[wp-ui] Introduction Heike

Tue Jan 19 22:32:16 UTC 2010

Hi
I am Heike,
based in Wellington, New Zealand, (UTC +13),
I work as Business Analyst, User experience designer and Project  
Manager on contract base here in Wellington.

I am using WordPress since 1.5. I am using it as CMS and Blog Tool,  
with custom built themes.

I started my web career as a graphic and interaction designer about 13  
years ago . For the last 8 years I have worked as Business Analyst,  
User Experience Designer and Project Manager on a variety of projects  
in Germany, including online projects for corporations such as Siemens  
and BMW and and since 2,5 years for government and privat sector sites  
here in New Zealand.

I met Matt at the wordcamp 2009 in Wellington, always wanted to  
contribute to open source, so I thought this might be the right time.  
I can help with general UI and UX design, but I might be of use  
helping with the project management as well. I am reality proven and  
have no issues with working what is there. I am interested in media  
integration video and audio and rich text editing...

My last projects - These are all built on Drupal ;-):

NzSkillsConnect - ATTTO and HSI
URL: http://www.nzskillsconnect.co.nz/
Launch December 2009

New Zealand Police Association
URL: http://www.policeassn.org.nz/
Launch October 2009

Housing New Zealand Shared Equity scheme
URL: http://www.sharedequityscheme.co.nz/
Launch October 2008

That would be it from me,

Take care,

Heike
---
Heike Theis

Online Project Management
Business Analysis
Information Architecture
Interaction Design

