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Predominantly a front-end designer and MediaWiki developer. I do stuff. It's 2015.
Predominantly a UX designer and MediaWiki developer. I have many [[User:Apheori/Projects|projects]]. It's 2017. __NOINDEX__


== Skills and tools ==
== Work experience ==


* Languages/markup: PHP, JavaScript, Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, LESS, SVG, MediaWiki
=== Wikimedia Foundation ===
* 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* Graphics tools: The GIMP, Inkscape/Adobe Illustrator, Balsamiq Mockups, pencil and paper, a seriously outdated version of Opera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 ==
; IEG Grantee - Designer and Developer for [[wikipedia:WP:WPX|WikiProject X]] (2016-2017)
* 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


=== Wikimedia Foundation ===
; IEG Grantee - Designer for [[wikipedia:WP:WPX|WikiProject X]] (2015)
;IEG Grantee - UX designer for [[wikipedia:WP:WPX|WikiProject X]] (2015)
* Collecting user stories, and comparing components across successful WikiProjects
* Research into existing methods and workflows, collecting user stories, comparing components across successful WikiProjects
* Creating design documents to track existing and potential user workflows
* Visual styles
* Prototype layout design and development, testing, and iteration
* Prototype layout design and development, testing, and iteration
* Architecture development for an easy-to-use, scalable overall system
* Presentations to various stakeholders at conferences


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


=== Freelance work (2011 - 2015) ===
=== Freelance work ===
* MediaWiki skin development and design
 
* Art commissions and logo design
; Website development and graphic design (2011-2017)
* Website building and updates
* MediaWiki extension and skin development and design
* Art commissions and logo design, branding and visual identities
* Website building and updates for deployed platforms
 
=== Measured Progress ===
 
; Scoring Team Leader, Supervisor (2016-2017)
* 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 ===
=== Quest Product Development ===
;General assistant (2007 - 2009)
 
* Quality assurance testing, database sanitisation, and other tasks
; General assistant (2007 - 2009)
* Quality assurance testing, database sanitisation, clerical duties, and other tasks


== Volunteer work ==
== Volunteer work ==


=== MediaWiki ===
=== Wikimedia ===
; [[User:Apheori/Projects|Volunteer developer]] (2011 - present)
 
* Skin development, maintenance, and design, including for [[mw:Skin:GreyStuff|mobile]]
; MediaWiki developer (2011 - present)
* Extensions for remote authentication and database imports, screenplay formatting, others
* Skin development, maintenance, and design, including for [[mw:Skin:GreyStuff|mobile]], providing distinct visual identities for MediaWiki sites
* Rewording angry volunteer complaints more diplomatically in bug reports and discussions
* Presentations on current work and training sessions walking people through the processes involved
* Involvement in discussions about MediaWiki development, design concerns, third party use, proposed directions
* Extensions and better interfaces for remote authentication and database imports, screenplay formatting, others
* Task filing, Google Summer of Code mentoring, miscellaneous talks, etc
* 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 ===
=== ShoutWiki ===
; Head of User Experience (2013-present)
; Head of User Experience (2013-present)
* Extension, tool, and branding design and review
* General site branding
* Extension and tool design and review
* Skin and extension maintenance and upstream coordination with MediaWiki core projects
* Skin and extension maintenance and upstream coordination with MediaWiki core projects


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


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


=== Wikimedia wikis ===
== Skills and tools ==
; [[wikipedia:user:Isarra|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 ==
; 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


; [[#|Zaori]] - personal website/wiki (2013-present)
; Software Development
* Theme development and maintenance (MediaWiki and otherwise)
* Languages: PHP, JavaScript, Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, LESS, SASS, SVG
* D&D [[Holes|log formatting]] for human-readable use
* Codebases: MediaWiki, WordPress
* Writing - Proposed MediaWiki extension specs, stories, blog posts
* Collaboration platforms: Phabricator, Bugzilla, Gerrit
* Version control: SVN, Git, IRC, email


; Synapse - An app for online education participation (2013)
; Graphics
* Creating layout prototypes for different use cases
* Raster editing: GIMP, Photoshop
* Conducting live product testing against existing solutions
* Vector editing: Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator, Fontforge
* Other: Balsamiq Mockups, Firefox developers tools, pencil and paper


; Easy Events - A website and app for finding and scheduling events based on location (2013)
; General
* Evaluating target market reception based on user interview and product pitch responses
* Grantmaking, documentation, reports
* Interaction mockups and component design
* Team leadership, project planning, inter-team collaboration
* Ubuntu and Arch Linux system administration, Nginx, Apache, mdadm


; [http://garden.zaori.org/jokes/ Dead Poet Jokes] - A random joke database that shows jokes based on viewer interest (2012)
== Education ==
* 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)
; CU Boulder - Bachelor of Science Computer Science (Human-Centered Computing track) - 2013
* Setting up affinity diagrams for persona development, and performing iterative testing with personas
* Studies in algorithms, computer systems, software engineering
* Setting up surveys and finding participants, both online and in-person
* Studies in psychology with an emphasis on neuroscience and human-computer interaction
* Testing prototypes through cognitive interviews
* Studies in 2D, 3D, and user experience design
* Studies in startup and business management, basic marketing

Revision as of 16:54, 20 July 2017

Predominantly a UX designer and MediaWiki developer. I have many projects. It's 2017.

Work experience

Wikimedia Foundation

IEG Grantee - Designer and Developer for WikiProject X (2016-2017)
  • 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 WikiProject X (2015)
  • 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)
  • 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 (2011-2017)
  • MediaWiki extension and skin development and design
  • Art commissions and logo design, branding and visual identities
  • Website building and updates for deployed platforms

Measured Progress

Scoring Team Leader, Supervisor (2016-2017)
  • 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, including for 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
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, 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
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When I was a little kid, maybe 6, my dad worked as a welder. One day he brought me to work. He would to start his drive at 4am. I remember riding through the city on the bench seat of his 80's Mazda B2000 pickup. This is the first time I remember seeing the glow of sodium lights covering everything I could see in a soft, warm orange light. We lived in the country and I had seen singular streetlamps, but never anything like that, passing under rows of lights on the urban interstate and through the city. That was over 20 years ago and every time I drive on a road at night lit solely by sodium lights it takes me right back there to simple times with my dad, a humble welder, but still my hero. Technology changes, but I hope there is never a night when there is no sodium light remaining. Maybe I'll tell my grandchildren about the warm, calming glow of the past. But words can never convey the magic I felt.