[Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Erik Moeller]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Kat Walsh <kat at mindspillage.org> wrote:
> Also, I am having serious trouble wrapping my mind around James living
> outside the UK.

We've confirmed through experimental visits to San Francisco that
James can in fact exist outside the UK in a stable state. But let's
face it -- we'll either see some significant changes in James'
Britishness, or we'll see Californians increasingly pick up some new
and strange habits. I'm betting it's the latter.

On a more personal note, it's kind of funny - James and I probably
most frequently touched base in person at Wikimania, so whenever he
visits I get flashbacks of Wikimanias past. With James joining, and
some other recent additions, it's really gratifying to see WMF be more
and more a reflection of who we are.

We're very lucky that the timing has aligned for James to join us for
the Visual Editor project; I highly doubt we would have been able to
find the combination of skills (deep community expertise, ability to
ship product, technical depth) otherwise. He's an old colleague and
friend, and I look forward to working more closely with him. :-)

-- 
Erik Möller
VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation

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