Brandon Harris

Brandon Harris Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation "More Kirk; Less Spock."

About me I am made of steel wool and whiskey. I am easily findable and am willing to help you in whatever way I can.

My work Here is a partial list of the things I am or have worked on: An essay about Collaborative Systems Athena - a "universal" skin for Wikipedia, designed to work on mobile, tablet, and desktop resolutions and capabilities. Glaucus - a mobile-focused, intermediate step towards Athena. Echo - a notifications system. New Editor Engagement (formerly -1 to 100) - a master project working on editor retention. Article Creation Landing System - a modified workflow for article creation Mark as Helpful - working towards 360 degree feedback. New Page Triage - a tool to make the process of New Page Patrol better Article Creation Workflow - various fixes to make article creation better and saner Reference Tooltips - a simple change to make viewing references easier Timestamp Position Modification - trying to make the documents appear more alive MoodBar - a tool designed to encourage new user feedback. Feedback Dashboard - a tool to view and respond to new user feedback (sent via MoodBar) WikiLove - a small tool for awarding "WikiLove" Quick Comments - a small feature designed to make it easier to leave messages for users Global Profile- a system designed to ease difficulty for page patrol, reduce "bite", and encourage identity within the projects Interlanguage Design Pass 2011 Q2 UploadWizard Design Pass LiquidThreads redesign - a rethinking on collaborative systems Personal Image Filter proposal - a board proposal concerning controversial content MediaWiki Style Guide - A work in progress regarding MediaWiki interface consistency Article Feedback Tool, Phase 1 - Phase one of the Article Feedback Tool Article Feedback Tool, Phase 2 - Phase 2 of the Article Feedback Tool. (Design was modified heavily during implementation). Account Creation workflows (includes some visual design) Pending Changes Design Modifications - Some usability enhancements for Pending Changes (not all were implemented) The MediaWiki installer TradeTrack - a tool for WMF trademark management Disclaimer: Although I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, contributions under this account do not necessarily represent the actions or views of the Foundation unless expressly stated otherwise. For example, edits to articles or uploads of other media are done in my individual, personal capacity unless otherwise stated.

Contact me E-mail: bharriswikimedia.org On irc.freenode.net (as 'jorm') in the channels #mediawiki, #wikimedia-dev and #wikipedia-en On Mediawiki as Jorm (WMF) On the English Wikipedia as Jorm as a volunteer Facebook LinkedIn Profile jorm on Twitter