Evaluation: Persona and heuristic evaluation, A/B testing, contrast checkers and colourblindness simulators
* Throwing random stuff at the wall and seeing what happens

; Software Development
* Languages: PHP, JavaScript, Python, SQL, HTML, XML, CSS, LESS, SASS, SVG
* Codebases: MediaWiki, WordPress
* Collaboration platforms: Phabricator, Bugzilla, Gerrit
* Version control: SVN, Git, IRC, email

; Graphics
* Raster editing: GIMP, Photoshop
* Vector editing: Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator, Fontforge
* Other: Balsamiq Mockups, Firefox developers tools, pencil and paper

; General
* Grantmaking, documentation, reports
* Team leadership, project planning, inter-team collaboration
* Ubuntu and Arch Linux system administration, Nginx, Apache, mdadm

== Education ==

; CU Boulder - Bachelor of Science Computer Science (Human-Centered Computing track) - 2013
* Studies in algorithms, computer systems, software engineering
* Studies in psychology with an emphasis on neuroscience and human-computer interaction
* Studies in 2D, 3D, and user experience design
* Studies in startup and business management, basic marketing