mobile: +64 (0)21 027 25 170
email: heike.theis at gmail.com
Twitter: offlabel

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> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:59:06 -0500
> From: Patrick Carey <patrickcar at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [wp-ui] First steps
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> Hello All,
>
> My name is Patrick Carey. I work as a front end developer/ project
> lead/resident UI guy on WordPress projects at Teachers College at
> Columbia University in New York City, so East Coast based. We have a
> small team in the early stages of a big MU project, so I will be
> interested in MU issues going forward though glad to help in any way.
>
> I am versed in XHTML and CSS , Jquery, intermediate PHP, I have
> assisted teaching graphic design in grad school and know my way around
> the Creative Suite well.
>
> Anyone going to WordCamp Boston? I will be there and maybe we can have
> an Un-conference session?
>
> Totally outdated temporary portfolio site www.patrickjcarey.com and
> blog www.immaterial-labour.com
>
>
> - Patrick
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:59:38 -0500
> From: "Shane A. Froebel" <shane at bugssite.org>
> Subject: Re: [wp-ui] First steps
> To: wp-ui at lists.automattic.com
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> Jane and Co.,
>
> Shane Froebel checking in!
>
> Location: Long Island, NY, USA
>
> I work with the WordPress development team and also being a core
> contributor to the code (no commit). My background is mostly in PHP,
> CSS, and XHTML. I am however pretty bad at designing something, but  
> once
> it's built, I can help code it.
>
> My contribution will be in those skills sets above and testing the
> interface and commenting on wireframes/mockups for refinement before
> they get to a final design structure.
>
> I usually hang out in #WordPress-dev, but not idling in #wordpress-ui.
>
> My personal site is the only thing I really done that is published.  
> I do
> work another FT job and it's hard for me to be as active as I want to
> be, but I do have goals to do this FT with the community that I  
> grown to
> be a part of.
>
> That's about it! Talk to you all very soon!
>
> P.S. 300... wow.
>
> Your Friend, Shane
> http://bugssite.org/
>
> On 1/19/2010 12:10 PM, Jane Wells wrote:
>> Hi everyone. Almost 300 people have signed up for this list, which  
>> was
>> way more than I expected. I'm not sure how many of you are people who
>> actually want to get involved and contribute to the UI/UX work that  
>> goes
>> into making WordPress, vs. how many are developers or users who just
>> want to keep up with what's going on or offer feedback on other  
>> people's
>> design work, so I think the first thing this list should do is help
>> everyone get to know who's here. Lurkers need not do this, but if  
>> you're
>> planning to contribute to the UI work ahead, please email this list  
>> and
>> tell us a little bit about you: Your work background/current job,
>> specific design/usability/accessibility skills/talents that we should
>> know about/make use of, what you hope to contribute to WP UI, your
>> location/time zone, and maybe the one UI thing you would like to  
>> address
>> in WP if given the chance. My main goal here is to find out how many
>> people of all the subscribers are actually people who can wireframe,
>> make comps, run usability testing, etc, vs. simply wanting to weigh  
>> in
>> with opinions on the work of others (which can happen on Trac  
>> tickets).
>> This list is meant to be a working group.
>>
>> After people have had a day or two to introduce themselves, we'll  
>> have a
>> better idea of how many people are actually planning to participate  
>> in
>> this list for now, and can plan accordingly. I've got a list as  
>> long as
>> my arm of potential design projects we can divvy up into groups, so
>> knowing people's backgrounds and interests will help determine which
>> projects we hit first. We can also then decide on a day/time for a
>> weekly UI chat in IRC.
>>
>> I'm in the process of setting up a site for this group to use a la
>> wpdevel.wordpress.com, and will start adding people as authors once  
>> we
>> have created teams and begun working on projects and there are  
>> things to
>> report. I'll need to know your wordpress.org login name to add you to
>> the site. Usability people are welcome and encouraged to speak up  
>> also,
>> not just designers. Getting the plan up and running for distributed
>> testing is on the goals list, too.
>>
>> I guess I'll start. I'm Jane, and am the main UX person for  
>> WordPress. I
>> led the admin redesign of 2.7, and work closely with the core team  
>> on UI
>> changes. We never have time to get to everything, so there's still  
>> a ton
>> left to do. I work for Automattic, which donates a big chunk of my  
>> time
>> to the open source project. Before this job, I'd worked at agencies,
>> companies and research groups in almost every front-end web job  
>> there is
>> over the last 10 years. Though mostly UX stuff, I've also done  
>> project
>> management, content development, HTML, visual design, testing, etc.
>> Right now I'm a bottleneck for UI changes in WordPress, and anyone  
>> who
>> works in this industry knows that it takes a lot longer to create a
>> wireframe deck than it does to sketch an idea, so I'm hoping to grow
>> this group into a healthy contributor community so that I can step  
>> back
>> into more of a advisory/curatorial role rather than slowing things  
>> down
>> while I draft wireframes or conduct individual testing sessions.  
>> I'm on
>> the east coast, and would love it if the weekly chat could be  
>> during the
>> day sometime before 3pm, but if the majority needs to have an evening
>> meeting instead, I can work with that. I traditionally do  
>> wireframes in
>> Omnigraffle, but would like to find a good open source tool (the ones
>> I've tried haven't been great) that we can all use for this if  
>> possible.
>> I generally go for Photoshop for comps, and have not found GIMP to  
>> be an
>> adequate substitute, though I'd love to move visual design to open
>> source tools as well. Suggestions are welcome.
>>
>> I'll be happy to answer questions, point to resources etc for those  
>> who
>> want to get involved. However, this is not the right place (yet,  
>> anyway)
>> to come if you are just getting started and want to learn the  
>> design/UX
>> trade as a new career move or something. I'd like to start off with  
>> more
>> experienced UI/UX people just to get some processes nailed down. I  
>> hope
>> that in the future the WP UI group will be an awesome place to come  
>> to
>> learn new skills.
>>
>> Who's next?
>> Jane
>>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:05:23 +0100
> From: Viktor <lapicerdo at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [wp-ui] First steps
> To: wp-ui <wp-ui at lists.automattic.com>
> Message-ID: <4B561083.5040201 at lediable.es>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Hi!
>
> First of all, please apologize my English! My name is Viktor F.
> Castellanos, I'm a Multimedia Designer located in Tarragona (Spain). I
> have experience in setting WP and WPMU as a general CMS for non-common
> uses (like using it as content motor for online games), designing  
> themes
> from scratch and UI plugin integration. I can help with usability and
> accesibility ideas to improve design, and any Photoshop, Illustrator  
> or
> XHTML/CSS skills need. I will love to collaborate, and *love* to learn
> with the community!
>
>>> Viktor
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:10:22 -0600
> From: Jess Planck <jess at funroe.net>
> Subject: Re: [wp-ui] First steps
> To: wp-ui at lists.automattic.com
> Message-ID: <4124503C-44AE-47C9-9445-F165AB8E5E50 at funroe.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>
