Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Tobias, 21/05/2012 01:32:

On 05/17/2012 07:22 PM, Tom Morris wrote:

You forgot one biggie: he has run the London Wikipedia meetup which
first started in June 2004 has now met 57 times.

Hong Kong has met more often, but London is, I believe, the "Original
and Best" (in all 57 varieties).*


According tourban legends  meta[1], Munich's meetup in 2003 was
the first.


Was Fantasy responsible of instigating the first UK and HK meetup too, 
besides the first German, (Swiss? and) Italian ones? :)


Nemo

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Tobias]

On 05/17/2012 07:22 PM, Tom Morris wrote:
> You forgot one biggie: he has run the London Wikipedia meetup which
> first started in June 2004 has now met 57 times.
> 
> Hong Kong has met more often, but London is, I believe, the "Original
> and Best" (in all 57 varieties).*

According to urban legends meta[1], Munich's meetup in 2003 was
the first.
Also, it has met around 100 times since then (monthly meetings since
2006 + some before and some extra meetings, like barbecue with Jimbo,
visiting mainframe computer sites, and hiking in the wonderful bavarian
landscape).

I guess Germany's "Stammtisch" culture is just much stronger, thats also
why there is a regular Wikipedia meetup in every mid-sized German city.

Nevertheless, that does not diminish JF's many accomplishments. ;-)
Congratulations on the new job!

Regards,
Tobias

[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup#2003



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Florence Devouard]

On 5/18/12 12:42 AM, James Forrester wrote:

On 17 May 2012 22:51, Erik Moeller  wrote:

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Kat Walsh  wrote:

Also, I am having serious trouble wrapping my mind around James living
outside the UK.


We've confirmed through experimental visits to San Francisco that
James can in fact exist outside the UK in a stable state. But let's
face it -- we'll either see some significant changes in James'
Britishness, or we'll see Californians increasingly pick up some new
and strange habits. I'm betting it's the latter.

On a more personal note, it's kind of funny - James and I probably
most frequently touched base in person at Wikimania, so whenever he
visits I get flashbacks of Wikimanias past. With James joining, and
some other recent additions, it's really gratifying to see WMF be more
and more a reflection of who we are.

We're very lucky that the timing has aligned for James to join us for
the Visual Editor project; I highly doubt we would have been able to
find the combination of skills (deep community expertise, ability to
ship product, technical depth) otherwise. He's an old colleague and
friend, and I look forward to working more closely with him. :-)


Thank you, Erik, and everyone else. I hope to live up to your
expectations! It is of course a huge honour to join the Foundation and
especially the hugely-important Visual Editor project.

I can assure those who are worried that I drink both coffee and tea in
near-equal quantities, that my neuro-stability has been observed at
linear distances from London exceeding that of San Francisco, that any
spelling correction tools we ship will fix "humor", and that you can
take my cut-glass accent from my cold dead hands. Or something. :-)

Yours,



Late congrats. That's fabulous news !

Flo


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Jon Robson]

Hurray for even more Britishness in the SF office! Congrats!
On 19 May 2012 06:59, "Nurunnaby Chowdhury"  wrote:

> Congrtz James!
>
> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Patricio Molina
> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations, James!
> >
> > Patricio Molina
> > http://twitter.com/patriciomolina
> >
> > On 17/05/2012, at 13:52, Howie Fung  wrote:
> >
> > > Everyone,
> > >
> > > It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San
> > > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual
> > > Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday
> > > and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff
> > > member.
> > >
> > > James will help prioritize the short term and long term work log on
> > > the Visual Editor, conduct user research, and incorporate community
> > > feedback into the development process.
> > >
> > > As many of you know, James is a long-time Wikimedian. He started
> > > contributing to English Wikipedia in October 2002, and was a founding
> > > member of their Arbitration Committee. He was also the movement’s
> > > volunteer Chief Research Officer, helping shepherd the predecessor of
> > > what is today the Research Committee, has for years been the
> > > “gopher-in-chief” at the Wikimania community conferences, and helped
> > > found Wikimedia UK in 2005.
> > >
> > > James joins us following a successful career in the UK government,
> > > where he implemented key open access and open government initiatives.
> > > Most recently, he was the acting Head of data.gov.uk, and then the
> > > Digital Engagement Policy Lead in the Government Digital Service, both
> > > at the Cabinet Office. James holds a Masters of Engineering in
> > > Computer Science from the University of Warwick.
> > >
> > > Beyond technology, James has strong interests in international
> > > politics, physics, communications, economics, law, the constitutional
> > > history of Britain, and education.
> > >
> > > Please join me in welcoming James!
> > >
> > > Howie
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Nurunnaby Chowdhury]

Congrtz James!

