[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing Howie Fung as Director of Product Development

2012-01-30 Thread Erik Moeller
Hello all, It’s with great pleasure that I announce the promotion of Howie Fung to the position of Director of Product Development at the Wikimedia Foundation, effective February 1. Howie joined us in October 2009 as a consultant for usability projects, and became a permanent staff member in May

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing Howie Fung as Director of Product Development

2012-01-30 Thread Patricia Pena
Congrats, Howie! On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Erik Moeller wrote: > Hello all, > > It’s with great pleasure that I announce the promotion of Howie Fung > to the position of Director of Product Development at the Wikimedia > Foundation, effective February 1. > > Howie joined us in October 20

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing Howie Fung as Director of Product Development

2012-01-30 Thread Thehelpfulone
On 30 January 2012 18:26, Patricia Pena wrote: > Congrats, Howie! > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Erik Moeller wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > It’s with great pleasure that I announce the promotion of Howie Fung > > to the position of Director of Product Development at the Wikimedia > > Fo

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing Howie Fung as Director of Product Development

2012-01-30 Thread Howie Fung
Thanks everyone! I'm really looking forward to continuing to work with the community & Foundation on some cool and important stuff! If anyone has any questions about the product group (e.g., what to expect, how it's organized, how we work with the community and other groups), please drop me a lin

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing Howie Fung as Director of Product Development

2012-01-30 Thread Bod Notbod
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 20:03, Howie Fung wrote: > If anyone has any questions about the product group (e.g., what to expect, > how it's organized, how we work with the community and other groups), > please drop me a line. I'm going to do the unforgivable... OK, what can we expect? :O) Bodnotbo

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing Howie Fung as Director of Product Development

2012-01-30 Thread Samuel Klein
This is great news. Congratulations, Howie. SJ On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Howie Fung wrote: > Thanks everyone!  I'm really looking forward to continuing to work with the > community & Foundation on some cool and important stuff! > > If anyone has any questions about the product group (e.g

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing Howie Fung as Director of Product Development

2012-01-30 Thread Howie Fung
Great question :). I think the best way to answer is by example. In addition to our mobile projects (which Erik referred to in his original email), the Article Feedback Tool 5 project on the English Wikipedia provides a good example of how the product group works [1]. The goal of this project is

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing Howie Fung as Director of Product Development

2012-01-31 Thread Bod Notbod
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 04:19, Howie Fung wrote: > Great question :).  I think the best way to answer is by example. Thank you, Howie. Bod. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailma