One of the ways the Wikimedia Foundation tries to involve the communities in the software development process is to partner with specific wikis who are willing to try out a new product as it's being developed, making sure that we tailor it to their needs so that the tools we build reflect the Wikimedia editors' workflows. I manage the Product Ambassador program, our way of being able to communicate with these wikis in their language and to understand the specifics of the local communities.

In general, I work with the technical development of the Wikimedia wikis as part of Movement Communications. I try to make sure the communities and different technical teams at the Foundation understand each other and that we can get the information we need from the Wikimedia communities to prioritize the things that will help the communities the most.

Short personal essays

• Wikipedia as a physical space
• The patroller's dilemma
• On change
• Communicating with the Wikimedia Foundation and its teams
• Why I like surveys
• On names and Ö
• On knowing languages
• Creating Wikipedia: Cooperation and decision-making in the software development process
• On gratitude and love
• A few words on why images are complicated