User:Apheori/CV

A fragment of the Garden of Remembering

< User:Apheori

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Predominantly a font-end designer and MediaWiki developer. I do stuff. It's 2014.

Skills and tools

  • Programming languages/markup: Python, PHP, JavaScript, Java, C, SQL, HTML, CSS, LESS, SVG
  • Version control: SVN, Git
  • Graphics tools: The GIMP, Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator, Balsamiq Mockups, pencil and paper, more inkscape
  • Testing methods: Interviews, surveys, general discussion, persona and heuristic evaluation, A/B testing, UserTesting.com

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

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

Quest Product Development

General assistant (2007 - 2009)
  • Quality assurance testing, database sanitisation, and other tasks

Freelance work (2011 - 2013)

  • Art commissions and logo design
  • Website building and updates

Volunteer work

MediaWiki

Volunteer developer (2011 - present)
  • Skin development and design
  • Extensions for remote authentication and database imports, screenplay formatting, others
  • Google Summer of Code mentoring and project coordination

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

Wikipedia

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

Miscellaneous projects

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
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I lost a cousin like this, was a gay teen in Texas. His mom isolated him from the rest of us to the point that, when he slipped away from us entirely, it hardly made a ripple. Nobody in the entire extended family ever talks about him. His mom turned all over demands for perfection on her younger children and acts like he never existed. I met him once, but nobody has said his name in years and now I can't remember it anymore.