Multimedia/Standup notes/2018/February
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2018-02-01
[edit]Matthias
[edit]- I don't have much today - where did my time go? :o
- Dockerizing things
- Administration, expense reports, ...
- Pam: there is no geocoding (address -> coord) support
Mark
[edit]- Meetings yesterday, no progress
- Today: Wow, no meetings. Maybe some more worldview-adjusting and code explorations.
Cormac
[edit]- Got cirrus search extension working locally with help from David Causse
- Now and for the next few days will be poking around with wikibase and elastic search
Ramsey
[edit]- Documentation for discussing future of commons
- Discuss filename discussion with Amanda
- Impromptu meetings
Pam
[edit]- Working on File page, research & sketching some ideas
Keegan
[edit]- Document liaison communication strategy for SDoC
Amanda
[edit]- Annual planning - transfigure roadmap into the plan, look into budgets
Max
[edit]- No MM updates
2018-02-03
[edit]Matthias
[edit]- Checking out WikibaseLexeme
- Need 1 more 3d review: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/405050/ - Mark: can you +2?
Mark
[edit]- Filename obviation: Gilles is unsure about our use-cases. Meeting with Pam and Ramsey likely.
- Code: Not much progress due to last-minute day off on Friday; stepping back in to play with pulling the WB editing interface onto file pages
- Anything for SoS?
Pam
[edit]- Still on file page work - sketches by end of today
Keegan
[edit]- Setting us up an Extension:Newsletter copy
- IRC office hours coming up
Ramsey
[edit]- Documentation about team processes, ...
- Annual planning stuff
- Go over 3D, hopefully we can launch this week
- Updating docs for search user story
Cormac
[edit]- Fiddling with Wikibase
- CR
2018-02-06
[edit]Mark
[edit]- Worked a little bit on fixing the MediaInfo patch for filename lookups, seems to be some middleman stuff I'm not getting
- Today, continuing there, then on to file page edit interface stuff if it all goes well
- Tomorrow: Meeting frenzy
Pam
[edit]- Still working on Filepage (display)
Ramsey
[edit]- Yesterday, wrote and participated in a number of email threads about future work
- Today, striving to flesh out more Search user stories
2018-02-07
[edit]Mark
[edit]- Yesterday made limited progress on getting information about MediaInfo patch
- Last night: Caucus night in Minnesota, stressful and tiring but ultimately a fun experience
- Today: meetings meetings meetings meetings (maybe a nap)
Ramsey
[edit]- Yesterday: Worked on search, user stories
- Researching past RfCs and other requests about search improvements
- Meeting: Advanced search
- Email thread...(Mark to respond)
- Future of Commons (in progress)
Cormac
[edit]- Wikibase/MediaInfo all set up
- Talking with Search people re: how to move forward
Pam
[edit]- Meeeeeeetings
- File Page layout progress
Keegan
[edit]- Closing discussion on Commons
- Meetings!
- Sending notice about SD office hour
- Management course
Matthias
[edit]- 3d2png didn't get deployed yesterday, trying again tonight
- Asked Greg for deployment window for the rest of 3D work
- Figuring out why scap-deploy didn't work
- page_props patch - timing issue
2018-02-08
[edit]Matthias
[edit]- 3d2png deployed
- Ext:3D not yet deployed (waiting for deploy window)
- Fixed page_props
- Did some minor preparation for UW changes
Mark
[edit]- Yesterday: Only meetings
- Today: Making another push on the MediaInfo patch
- Tomorrow: Back to 10% time project
Ramsey
[edit]- Lots of meetings
- Fleshing out search userstories/wireframing
- Ontology discussion
Cormac
[edit]- Poking around Wikibase
Pam
[edit]- Working on File page & showing progress in next meeting
Max
[edit]- Fixing Phlogiston
Keegan
[edit]- Going through Phab tasks
- Unavailable tomorrow
2018-02-12
[edit]Mark
[edit]- Today: Got a concession out of WMDE, can move forward with some MediaInfo work, hopefully major progress today
- Also, hopefully moving forward with other MediaInfo work on pulling editing interface into File Page
- Maybe: Starting to think about how we mess up the Wikibase UX to make it better for our users
Matthias
[edit]- UW multilingual captions
- Fixed badge/placeholder overlay
- 3D deploy tomorrow
Amanda
[edit]- Bother Ramsey about allocations for next year
- Putting together annual planning program template narrative
Cormac
[edit]- Getting to know search
Keegan
[edit]- Looking over ontology draft
- Read email from Lydia
Max
[edit]- Not feeling well
- Came to unblock 3D but it's already g2g
- Going to work with Data Analysts, so less with MM starting March 1
Pam
[edit]- Need feedback on new File page designs
Ramsey
[edit]- Going over new File page designs
- Prepare for 3D deploy (blog post etc.)
