Projects
In a word: I like doing stuff.
Below are a few things I've worked on. This list is not exhaustive and I'm still (as of Summer 2015) going through my archives to write summaries for the activities that aren't yet included.
VisualEditor research & analysis report underway
VisualEditor research & analysis report underway
In 2015, I supported the VisualEditor team with research and analyses, notably by performing a weekly qualitative review of edits made with VisualEditor, and by analyzing the most cited domains in Wikipedia references.
File metadata cleanup drive
File metadata cleanup drive
In 2014 and 2015, I led the File metadata cleanup drive, a community effort to fix file description pages and tweak license templates, to ensure that multimedia files consistently contain machine-readable metadata across Wikimedia wikis.
Wikipedia 2013 interactive timeline
Wikipedia 2013 interactive timeline
An illustrated interactive timeline that highlights the main and coolest stories about what happened on Wikipedia and across the Wikimedia movement in 2013.
Tech news, the Wikimedia technical newsletter
Tech news, the Wikimedia technical newsletter
Every week, tech ambassadors assemble, simplify and translate “Tech News,” a curated newsletter then delivered to hundreds of subscribers across wikis. But how exactly did this start, how does it work behind the scenes, and how does it fit within our efforts to bring developers and users closer together?
Fumseck, the Solarized WordPress theme
Fumseck, the Solarized WordPress theme
Fumseck is a responsive, mobile-first theme for WordPress that I built specifically for this site. It’s based on the Solarized color scheme and the Latin Modern font family.
Wikipedia history infographic report underway
Wikipedia history infographic report underway
An experiment in wikiarchaeology, during which I attempted to provide a high-level view of the history of Wikipedia and its community.
Open Advice: Lessons learned from the free software community report underway
Open Advice: Lessons learned from the free software community report underway
I contributed a chapter on User Experience to the Open Advice book, a collection of essays, stories and lessons learned by members of the Free Software community, edited by Lydia Pintscher.
Architecture of Open Source Applications: MediaWiki report underway
Architecture of Open Source Applications: MediaWiki report underway
In 2011, I authored a chapter about the architecture of MediaWiki, the software that powers Wikipedia and its sister sites, for inclusion in the book The Architecture of Open Source Applications, volume 2. The chapter was based on the shared knowledge of MediaWiki developers, and written in collaboration with Sumana Harihareswara.
Technical Communications at Wikimedia report underway
Technical Communications at Wikimedia report underway
From 2011 to 2014, I managed technical communications at the Wikimedia Foundation. This notably included: assembling, editing and publishing monthly technical reports; authoring and editing technical blog posts; and creating and maintaining tools and processes for project documentation.
Wikimedia Commons Licensing tutorial report underway
Wikimedia Commons Licensing tutorial report underway
As part of the Multimedia Usability project, in collaboration with illustrator Michael Bartalos, I led a project to design a licensing tutorial with the Wikimedia Commons community, and integrate it into the new UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons.
Wikimedia Commons UploadWizard report underway
Wikimedia Commons UploadWizard report underway
As part of the Multimedia Usability Project, I researched, designed and tested a new interface for uploading files to Wikimedia Commons, the free media library associated with Wikipedia.
Wikimedia Conference 2009: Chapters meeting report underway
Wikimedia Conference 2009: Chapters meeting report underway
In 2009, I organized one of the first annual meetings of national Wikimedia chapters, as part of the annual Wikimedia Conference. Representatives from 23 countries attended the conference, along with Wikimedia Foundation staff.
Ph.D thesis: PNIPAM technologies for labs-on-chips report underway
Ph.D thesis: PNIPAM technologies for labs-on-chips report underway
For three years, I worked at the crossroads of physics, microelectronics, biology and chemistry to develop miniaturized laboratories based on a polymer that changes properties with temperature.
Wikipedia handbook report underway
Wikipedia handbook report underway
In 2008, I wrote a Wikipedia handbook in French with Florence Devouard.
Le Libertin
Le Libertin
A play we staged in college where I played the title role of a philandering Diderot. In a bathrobe.
The Enfoiros
The Enfoiros
For two years, I was a member of a student club supporting a charity that provides food to the needy, notably by raising funds through a series of concerts.
Interclubs shows report underway
Interclubs shows report underway
In 2005 and 2006, I co-organized the Interclubs shows, an annual series of scripted performances bringing together hundreds of students from dozens of clubs, from the astronomy club, to the Salsa dance club, to the karate club, to the library club. This included writing the play’s script, creating the décor and costumes, coordinating the appearances of all the clubs, and surviving a ridiculous number of puns.