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Patricio Molina
wrote:

> Congratulations, James!
>
> Patricio Molina
> http://twitter.com/patriciomolina
>
> On 17/05/2012, at 13:52, Howie Fung  wrote:
>
> > Everyone,
> >
> > It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San
> > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual
> > Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday
> > and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff
> > member.
> >
> > James will help prioritize the short term and long term work log on
> > the Visual Editor, conduct user research, and incorporate community
> > feedback into the development process.
> >
> > As many of you know, James is a long-time Wikimedian. He started
> > contributing to English Wikipedia in October 2002, and was a founding
> > member of their Arbitration Committee. He was also the movement’s
> > volunteer Chief Research Officer, helping shepherd the predecessor of
> > what is today the Research Committee, has for years been the
> > “gopher-in-chief” at the Wikimania community conferences, and helped
> > found Wikimedia UK in 2005.
> >
> > James joins us following a successful career in the UK government,
> > where he implemented key open access and open government initiatives.
> > Most recently, he was the acting Head of data.gov.uk, and then the
> > Digital Engagement Policy Lead in the Government Digital Service, both
> > at the Cabinet Office. James holds a Masters of Engineering in
> > Computer Science from the University of Warwick.
> >
> > Beyond technology, James has strong interests in international
> > politics, physics, communications, economics, law, the constitutional
> > history of Britain, and education.
> >
> > Please join me in welcoming James!
> >
> > Howie
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Patricio Molina]

Congratulations, James!

Patricio Molina
http://twitter.com/patriciomolina

On 17/05/2012, at 13:52, Howie Fung  wrote:

> Everyone,
> 
> It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San
> Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual
> Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday
> and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff
> member.
> 
> James will help prioritize the short term and long term work log on
> the Visual Editor, conduct user research, and incorporate community
> feedback into the development process.
> 
> As many of you know, James is a long-time Wikimedian. He started
> contributing to English Wikipedia in October 2002, and was a founding
> member of their Arbitration Committee. He was also the movement’s
> volunteer Chief Research Officer, helping shepherd the predecessor of
> what is today the Research Committee, has for years been the
> “gopher-in-chief” at the Wikimania community conferences, and helped
> found Wikimedia UK in 2005.
> 
> James joins us following a successful career in the UK government,
> where he implemented key open access and open government initiatives.
> Most recently, he was the acting Head of data.gov.uk, and then the
> Digital Engagement Policy Lead in the Government Digital Service, both
> at the Cabinet Office. James holds a Masters of Engineering in
> Computer Science from the University of Warwick.
> 
> Beyond technology, James has strong interests in international
> politics, physics, communications, economics, law, the constitutional
> history of Britain, and education.
> 
> Please join me in welcoming James!
> 
> Howie
> 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[James Forrester]

On 17 May 2012 22:51, Erik Moeller  wrote:
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Kat Walsh  wrote:
>> Also, I am having serious trouble wrapping my mind around James living
>> outside the UK.
>
> We've confirmed through experimental visits to San Francisco that
> James can in fact exist outside the UK in a stable state. But let's
> face it -- we'll either see some significant changes in James'
> Britishness, or we'll see Californians increasingly pick up some new
> and strange habits. I'm betting it's the latter.
>
> On a more personal note, it's kind of funny - James and I probably
> most frequently touched base in person at Wikimania, so whenever he
> visits I get flashbacks of Wikimanias past. With James joining, and
> some other recent additions, it's really gratifying to see WMF be more
> and more a reflection of who we are.
>
> We're very lucky that the timing has aligned for James to join us for
> the Visual Editor project; I highly doubt we would have been able to
> find the combination of skills (deep community expertise, ability to
> ship product, technical depth) otherwise. He's an old colleague and
> friend, and I look forward to working more closely with him. :-)

Thank you, Erik, and everyone else. I hope to live up to your
expectations! It is of course a huge honour to join the Foundation and
especially the hugely-important Visual Editor project.

I can assure those who are worried that I drink both coffee and tea in
near-equal quantities, that my neuro-stability has been observed at
linear distances from London exceeding that of San Francisco, that any
spelling correction tools we ship will fix "humor", and that you can
take my cut-glass accent from my cold dead hands. Or something. :-)

Yours,
-- 
James D. Forrester
jdforres...@wikimedia.org | jdforres...@gmail.com
[[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Platonides]

I don't think "welcome" is the appropiate word to say him :)
SO I sum myself to the other people on this thread saying instead:
Congratulations!


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[James Alexander]

Here here!

