Asmultimedia innovator, I help people learn, work and play together through digital media -- with a focus on experiences that inform and engage communities to collaborate online. Over the past thirty years, I have led the development of many pioneering products and services in news, education and entertainment -- working at the intersection of content, community and technology. I have coached teams in large organizations such as Apple, Macromedia and Wikimedia -- as well as managed a range of new media ventures, from a TV studio to a social news network.
I worked at theWikimedia Foundation from October 2011 to June 2015. For the first three years, I served as product manager, coaching our teams to improve the user experience on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites. During that time, I led the development and release of a wide range of new software tools, such asNotifications,Thanks,Beta Features,Media Viewer and other features.
In my last six months, I worked with the foundation's communications team, where I managed and edited theWikimedia blog, a global hub that connects our diverse communities (seemy final report). I believe that better communications are really important to grow our movement -- and I advocate a 'culture of kindness' to help make that happen.
I would like to thank all the community and team members I have had the pleasure to work with over the years. It has been an honor to serve our movement together and to help our contributors share free knowledge with each other and the world.
Going forward, I will be usingmy personal account on Wikipedia and its sister projects.
Here are some of the projects I managed at the Wikimedia Foundation:
Before joining the Wikimedia movement, I founded and ledNewsTrust, a nonprofit social news network, which was acquired by the Poynter Institute in 2012. Our news literacy tools helped people find good journalism online, to make more informed decisions as citizens.
My previous ventures include:Handtap, a multimedia content provider for mobile devices;shockwave.com, a web entertainment site at Macromedia;Apple Computer's Multimedia Lab, a research and development group; andVideowest, a producer of rock journalism. Read more about my careeron LinkedIn.
I am the producer of"Hackers", a documentary about the heroes of the computer revolution -- and the 'hacker ethic' which made the Wikimedia movement possible. I was also elected an Ashoka Fellow for my work as social entrepreneur.
My work has been widely covered by publications such as the BBC, Atlantic Monthly, the Guardian, Le Monde, Newsweek, the New York Times, Scientific American, Time, the Washington Post, Wired and many more.
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Here are some of the photos I took forWiki Loves Monuments, a photo contest organized to add pictures of historic landmarks on Wikipedia. Most of my pictures so far are from Marin County, California, where I live.
Fort Baker, Sausalito
Fort Barry, Marin Headlands
Fort Cronkhite, Marin Headlands
Old Mill Park, Mill Valley
Outdoor Art Center, Mill Valley
These are just sample photos from mymultimedia collections. For more WLM pictures, check outthis special page with all my photos for Wiki Loves Monuments.
Enjoy these first pictures contributed as a volunteer. More to come!
I love to develop new products based on ideas from our community. For the past few years, I have asked Wikimania conference participants for their suggestions on how to improve Wikipedia. Thanks for the inspiration -- and keep them coming!
For more community ideas, check outmy full photo set on Flickr. For the best viewing experience,watch them in slideshow mode.
You can also view some of these images as a video montage onYouTube, onVimeo -- or in Ogg/Theora format onWikimedia Commons.
To improve Wikipedia's editor engagement tools with the help of our community, I hosted this roundtable discussion at the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco on June 22, 2013. We brainstormed a variety of new features together, and gained many new insights from these conversations.Learn more about this Roundtable.
Learn more about theRoundtables community engagement program. A full photo set of this roundtable is availablehere on Flickr (for the best viewing experience,see this slide-show).
Photos from our Multimedia Roundtable at Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong on Thursday, August 8th, 2013.Learn more about this Roundtable.
Learn more about theRoundtables community engagement program. For more info on this Multimedia Roundtable, check outthis report.