2018-02-13
[edit]Matthias
[edit]- 3D deployed on Commons
- Hold off announcements for a day - bug in Safari
Mark
[edit]- MediaInfo change hit a snag, trying to sort it out
- Interrupts today (appointment, a meeting or two)
Ramsey
[edit]- Working on blog post & announcement for 3D
- IRC office hours
- Meeting with Sandra about list of Pain for GLAM using commons
- 1on1 with Pam - talking about search features, depicts etc.
- Talking about George Oates partnership
Cormac
[edit]- Wikibase & search - figuring out how it all works
- 3D CR
Pam
[edit]- Revising wireframes - waiting for input
- Looking into search requirements (autocomplete, autosuggest, ...)
- <missed this - lost connection>
2018-02-14
[edit]Mark
[edit]- Meeeeeeeeeetings
- Won't be much progress due to ^
- Hopefully can work out some MediaInfo stuff later in the day
- PL: Got a bunch of random unrelated hobby-work piled onto me yesterday night, maybe.
Cormac
[edit]- Working through search for multilingual captions - reading a lot of code, talking to the search team
Keegan
[edit]- Reviewing office hours logs
- Meetings
Pam
[edit]- Finalize UploadWizard designs
Ramsey
[edit]- Review 3D (announcement not until Monday)
- Chat with Pam about design stuff
- Continue working on product requirements for various things (search, file page)
- Collecting feedback & comments for ^
Matthias
[edit]- 3D thingies
- Prep for deploying 3D (for viewing) to all wikis
- FOUC
- Fix badge in MMV
2018-02-15
[edit]Matthias
[edit]- Going back & forth over FOUC with Ed (merged)
- Testing 3D in different wiki configurations (for deployment on all wikis, viewing only)
- Need to update mw.org Extension:3D page, hopelessly outdated
Mark
[edit]- Yesterday: Meetings as expected
- Back to work today on MediaInfo stuff, hoping to make progress
- Long night (real life interrupts)
Cormac
[edit]- Search for multilingual captions still, specifically investigating adding MediaInfo data to the search index for the File page, see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T187441
Ramsey
[edit]- Lot of open space for impromptu conversations today
- Retro
- Lots of emails to send and read
- Curating phab tickets on SDC and MM boards
Pam
[edit]- Still getting internal feedback on File Page wireframes, and I am working on a revised set in the meantime.
Keegan
[edit]Amanda
[edit]- Finishing budgetting things
- Working on annual planning narrative template
Max
[edit]- No MM update
2018-02-20
[edit]Matthias
[edit]- Checked out Pam designs
- Bunch of small 3d thingies
- Will work on UploadWizard SDoC changes tomorrow
Pam
[edit]- working on multilingual captions: file page (iterative change) and upload wizard
Mark
[edit]- Progress on MediaInfo! Finally found time to delve in and start testing things. Patch going up soon.
- Next: File page editing interface stuff
- PL/social/chatter: Minnesota enters the next stage of a constitutional crisis at noon
Ramsey
[edit]- Meetings
- Keeping an eye on 3D announcement (today!)
- Surprise meetings
Amanda
[edit]- We have a SDC FY18-19 budget
- Today: SDC FY18-19 budget reconciliation
- Gonna email y'all about Annual Plan Program Narrative measures
- So many meetings
2018-02-21
[edit]Matthias
[edit]- Working on UploadWizard multilingual captions
- (if all goed well later today) 3D on all wikis tomorrow
Amanda
[edit]- MM budget looks good!
- Today: Still gonna email y'all about measures
- Gonna ask Ramsey to fill out outputs for MM in AP narrative
- Wrapping up List of Pain Outreach/Product division of responsibility
Mark
[edit]- Testing MediaInfo patch - not working quite yet, some changes to be made (I think to tests, not code)
- meetingpocalypse
Ramsey
[edit]- meetings
- emails about various things including MPEG-2, 3D uploads from myminifactory, etc.
- getting more detials about who our data analyst will be (and assigning them at least 1 task)
- whatever else people surprise me with :)
Pam
[edit]- Finished a first pass of MLC on File Page (interaction flow - two of 'em) & sent to Ramsey
- Sooooo many meetings today!
- Been reading up on Search stories/epics/sagas and all other search-related stuff to prep for a Search meeting
Cormac
[edit]- First ticket in searching for multi-lingual captions kinda working (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T187570), should have a first draft patch for comments tomorrow
Keegan
[edit]- meetings first half of the day
- watching the ontology conversation
- starting prep for the structured licenses talk - looking through the presentations, docs, and other resources from legal from 2014
- I'll be talking with some of you in more detail later this week/next week about this
2018-02-22
[edit]Matthias
[edit]Video call might not work - on reduced bandwith
- 3D on all wikis
- Some small 3D fixed (FOUC etc.) that were supposed to be deployed yesterday didn't happen - deployment train rolled back
- Working on UploadWizard multilingual captions
- CR Brion's 3d2png testing patches tomorrow
Max
[edit]- Nothing special from me today :)
Keegan
[edit]- Posting one-week reminders about ontology
- Going over the stuff Stephen sent me from Legal about licensing
Pam
[edit]- Wireframing File Page MLC captions
Mark
[edit]- Brute-forcing through the MediaInfo test failure that remains...