It's a pile on at this point but I'm not sure I care. I honestly think this
is one of the best hires the foundation has ever made and am so incredibly
excited that I can't explain it properly. There have always been 2-3
Wikipedians who I would have classified as "I'd give up my right foot to
have them work with us", James would even be in the category of "I'd give
up my own job to have him working here". Having his unique combination of
skills, experience, talent and tact is an enormous boon for us and having
him here will help us not just in the visual editor group but across the
organization.

On a personal level I'm excited to have someone else local to debate
politics, law and economics with even (I already have a taste of how fun
that will be from his visits) even if he is at an advantage because he's
far less likely to ever get drunk while doing it.

James

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Erik Moeller  wrote:

> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Kat Walsh  wrote:
> > Also, I am having serious trouble wrapping my mind around James living
> > outside the UK.
>
> We've confirmed through experimental visits to San Francisco that
> James can in fact exist outside the UK in a stable state. But let's
> face it -- we'll either see some significant changes in James'
> Britishness, or we'll see Californians increasingly pick up some new
> and strange habits. I'm betting it's the latter.
>
> On a more personal note, it's kind of funny - James and I probably
> most frequently touched base in person at Wikimania, so whenever he
> visits I get flashbacks of Wikimanias past. With James joining, and
> some other recent additions, it's really gratifying to see WMF be more
> and more a reflection of who we are.
>
> We're very lucky that the timing has aligned for James to join us for
> the Visual Editor project; I highly doubt we would have been able to
> find the combination of skills (deep community expertise, ability to
> ship product, technical depth) otherwise. He's an old colleague and
> friend, and I look forward to working more closely with him. :-)
>
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> VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Erik Moeller]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Kat Walsh  wrote:
> Also, I am having serious trouble wrapping my mind around James living
> outside the UK.

We've confirmed through experimental visits to San Francisco that
James can in fact exist outside the UK in a stable state. But let's
face it -- we'll either see some significant changes in James'
Britishness, or we'll see Californians increasingly pick up some new
and strange habits. I'm betting it's the latter.

On a more personal note, it's kind of funny - James and I probably
most frequently touched base in person at Wikimania, so whenever he
visits I get flashbacks of Wikimanias past. With James joining, and
some other recent additions, it's really gratifying to see WMF be more
and more a reflection of who we are.

We're very lucky that the timing has aligned for James to join us for
the Visual Editor project; I highly doubt we would have been able to
find the combination of skills (deep community expertise, ability to
ship product, technical depth) otherwise. He's an old colleague and
friend, and I look forward to working more closely with him. :-)

-- 
Erik Möller
VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Michael Peel]

On 17 May 2012, at 21:33, Kim Bruning wrote:

> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 01:02:30PM -0700, James Alexander wrote:
>> Coffee? ... but not tea?
> 
> 
> Despite the stereotype, brits tend to drink more coffee than tea. ;-)

That depends on the brit - I know my average ratio is about 5 cups of tea to 1 
coffee. ;-)

Congratulations to James on his appointment - and darn you, WMF, for quietly 
and quickly hiring him without letting WMUK get our hands on him first!

Mike
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Kim Bruning]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 09:52:23AM -0700, Howie Fung wrote:
> Everyone,
> 
> It?s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San
> Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual
> Editor team.

Took your time!

Nice to see James at WMF, where he can get into the proper kinds of trouble. :-)


sincerely,
Kim Bruning

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Kim Bruning]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 01:02:30PM -0700, James Alexander wrote:
> Coffee? ... but not tea?


Despite the stereotype, brits tend to drink more coffee than tea. ;-)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Anirudh Bhati]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Tom Morris  wrote:

> Anyway, James F. knows more about Wikipedia than most people on the
> planet. Good hire.
>

+1

Great choice! :)

Best,
anirudh
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[Richard Symonds]

(I am joking.)

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On 17 May 2012 21:34, Richard Symonds wrote:

> No, tea is for staff and board members only.
>
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> Wikimedia UK
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>
>
> On 17 May 2012 21:02, James Alexander  wrote:
>
>> Coffee? ... but not tea?
>>
>> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Richard Symonds <
>> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm still working my way through the brownies James left at our office
>> only
>> > a few short days ago...
>> >
>> > James, you're always welcome in Dev House. There'll always be a seat
>> > available, and there'll always be a coffee.
>> > Richard Symonds
>> > Wikimedia UK
>> > 0207 065 0992
>> > Disclaimer viewable at
>> > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer
>> > Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
>>
>>
>> >
>> > On 17 May 2012 20:25, Brad Patrick  wrote:
>> >
>> > > +1 Congratulations, James!
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Guillaume Paumier
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Tom Morris 
>> wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Anyway, James F. knows more about Wikipedia than most people on
>> the
>> > > > > planet. Good hire.
>> > > >
>> > > > This^
>> > > >
>> > > > One of the best hire the Foundation could ever make.
>> > > >
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[Richard Symonds]

No, tea is for staff and board members only.