> I'm Jess Planck Website Manager for Nicholls State University in way  
> south Louisiana. Old school trained graphic designer dealing with  
> web bits for almost 15 years, super lurker, and slightly skilled at  
> avoiding hurricanes. I barely ever have time, but I occasionally try  
> to make minor contributions. The portfolio is at http://funroe.net/portfolio/ 
>  when I'm not breaking things.
>
> So glad Jane made that statement and the follow-up. Good example is  
> probably the header UI that Jane and Matt T. discussed last year.  
> I'm sure it's going to make sense now that the WPMU merge has begun.
>
> Jess
>
> On Jan 19, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Jane Wells wrote:
>
>> Before anyone takes this statement and runs with it: we're not  
>> redesigning WordPress. We're just going to be touching up some of  
>> the screens that haven't been properly finished yet. The general  
>> layout and navigational structure is not up for redesign.
>> j
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> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:18:18 -0600
> From: Kenneth Younger <kyounger at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [wp-ui] First steps
> To: wp-ui at lists.automattic.com
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> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Jane Wells <jane at automattic.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone. Almost 300 people have signed up for this list, which  
>> was way
>> more than I expected. I'm not sure how many of you are people who  
>> actually
>> want to get involved and contribute to the UI/UX work that goes  
>> into making
>> WordPress, vs. how many are developers or users who just want to  
>> keep up
>> with what's going on or offer feedback on other people's design  
>> work, so I
>> think the first thing this list should do is help everyone get to  
>> know who's
>> here. Lurkers need not do this, but if you're planning to  
>> contribute to the
>> UI work ahead, please email this list and tell us a little bit  
>> about you:
>> Your work background/current job, specific design/usability/ 
>> accessibility
>> skills/talents that we should know about/make use of, what you hope  
>> to
>> contribute to WP UI, your location/time zone, and maybe the one UI  
>> thing you
>> would like to address in WP if given the chance. My main goal here  
>> is to
>> find out how many people of all the subscribers are actually people  
>> who can
>> wireframe, make comps, run usability testing, etc, vs. simply  
>> wanting to
>> weigh in with opinions on the work of others (which can happen on  
>> Trac
>> tickets). This list is meant to be a working group.
>>
>> After people have had a day or two to introduce themselves, we'll  
>> have a
>> better idea of how many people are actually planning to participate  
>> in this
>> list for now, and can plan accordingly. I've got a list as long as  
>> my arm of
>> potential design projects we can divvy up into groups, so knowing  
>> people's
>> backgrounds and interests will help determine which projects we hit  
>> first.
>> We can also then decide on a day/time for a weekly UI chat in IRC.
>>
>> I'm in the process of setting up a site for this group to use a la
>> wpdevel.wordpress.com, and will start adding people as authors once  
>> we
>> have created teams and begun working on projects and there are  
>> things to
>> report. I'll need to know your wordpress.org login name to add you  
>> to the
>> site. Usability people are welcome and encouraged to speak up also,  
>> not just
>> designers. Getting the plan up and running for distributed testing  
>> is on the
>> goals list, too.
>>
>> I guess I'll start. I'm Jane, and am the main UX person for  
>> WordPress. I
>> led the admin redesign of 2.7, and work closely with the core team  
>> on UI
>> changes. We never have time to get to everything, so there's still  
>> a ton
>> left to do. I work for Automattic, which donates a big chunk of my  
>> time to
>> the open source project. Before this job, I'd worked at agencies,  
>> companies
>> and research groups in almost every front-end web job there is over  
>> the last
>> 10 years. Though mostly UX stuff, I've also done project  
>> management, content
>> development, HTML, visual design, testing, etc. Right now I'm a  
>> bottleneck
>> for UI changes in WordPress, and anyone who works in this industry  
>> knows
>> that it takes a lot longer to create a wireframe deck than it does  
>> to sketch
>> an idea, so I'm hoping to grow this group into a healthy contributor
>> community so that I can step back into more of a advisory/ 
>> curatorial role
>> rather than slowing things down while I draft wireframes or conduct
>> individual testing sessions. I'm on the east coast, and would love  
>> it if the
>> weekly chat could be during the day sometime before 3pm, but if the  
>> majority
>> needs to have an evening meeting instead, I can work with that. I
>> traditionally do wireframes in Omnigraffle, but would like to find  
>> a good
>> open source tool (the ones I've tried haven't been great) that we  
>> can all
>> use for this if possible. I generally go for Photoshop for comps,  
>> and have
>> not found GIMP to be an adequate substitute, though I'd love to  
>> move visual
>> design to open source tools as well. Suggestions are welcome.
>>
>> I'll be happy to answer questions, point to resources etc for those  
>> who
>> want to get involved. However, this is not the right place (yet,  
>> anyway) to
>> come if you are just getting started and want to learn the design/ 
>> UX trade
>> as a new career move or something. I'd like to start off with more
>> experienced UI/UX people just to get some processes nailed down. I  
>> hope that
>> in the future the WP UI group will be an awesome place to come to  
>> learn new
>> skills.
>>
>> Who's next?
>> Jane
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> wp-ui mailing list
>> wp-ui at lists.automattic.com
>> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-ui
>>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> My name is Kenny Younger. I am a database and web developer based  
> out of Des
> Moines, IA (Central Time Zone). I have worked in the web development  
> arena
> for about 8 years, with a short stint off for about 2-3 years where I
> focused my efforts in enterprise database development. A year ago I  
> left
> that firm and started my own company, and since then have re- 
> realized my
> passion for web development. Played a bit of catch-up in the  
> technologies
> over the past year, where I found and fell in love with WordPress  
> and its
> terrific community. I have used it in pretty much all my client's  
> websites.
> I will be attending WordCamp Chicago this year, and intend on  
> running one
> out here in Iowa in the near future.
>
> I have decent server-side and client-side development skills, but find
> myself enjoying the UI/UX side more. So I figured why not cut my  
> teeth as a
> WordPress contributor with this endeavor and help the community that  
> I feel
> I already owe so much to. I do feel one of my strong suits that  
> grows from
> all my report design experience is a keen eye for formatting large  
> sets of
> data for ease of use, so perhaps that might help with the divvying  
> up that
> Jane intends to do. I know my way around the basics of Photoshop and  
> like
> Balsamiq for wireframing. I also like to think that I write decent  
> copy when
> so inspired.
>
> So this is me officially throwing my hat into the ring, and I intend  
> to help
> when and where I can. However, I'll never over-commit myself, and  
> understand
> that a lot of the time "no" is the best answer.
>
> Eager to meet the rest or you.
> -Kenny
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