- Matthias: Refactor 3d code paths?
- Heads-up: We may be in for a political storm about properties (maybe already mentioned recently?)
- Sent email about being away on Monday, should be back on Tuesday
Cormac
[edit]- stuck on a unit test for the MediaInfo searching patch ... think it might be untestable, but wanna be sure before I move on
- next - deploy MediaInfo to labs
Ramsey
[edit]- Meetings
- talking to potential partners for 3D files and tech platforms
- more spec and requirement stuff for various features
- still looking into the Wikibase federation thing
Amanda
[edit]- Thanks to those who commented on measurements! I will bother you more
- Compiling/reviewing outputs for AP Narrative. Mark and Ramsey will need to review
2018-02-26
[edit]Matthias
[edit]- Merged Brion's 3d2png testing patches
- Looking into T185783 (some thumbs don't match source image) - more tomorrow
- Back to UW multilingual captions tomorrow
- Any SoS updates?
Pam
[edit]- Putting finishing touches on the "adding multilingual captions to file page" wireframe clickable prototype
- Returning to the "forward-thinking filepage" wireframes
- Forgot: have a meeting with Ramsey & Nirzar about designing advanced search
Ramsey
[edit]- Meetings
- Talking to various entities/people about 3D content partnerships
- Reading/posting on community consultations
Cormac
[edit]- Got comments on my MediaInfo patch
- Erik suggests I talk to the WMDE folks to ask them about MCR and wikidata infobox templates
Keegan
[edit]- Checking up on Ontology conversation
- That's it for MM for the day I believe
2018-02-27
[edit]Pam
[edit]- Working on revising the "forward-thinking filepage" wireframes
Cormac
[edit]- working on comments from MediaInfo search patch
- me and Matthias did some work on MediaInfo on federated commons on labs
- should have updated patch tomorrow
Matthias
[edit]- Updated MediaInfo on labs instance with Cormac
- Working on UW multilingual captions
Amanda
[edit]- Review Pam's FPFC designs
- FPFC is the sound an arrow makes when it misses you and hits the wall behind
- Check in with JMo about Commonst curator research
- Final budget reconciliation for AP SDC
- Work with GLAM team to define prelim GLAM conference program
- Work with GLAM team to reach out to affiliates for WMCon session planning
- Cormac and Ramsey there are some juicy questions for you on the tech rec talk page
Mark
[edit]- I am alive! (Yay!!)
- Today: Some recovery, trying to get back on track, hopefully can push the next version of the MI patch so someone at WMDE can take a look
Ramsey
[edit]- Discussions with potential partners for 3D content (and maybe tech)
- Speccing out high-level search requirements a bit more for Nirzar and Pam
- Hoping to get more user stories into the doc
2018-02-28
[edit]Pam
[edit]- A meetingful day
- Working mostly on Search today
- Hoping to fit some forward-thinking filepage work
Matthias
[edit]- Working on UW multilingual captions
Mark
[edit]- Gone meetin' most of the day
- Got a final(?) patch version up for the MediaInfo API - https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/391052 - Cormac/Matthias plz to reviewing
- Next: Finally, pull Wikibase editing interface into file page (I've only been talking about it for like three weeks)
Ramsey
[edit]- A few meetings today, not as bad as usual
- Lot of reading to do (catch up on ontology discussion, wireframe comments, Tech Req responses, and more!)
- Sending out internal email to other product owners about potential impact of moving away from Filename usage on Commons
Keegan
[edit]- Meeting with Amanda today to discuss
- File titles, and potentially removing them
- Structured licensing
- Looking at wrapping up the Ontology conversation tomorrow. Will need a summary of findings to post with it.
Amanda
[edit]- Final budget reconciliation for AP SDC
- Reach out to affiliates about WMCon program planning sesh
- Formalize code reviewer group for MCR
- Add Cormac to MCR reviewer group
- SDC microcontributions on mobile
- Send Dmitry-Mark intro email
- Mark notes: Red flag "translation" workflow; potentially steer off Wikipedia entry point, sort out what the plan is
- Send Dmitry-Mark intro email
- Respond to file caption name thread (Sorry Keegan and Ramsey)
Cormac
[edit]- Working on ML captions search patch (another version ready for review)
- Gonna look at Mark's patch next
- Also gotta look at/comment on stuff from Ramsey and Pam
- DIgging into MCR and asking loads of questions of various people