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On 17 May 2012 21:02, James Alexander  wrote:

> Coffee? ... but not tea?
>
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Richard Symonds <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > I'm still working my way through the brownies James left at our office
> only
> > a few short days ago...
> >
> > James, you're always welcome in Dev House. There'll always be a seat
> > available, and there'll always be a coffee.
> > Richard Symonds
> > Wikimedia UK
> > 0207 065 0992
> > Disclaimer viewable at
> > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer
> > Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
>
>
> >
> > On 17 May 2012 20:25, Brad Patrick  wrote:
> >
> > > +1 Congratulations, James!
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Guillaume Paumier
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Tom Morris 
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway, James F. knows more about Wikipedia than most people on the
> > > > > planet. Good hire.
> > > >
> > > > This^
> > > >
> > > > One of the best hire the Foundation could ever make.
> > > >
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[James Alexander]

Coffee? ... but not tea?

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Richard Symonds <
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> I'm still working my way through the brownies James left at our office only
> a few short days ago...
>
> James, you're always welcome in Dev House. There'll always be a seat
> available, and there'll always be a coffee.
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>
> On 17 May 2012 20:25, Brad Patrick  wrote:
>
> > +1 Congratulations, James!
> >
> > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Guillaume Paumier
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Tom Morris  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, James F. knows more about Wikipedia than most people on the
> > > > planet. Good hire.
> > >
> > > This^
> > >
> > > One of the best hire the Foundation could ever make.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Richard Symonds]

I'm still working my way through the brownies James left at our office only
a few short days ago...

James, you're always welcome in Dev House. There'll always be a seat
available, and there'll always be a coffee.
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On 17 May 2012 20:25, Brad Patrick  wrote:

> +1 Congratulations, James!
>
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Guillaume Paumier
> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Tom Morris  wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyway, James F. knows more about Wikipedia than most people on the
> > > planet. Good hire.
> >
> > This^
> >
> > One of the best hire the Foundation could ever make.
> >
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> > Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Brad Patrick]

+1 Congratulations, James!

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Guillaume Paumier
wrote:

> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Tom Morris  wrote:
> >
> > Anyway, James F. knows more about Wikipedia than most people on the
> > planet. Good hire.
>
> This^
>
> One of the best hire the Foundation could ever make.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Guillaume Paumier]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Tom Morris  wrote:
>
> Anyway, James F. knows more about Wikipedia than most people on the
> planet. Good hire.

This^

One of the best hire the Foundation could ever make.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Thomas Morton]

On 17 May 2012 18:25, Kat Walsh  wrote:

> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Thomas Morton
>  wrote:
> > On 17 May 2012 18:19, Chris Keating  wrote:
> >
> >> >
> >> > It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San
> >> > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual
> >> > Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday
> >> > and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff
> >> > member.
> >>
> >>
> >> Congratulations, James!
> >>
> >> I hope this means the Visual Editor will use the correct spellings of
> words
> >> like colour, axe, and aluminium, and will offer to make people tea. :-)
> >
> >
> > Oh gods no, don't suggest it makes tea! Shades of Douglas Adams will come
> > to haunt us.
> >
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrimatic_drinks_dispenser#Nutrimatic_Drinks_Dispenser
>
> I should have figured someone would beat me to the Hitchhiker's Guide
> joke...
>
>
Your version was better :)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Chris Keating]

>
> I do wish someone had been chosen who had some more community experience
> though.


ROFLMAO! :-)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Erik Zachte]

Congrats James! I 'm looking forward to most tongue in cheek design
documents I have ever seen. :-)

Erik


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Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical
Product Analyst

Everyone,

It's my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San
Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual
Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday and
will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff member.

James will help prioritize the short term and long term work log on the
Visual Editor, conduct user research, and incorporate community feedback
into the development process.

As many of you know, James is a long-time Wikimedian. He started
contributing to English Wikipedia in October 2002, and was a founding member
of their Arbitration Committee. He was also the movement's volunteer Chief
Research Officer, helping shepherd the predecessor of what is today the
Research Committee, has for years been the "gopher-in-chief" at the
Wikimania community conferences, and helped found Wikimedia UK in 2005.

