User:Apheori/CV

A fragment of the Garden of Remembering

< User:Apheori

Revision as of 18:15, 16 October 2015 by Apheori (talk | contribs) (It's not 2014.)

Predominantly a font-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  • Graphics tools: The GIMP, Inkscape/Adobe Illustrator, Balsamiq Mockups, pencil and paper, a seriously outdated version of Opera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