Hi,
Also posted on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar . Please review when you get the chance, ideally before the respective publication dates :)
Thanks!
=== March 25 (today) ===
Tech discovery report 1/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki) * t: Seeing through the eyes of new Wikimedia technical contributors to make their first steps easier: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/25/seeing-through-the-eyes-of-new-technic... * f/g: It’s incredibly valuable for a community to identify (and be reminded of) the hurdles that newcomers must overcome when they first join. In this series, new tech contributors share their impressions, frustrations and discoveries as they explored MediaWiki’s and Wikimedia’s technical world.
=== March 26 ===
Hovercards blog post (@wikimedia, retweeted from @Wikipedia and @mediawiki) * t: Hovercards are now available as a Beta Feature on all Wikimedia wikis. Log in and tell us what you think! <LINK> *f/g: With Hovercards, whenever you hover over a link to another article, a short summary of the article and a relevant image is provided to you so you can make the decision about whether you want to read the full article. Log in, enable it in your beta options, and tell us what you think! <LINK>
=== March 27 ===
Tech discovery report 2/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki) t: Tech discovery report: What is this Wikitech thing anyway? https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/27/tech-discovery-report-what-is-this-wik... *f/g: In this guest post, Code-in student Ashwin Bhumbla shares his experience discovering the MediaWiki and Wikitech wikis, whose purpose may not be as straightforward as experienced users think. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/27/tech-discovery-report-what-is-this-wik...
Typography Refresh blog post (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki) * t: Typography refresh: A new look for text, coming soon to all Wikimedia sites. <LINK> * f/g: Coming soon to Wikimedia sites: A small but important typography refresh for better readability, consistency and accessibility. <LINK>
=== March 29 ===
Tech discovery report 3/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki) * t: A newcomer's journey through the maze of the @MediaWiki developer documentation: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/29/through-the-maze-of-newcomer-developer... * f/g: A newcomer's journey through the maze of the MediaWiki developer documentation: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/29/through-the-maze-of-newcomer-developer...
=== March 31 ===
Tech discovery report 4/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki) * t: A junior developer discovers @MediaWiki, its ecosystem & community, and shares his experience: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/31/a-junior-developer-discovers-mediawiki... * f/g: A junior developer discovers MediaWiki, its ecosystem & community, and shares his experience: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/31/a-junior-developer-discovers-mediawiki...
== April 2014 ==
=== April 2 ===
Tech discovery report 5/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki) * t: Discovering @MediaWiki's community and learning by asking questions: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/02/discovering-and-learning-by-asking-que...
* f/g: In this guest post, Code-in student Vlad John explains how he realized that asking questions to fellow developers was the first step towards solving problems. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/02/discovering-and-learning-by-asking-que...
=== April 4 ===
Tech discovery report 6/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki) * t: A young @MediaWiki developer’s story of discovery, perseverance and gratitude: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/04/a-young-developers-story-of-discovery-...
* f/g: In the last post of our Code-in stories, student Jared Flores tells us about software that won't compile, messing up code commits on Thanksgiving dinner and how fellow MediaWiki developers helped him sort it all out. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/04/a-young-developers-story-of-discovery-...
They all LGTM
Did the Code-in have a hashtag that could be added to tie the twitter posts together?
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:04 AM, Guillaume Paumier gpaumier@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Hi,
Also posted on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar . Please review when you get the chance, ideally before the respective publication dates :)
Thanks!
=== March 25 (today) ===
Tech discovery report 1/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki)
- t: Seeing through the eyes of new Wikimedia technical contributors
to make their first steps easier:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/25/seeing-through-the-eyes-of-new-technic...
- f/g: It's incredibly valuable for a community to identify (and be
reminded of) the hurdles that newcomers must overcome when they first join. In this series, new tech contributors share their impressions, frustrations and discoveries as they explored MediaWiki's and Wikimedia's technical world.
=== March 26 ===
Hovercards blog post (@wikimedia, retweeted from @Wikipedia and @mediawiki)
- t: Hovercards are now available as a Beta Feature on all Wikimedia
wikis. Log in and tell us what you think! <LINK> *f/g: With Hovercards, whenever you hover over a link to another article, a short summary of the article and a relevant image is provided to you so you can make the decision about whether you want to read the full article. Log in, enable it in your beta options, and tell us what you think! <LINK>
=== March 27 ===
Tech discovery report 2/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki) t: Tech discovery report: What is this Wikitech thing anyway?
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/27/tech-discovery-report-what-is-this-wik... *f/g: In this guest post, Code-in student Ashwin Bhumbla shares his experience discovering the MediaWiki and Wikitech wikis, whose purpose may not be as straightforward as experienced users think.
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/27/tech-discovery-report-what-is-this-wik...
Typography Refresh blog post (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki)
- t: Typography refresh: A new look for text, coming soon to all
Wikimedia sites. <LINK>
- f/g: Coming soon to Wikimedia sites: A small but important
typography refresh for better readability, consistency and accessibility. <LINK>
=== March 29 ===
Tech discovery report 3/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki)
- t: A newcomer's journey through the maze of the @MediaWiki developer
documentation: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/29/through-the-maze-of-newcomer-developer...
- f/g: A newcomer's journey through the maze of the MediaWiki
developer documentation:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/29/through-the-maze-of-newcomer-developer...
=== March 31 ===
Tech discovery report 4/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki)
- t: A junior developer discovers @MediaWiki, its ecosystem &
community, and shares his experience:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/31/a-junior-developer-discovers-mediawiki...
- f/g: A junior developer discovers MediaWiki, its ecosystem &
community, and shares his experience:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/31/a-junior-developer-discovers-mediawiki...
== April 2014 ==
=== April 2 ===
Tech discovery report 5/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki)
- t: Discovering @MediaWiki's community and learning by asking
questions: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/02/discovering-and-learning-by-asking-que...
- f/g: In this guest post, Code-in student Vlad John explains how he
realized that asking questions to fellow developers was the first step towards solving problems.
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/02/discovering-and-learning-by-asking-que...
=== April 4 ===
Tech discovery report 6/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki)
- t: A young @MediaWiki developer's story of discovery, perseverance
and gratitude: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/04/a-young-developers-story-of-discovery-...
- f/g: In the last post of our Code-in stories, student Jared Flores
tells us about software that won't compile, messing up code commits on Thanksgiving dinner and how fellow MediaWiki developers helped him sort it all out.
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/04/a-young-developers-story-of-discovery-...
-- Guillaume Paumier Technical Communications Manager -- Wikimedia Foundation
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On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org wrote:
They all LGTM
Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to review them.
Did the Code-in have a hashtag that could be added to tie the twitter posts together?
I couldn't find any; There was a Google+ page (of course) but no real twitter presence.
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