User:Apheori/CV

Predominantly a front-end designer and MediaWiki developer. I do stuff. It's 2015.

Skills and tools

• Languages/markup: PHP, JavaScript, Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, LESS, SVG, MediaWiki
• Version control: SVN, Git, IRC
• Graphics tools: The GIMP, Inkscape/Adobe Illustrator, Balsamiq Mockups, pencil and paper, a seriously outdated version of Opera
• Research methods: Surveys, interviews, general discussion, persona and heuristic evaluation, A/B testing, looking at what's already there/has already been done

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

Work experience

Wikimedia Foundation

IEG Grantee - UX designer for WikiProject X (2015)

• Research into existing methods and workflows, collecting user stories, comparing components across successful WikiProjects
• Visual styles
• Prototype layout design and development, testing, and iteration
• Architecture development for an easy-to-use, scalable overall system

Design intern - Flow (2013)

• 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 (2011 - 2015)

• MediaWiki skin development and design
• Art commissions and logo design
• Website building and updates

Quest Product Development

General assistant (2007 - 2009)

• Quality assurance testing, database sanitisation, and other tasks

Volunteer work

MediaWiki

Volunteer developer (2011 - present)

• Skin development, maintenance, and design, including for mobile
• Extensions for remote authentication and database imports, screenplay formatting, others
• Rewording angry volunteer complaints more diplomatically in bug reports and discussions
• Involvement in discussions about MediaWiki development, design concerns, third party use, proposed directions
• Task filing, Google Summer of Code mentoring, miscellaneous talks, etc

ShoutWiki

Head of User Experience (2013-present)

• Extension, tool, and branding design and review
• Skin and extension maintenance and upstream coordination with MediaWiki core projects

Uncyclopedia

Director of Semi-visible Operations (Uncyclomedia) (2013 - present)

• Project management of system and server administration
• Prerelease testing and live deployments
• Interface and tool development in response to user needs and upstream changes

Editor and administrator (2010 - present)

• Image manipulation, creation, and editing, as well as logo design
• Community management, cat herding, and damage mitigation
• Article writing, editing, and review

Wikimedia wikis

Editor (2010 - present)

• Copyediting and template editing and creation
• Complex vector image editing and icon creation, and vectorisations of raster images
• Local meetup and events coordination
• Hiding from the community

Miscellaneous projects

Zaori - personal website/wiki (2013-present)

• Theme development and maintenance (MediaWiki and otherwise)
• D&D log formatting for human-readable use
• Writing - Proposed MediaWiki extension specs, stories, blog posts

Synapse - An app for online education participation (2013)

• Creating layout prototypes for different use cases
• Conducting live product testing against existing solutions

Easy Events - A website and app for finding and scheduling events based on location (2013)

• Evaluating target market reception based on user interview and product pitch responses
• Interaction mockups and component design

Dead Poet Jokes - A random joke database that shows jokes based on viewer interest (2012)

• Interface and layout design, as well as component styles
• Team coordination

Herd Life - An app for finding and coordinating events within a local community (2012)

• Setting up affinity diagrams for persona development, and performing iterative testing with personas
• Setting up surveys and finding participants, both online and in-person
• Testing prototypes through cognitive interviews