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Brandon Harris, Senior Designer
Brandon Harris
Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation
"More Kirk; Less Spock."
About me
I am made of steel wool and whiskey.
I am easy to find and am willing to help you in whatever way I can.
Speaking Engagements
Wikimania 2014: State of the Wiki , featured speaker
Wikimania 2014: The Athena Project: Where are We?
Wikimania 2014: Virtual Community Roundtable , panelist
Wikimania 2014: The Athena Project: Where are We? , speaker
Wikimania 2013: Flow: The future of collaboration , speaker
Wikimania 2013: Presentation clinic , presenter
Open Source Bridge 2013: The "Oh Shit" Graph: What We Can Learn From Wikipedia's Editor Decline Trend , speaker
Wikimania 2012: The Athena Project: Wikipedia in 2015 , speaker
Wikimania 2012: Blacking out Wikipedia , panelist
Wikimania 2012: Engaging editors on Wikipedia: A roadmap of new features , panelist
Wikimania 2012: Engage or Persish , panelist
Open Source Bridge 2012: Identity, Reputation and Gratitude: Designing for a Community , speaker
Wikimania 2011: Identity, Reputation, and Gratitude , speaker
Wikimania 2011: Encouraging Participation in Wikimedia Projects , speaker
My work
Here is a partial list of the things I am or have worked on:
Winter - a Beta Feature that applies several changes to the default interface (Vector), including a sticky header and modified interactions
Prototype - built a functional, interactive prototype
Flow - a radical re-thinking of discussion and workflow management for MediaWiki sites
Prototype - built a functional, interactive prototype
Search - improvements and rethinking of MediaWiki search system
SecurePoll Redesign - making the SecurePoll extension more usable and less error-prone
Wikimedia Tool Labs - a redesign of the Tool Labs interface
Designed the blackout screen for the 2012 English Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout
Served on a banner for the 2011 Wikimedia fundraiser, as "Wikipedia Programmer Brandon Harris"
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.
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 discontinued work regarding MediaWiki interface consistency (replaced by Agora )
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: I work for or provide services to the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I try to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, and edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation.
* On irc.freenode.net (as '
jorm ') in the channels #mediawiki, #wikimedia-dev and #wikipedia-en