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Wikimania talk videos
Yesterday’s tech talks from Wikimania are online at our temporary video file staging location (Ogg Theora format). They should appear on Commons soon. :)
Code, code, code away home
Hacking was cut short a bit on our first day at Wikimania yesterday due to troubles with the conference facility network :( but we did get a lot done:
Some basic specs and programming interface for a configuration database have been hashed out — once implemented, this’ll give us infrastructure to start phasing out the more [...]
Codeathon now!
The fun is starting! Get your code on…
Wikimania_Codeathon/Projects
#wikimania-codeathon on irc.freenode.net
Weekly Wiki Tech Update: Pre-Wikimania edition
What happened?
A few highlights from the last week…
The first version of Wikimedia’s official Wikipedia Mobile app for iPhone has hit the iTunes app store (free download). As with all Wikimedia software, it’s open source and we
Wikimania Codeathon in Buenos Aires next week
Wikimania’s classic “Hacking Days” event is back, and better than ever as the Wikimania Codeathon will be open throughout the entire conference this year.
Based on the success of April’s Developer Meet-up in Berlin, we’re starting with
Squashing the Bugs
After collecting information on compatibility and evaluating each browser's capabilities against the technologies we are using to achieve a better editing experience, we've designed a map of which browsers support the new editing tools well enough to ensure a quality user experience.
Weekly Wiki Tech Update
Got your coffee on? Good!
Let’s quickly review last week’s excitement and what we’ve got planned for this coming week…
Looking back:
Ops magnate Mark Bergsma has completed his thesis and is able to come up for air again.
$cto[] = clone $brion;
Back in 2005, Wikimedia brought me on as the Foundation’s first paid employee after two years leading MediaWiki development as a volunteer. Naturally as the only member of the tech staff, I started at the top: Chief Technology Officer.
In the 4 years since, we’ve gone from one tech employee to a dozen, from 50 servers [...]
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Try the usability beta!
Have you noticed the “Try Beta” link on the top of Wikimedia project sites? The usability team is proud to introduce the new skin, Vector, and the enhanced toolbar. Well, they have been available from user preferences over a month now, but we wanted to reach out to anonymous users. Please check it out and [...]