Dan and Sage,
Thank you very much for your kind words and well wishes! It means a lot to
me to hear that. :)
Best regards,
Josephine
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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 08:34:02 -0700
From: Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipedia(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Re: Commons app - v4.0 and my resignation
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Josephine,
Thanks so much for all the work you've done on the Commons app. I'm really
grateful that you've maintained it so well; it's one of my favorite apps,
and there's nothing else out there that comes close to doing what it does.
Good luck with your career change!
You are awesome!
-Sage
On Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 8:01 AM Dan Andreescu <dandreescu(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Thanks so much for your leadership and work
Josephine, it's been awesome
to watch over the years. Good luck on your next adventures!
On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 2:17 AM Josephine Lim <josephinelim86(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Hope you have been well! We have just released v4.0 of the Commons
> Android app to production on Google Play - this version includes tons of
> new features (a map displaying nearby Commons pictures, custom SPARQL
> queries, user profiles, and a custom picture selector), as well as fixes
> for major bugs such as the "date uploaded" bug. The app can be
downloaded
> from the Play Store[1] or directly from our
GitHub repository[2].
>
> I should probably also add that this will likely be my last release - I
> am currently transitioning to a new career, and will be stepping down
from
> the role of project lead, which I have held
for the past 6 years. I
intend
> to stick around on a volunteer basis, but the
amount of time that I can
put
> into the app from now on will be much more
limited. I have discussed
this
> with the app's community, and I believe
that a new grant team might be
> emerging, and one of the volunteers might step up to take on the project
> lead role.
>
> Thank you very much for the support that you have all shown to the
> Commons app over the years. It was an honor and a pleasure to work with
all
> of you - I have learned so much and met so
many amazing people in the
> Wikimedia community, and I certainly hope to continue being part of it.
I
> also hope that the app and the community
surrounding it may have
benefited
> from my work here, and that the new team will
be able to bring it to
places