Hi all,
We wanted to give a quick update on the happenings going on at the Wikimedia
Technical Conference
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018> from
the first two days.
*Monday
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018/Schedule#Monday_22_October_2018>,
October 22, 2018:*
We started off with a keynote presentation by Victoria Coleman, Wikimedia
CTO (slides
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keynote_-_Victoria_Coleman_at_WMTechConf_Oct_2018.pdf>,
notes
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MpJEHDwmD6snnCXQ57mqhiuWx7tHe1o1qkCbV8Dzth8/edit>)
and then after a quick break, we jumped into several presentations centered
around the Product Vision for WMF/WMDE (notes
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018/Session_notes/Product_Vision_WMF/WMDE>
for
first 3 presentations):
- Toby Negrin, CPO (slides
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Product_Directions_session_at_Wikimedia_Technical_Conference_2018.pdf>
and
speaker notes)
- Lydia Pintscher, Product Manager WMDE (slides
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDE%E2%80%99s_Product_Visions_for_TechConf_2018.pdf>
)
- Cindy Cicalese, Sr Product Manager, WMF (no slides)
- Corey Floyd, Engineering Director, gave a Process and Action
presentation as well (slides
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TechConf_Setup_presentation_by_Corey_Floyd_at_Wikimedia_Technical_Conference.pdf>
).
Afternoon sessions included:
Product Vision Station Rotation <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206055>
where we had 8 tables that all attendees rotated though to learn more about
various topics and ask questions of Product Managers:
- Trust
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-Product-Trust.jpg>
- MediaWiki
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-Product-MediaWiki.jpg>
- Scale
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-Product-Scale.jpg>
- Experience
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-Product-experience.jpg>
- Augmentation
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-Product-Augmentation.jpg>
- Tools
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-Product-Tools.jpg>
- Culture
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-Product-Culture.jpg>
- Wikidata
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lydia_Pintscher_at_Wikimedia_Technical_Conference_2018.png>
Then, a few breakout sessions
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-afternoon_session_poster_notes_for_Oct22.jpg>
:
- Improving the translation process (notes
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rQWYAr3JQGp3KctXm_OzZ63vYX_czExxYTtEeugG-gM>
, ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206056>)
- Building MediaWiki to Support Collaboration (notes
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bbza_CjX-QsyO7CAl6sc1TDkgk_7eb1vwfdEqvTWlEg>,
ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206075>)
- Making curation and contribution mechanisms equitable and consistent (
notes
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uo1Yi9KFNfSGSZ-dmY6v0WrmYTSDRbqB2sPYFhiEhyU>,
ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206060>)
The last group presentation of the day was a fireside chat with Victoria
Coleman, Toby Negrin, Erik Moeller, and Franziska Heine (notes
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206054>, image
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-fireside_chat_image.jpg>
). We also had a notes and documentation sprint at the end of day 1 to
allow folks to add their comments, notes, uploads to Commons and
Phabricator.
Random and fun images from day 1 (see more uploads
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference>
):
- Event signage
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-sign.jpg>
- Product Station Rotation (1
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-Product-Session-Station-Rotation1.jpg>,
2
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-Product-Session-Station-Rotation2.jpg>
)
- Fireside chat (panel image
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-fireside_chat_image.jpg>,
stahp
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-stahp-sign.jpg>)
- Questions of the day (1
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-questions_of_the_day_Oct_22_2018.jpg>,
2
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-questions_of_the_day_oct_22_2018_folks_chatting.jpg>
)
- Breakfast: avocado toast
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TechConf_breakfast.png>
- Eliot Center schedule board
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-Eliot_Center_schedule.jpg>
*Tuesday
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018/Schedule#Tuesday_23_October_2018>,
October 23, 2018:*
We started off the day with a intensive set of sessions for figuring out
'how do we work together' (notes
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wl5f3n-jG-llowu5yGeTKrLbLHaXSFzMQEOJUXy2nUI>,
ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206064>, session outline poster
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-how_do_we_work_together-session_outline.jpg>,
breakout questions
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-how_do_we_work_together-breakout_questions.jpg>).
Over lunch, Professor Margaret Burnett and Dr Anita Sarma gave a great
lunchtime presentation about Gender-Inclusive Software - Wiki products,
Open Source, and Beyond (slides
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gender-Inclusive_Software_-_Wiki_products,_Open_Source,_and_Beyond_by_Prof_Margaret_Burnett_and_Dr_Anita_Sarma.pdf>
)
Afternoon sessions included:
- Applying the Architecture Principles (ticket
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206065>, dot voting
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-dot_voting_for_arch_principles.jpg>
)
- Integrating data into our products (ticket
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206071>)
- Integrating machine learning into our products (ticket
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206067>)
- Choosing installation methods and environments for 3rd party users (
ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206059>)
We finished up the day with another notes and documentation sprint
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMTechConf2018-how_do_we_work_together-post-it_note_sprint.jpg>
to allow folks to add their comments, notes, uploads to Commons and
Phabricator.
All in all, a great two day start to the four day event, thanks to all of
our wonderful attendees! More uploads from the event can be added and
viewed here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference.
Cheers,
Deb
--
deb tankersley
program manager, engineering
Wikimedia Foundation