Archive for 2010

Gdańsk, WikiMania and <Truth in Numbers?>

It’s 11pm on a sultry evening in Gdańsk. I’m in the city to attend WikiMania, the annual conference for wiki projects operated by the WikiMedia Foundation – especially, Wikipedia. On this particular sultry evening, the second day of WikiMania has just about wrapped up. Buses filled to capacity with Wikipedians wrapped up in earnest discussion [...]

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MediaWiki History Sparklines Greasemonkey Script

At the end of last month, I started a consulting gig with the WikiMedia Foundation. Part of the gig involves reviewing the MediaWiki docs and learning MediaWiki from a developer’s perspective. To help me more easily know when docs are out of date and to start getting a better handle on an external developer’s experience [...]

My Ada Lovelace Day Hero – Deborah Cavel-Greant

Today (April 24th) is Ada Lovelace Day, a time each year to celebrate the achievments of women in science and technology. This year, I’m celebrating the amazing work of my mother, Deborah Cavel-Greant. I’ve been fortunate to rely on and work with many exceptional women over the years – teachers who changed my life, employers [...]

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