Comments on: Now hiring for Wikipedia Usability Initiative http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/09/now-hiring-for-wikipedia-usability-initiative/ News from inside the Wikimedia Foundation.org Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:40:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Teofilo http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/09/now-hiring-for-wikipedia-usability-initiative/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Teofilo Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:45:42 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=273#comment-1237 Sorry if this is a duplicate. I just wanted to mention [[:meta:Talk:Stanton Usability Initiative]]. Sorry if this is a duplicate.

I just wanted to mention [[:meta:Talk:Stanton Usability Initiative]].

]]> By: Teofilo http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/09/now-hiring-for-wikipedia-usability-initiative/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 Teofilo Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:42:47 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=273#comment-1236 I wrote something about localisation on [[:meta:Talk:Stanton Usability Initiative]]. I wrote something about localisation on [[:meta:Talk:Stanton Usability Initiative]].

]]> By: Anthony http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/09/now-hiring-for-wikipedia-usability-initiative/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 Anthony Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:31:02 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=273#comment-1215 Great, now all you have to do is hire a 'normal' everyday user to give you REAL feedback instead of relying on only "experts, designers,and devlopers etc, to see if what you think you are provideing really works from the layman perspective with 'user related expierence' providing insight that is not driven by stale, static, enviornment. I'll volunteer with a small hourly rate. To often Co.s put out product they "think" are good and never really develop something 'normal' people find user friendly and useful in the real world. Great, now all you have to do is hire a ‘normal’ everyday user to give you REAL feedback instead of relying on only “experts, designers,and devlopers etc, to see if what you think you are provideing really works from the layman perspective with ‘user related expierence’ providing insight that is not driven by stale, static, enviornment. I’ll volunteer with a small hourly rate. To often Co.s put out product they “think” are good and never really develop something ‘normal’ people find user friendly and useful in the real world.

]]> By: brion http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/09/now-hiring-for-wikipedia-usability-initiative/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 brion Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:00:51 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=273#comment-1211 We've got plenty of experience with online remote work -- there are pluses and minuses to both models, which is why we use both! For a focused team which will be doing user testing, working distributed is not really ideal. We’ve got plenty of experience with online remote work — there are pluses and minuses to both models, which is why we use both! For a focused team which will be doing user testing, working distributed is not really ideal.

]]> By: Kozuch http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/09/now-hiring-for-wikipedia-usability-initiative/comment-page-1/#comment-1203 Kozuch Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:06:35 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=273#comment-1203 Also, posting a local jobs instead of an online ones is a luxury that could bring less efficiency and higher cost. Also, posting a local jobs instead of an online ones is a luxury that could bring less efficiency and higher cost.

]]> By: Kozuch http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/09/now-hiring-for-wikipedia-usability-initiative/comment-page-1/#comment-1202 Kozuch Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:42:05 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=273#comment-1202 That is the usability project without usability expert? :D That is the usability project without usability expert? :D

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