James joins us following a successful career in the UK government, where he
implemented key open access and open government initiatives.
Most recently, he was the acting Head of data.gov.uk, and then the Digital
Engagement Policy Lead in the Government Digital Service, both at the
Cabinet Office. James holds a Masters of Engineering in Computer Science
from the University of Warwick.

Beyond technology, James has strong interests in international politics,
physics, communications, economics, law, the constitutional history of
Britain, and education.

Please join me in welcoming James!

Howie

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Kat Walsh]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Thomas Morton
 wrote:
> On 17 May 2012 18:19, Chris Keating  wrote:
>
>> >
>> > It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San
>> > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual
>> > Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday
>> > and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff
>> > member.
>>
>>
>> Congratulations, James!
>>
>> I hope this means the Visual Editor will use the correct spellings of words
>> like colour, axe, and aluminium, and will offer to make people tea. :-)
>
>
> Oh gods no, don't suggest it makes tea! Shades of Douglas Adams will come
> to haunt us.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrimatic_drinks_dispenser#Nutrimatic_Drinks_Dispenser

I should have figured someone would beat me to the Hitchhiker's Guide joke...

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Kat Walsh]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Chris Keating
 wrote:
>>
>> It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San
>> Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual
>> Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday
>> and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff
>> member.
>
>
> Congratulations, James!
>
> I hope this means the Visual Editor will use the correct spellings of words
> like colour, axe, and aluminium, and will offer to make people tea. :-)

Just as long as it's not almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea...

Also, I am having serious trouble wrapping my mind around James living
outside the UK. Once that happens I'm sure I will have recovered
enough to say "congratulations"!

I do wish someone had been chosen who had some more community experience though.

-Kat


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Tom Morris]

On 17 May 2012 17:52, Howie Fung  wrote:
> Everyone,
>
> It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San
> Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual
> Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday
> and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff
> member.
>
> James will help prioritize the short term and long term work log on
> the Visual Editor, conduct user research, and incorporate community
> feedback into the development process.
>
> As many of you know, James is a long-time Wikimedian. He started
> contributing to English Wikipedia in October 2002, and was a founding
> member of their Arbitration Committee. He was also the movement’s
> volunteer Chief Research Officer, helping shepherd the predecessor of
> what is today the Research Committee, has for years been the
> “gopher-in-chief” at the Wikimania community conferences, and helped
> found Wikimedia UK in 2005.
>

You forgot one biggie: he has run the London Wikipedia meetup which
first started in June 2004 has now met 57 times.

Hong Kong has met more often, but London is, I believe, the "Original
and Best" (in all 57 varieties).*

* The Heinz joke blatantly stolen from Jon Davies at Wikimedia UK.

Anyway, James F. knows more about Wikipedia than most people on the
planet. Good hire.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Thomas Morton]

On 17 May 2012 18:19, Chris Keating  wrote:

> >
> > It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San
> > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual
> > Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday
> > and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff
> > member.
>
>
> Congratulations, James!
>
> I hope this means the Visual Editor will use the correct spellings of words
> like colour, axe, and aluminium, and will offer to make people tea. :-)


Oh gods no, don't suggest it makes tea! Shades of Douglas Adams will come
to haunt us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrimatic_drinks_dispenser#Nutrimatic_Drinks_Dispenser

And probably crash the servers.

Congrats James :)

Tom
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Katie Chan]

Please join me in welcoming James!



Well, in our case it's more like waving good bye, but certainly 
congratulations!


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Chris Keating]

>
> It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San
> Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual
> Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday
> and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff
> member.


Congratulations, James!

I hope this means the Visual Editor will use the correct spellings of words
like colour, axe, and aluminium, and will offer to make people tea. :-)
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[Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Howie Fung]

Everyone,

It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San
Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual
Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday
and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff
member.

James will help prioritize the short term and long term work log on
the Visual Editor, conduct user research, and incorporate community
feedback into the development process.

As many of you know, James is a long-time Wikimedian. He started
contributing to English Wikipedia in October 2002, and was a founding
member of their Arbitration Committee. He was also the movement’s
volunteer Chief Research Officer, helping shepherd the predecessor of
what is today the Research Committee, has for years been the
“gopher-in-chief” at the Wikimania community conferences, and helped
found Wikimedia UK in 2005.

James joins us following a successful career in the UK government,
where he implemented key open access and open government initiatives.
Most recently, he was the acting Head of data.gov.uk, and then the
Digital Engagement Policy Lead in the Government Digital Service, both
at the Cabinet Office. James holds a Masters of Engineering in
Computer Science from the University of Warwick.

Beyond technology, James has strong interests in international
politics, physics, communications, economics, law, the constitutional
history of Britain, and education.

Please join me in welcoming James!

Howie

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