Books
Wikipedia : Découvrir, utiliser, contribuer
In 2008, I wrote a Wikipedia handbook in French with Florence Devouard, one of the earliest Wikipedians and the former Chair of the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation. The book covered the history of Wikipedia, good practices on how to use it wisely, and a guide on how to start contributing to it.
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Guillaume Paumier & Florence Devouard, Wikipedia : DĂ©couvrir, utiliser, contribuer (Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 2009). ISBNÂ 978-2706114953
Open Advice: What We Wish We Had Known When We Started
I contributed a chapter on User Experience to the Open Advice book, a collection of essays edited by Lydia Pintscher. The book consists of stories and lessons learned by 42 members of the Free Software community who share what they would have liked to know when they started, so that newcomers can get a headstart when they start contributing.
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Guillaume Paumier, âLearn from Your Users,â in Open Advice: What We Wish We Had Known When We Started, ed. Lydia Pintscher (Lulu.com, 2012). ISBNÂ 978-1105514937
Libres conseils. Ce que nous aurions aimé savoir avant de commencer
The Open Advice book was translated to French by Framasoft during a year-long process involving nearly a hundred contributors.
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Guillaume Paumier, âApprenez de vos utilisateurs,â in Libres conseils. Ce que nous aurions aimĂ© savoir avant de commencer, dir. Lydia Pintscher (Framasoft, 2013). ISBN 978-1092674040
The Architecture of Open Source Applications, Volume II
In 2011, I authored a chapter about the architecture of MediaWiki, the software that powers Wikipedia and its sister sites, for inclusion in the book The Architecture of Open Source Applications, volume 2. The chapter was based on the shared knowledge of MediaWiki developers, and written in collaboration with Sumana Harihareswara.
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Guillaume Paumier & Sumana Harihareswara, âMediaWiki,â in The Architecture of Open Source Applications, Volume II, ed. Amy Brown & Greg Wilson (Lulu.com, 2012). ISBNÂ 978-1105571817
Research publications
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Technologies PNIPAM pour les laboratoires sur puce
Guillaume Paumier. Ph.D dissertation (UniversitĂ© Toulouse III â Paul Sabatier, 2008) | Full text (PDF) | Read more
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Nanoscale actuation of electrokinetic flows on thermoreversible surfaces
Guillaume Paumier, Jan Sudor, Anne-Marie GuĂ©, Françoise Vinet, Meng Li, Yves J. Chabal, Alain EstĂšve, Mehdi Djafari-Rouhani, Electrophoresis, 2008, 29 (6), pp.1245â1252. doi:10.1002/elps.200700396
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Thermoresponsive polymer-based microdevice for nano-liquid chromatography
Guillaume Paumier, Sovann Siv, AurĂ©lien Bancaud, Jan Sudor, Anne-Marie GuĂ©, International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices (Biodevices), Funchal, Portugal, January 28â31, 2008, pp.178â181. | Download the high-resolution PDF file (4.7 MB).
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Electrokinetic mixers based on stimuli-responding surfaces
Guillaume Paumier, Jan Sudor, Emmanuel CollĂ©, Bertrand Marty, AurĂ©lien Bancaud, Thierry Camps, Anne-Marie GuĂ©, 11th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (”TASâ07), Paris, France, October 7â11, 2007, pp.910â912. | Download the high-resolution PDF file (4.4 MB).
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Spatio-temporal tuning of stimuli-responding surfaces for dynamic control of electroosmotic flows
Jan Sudor, Guillaume Paumier, Anne-Marie GuĂ©, Françoise Vinet, Alain EstĂšve, Mehdi Djafari-Rouhani, 10th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (”TASâ06), Tokyo, Japan, November 5â11, 2006, pp.74â76.
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Surfaces decorated with active polymers for spatio-temporal control of electrokinetic flows
Jan Sudor, Guillaume Paumier, Anne-Marie GuĂ©, Françoise Vinet, Meng Li, Yves J. Chabal, Alain EstĂšve, Mehdi Djafari-Rouhani, 3e CongrĂšs Français de Microfluidique, Toulouse, France, December 12â14, 2006.
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ContrĂŽle nano-hydrodynamique de lâinterface solide-liquide par des polymĂšres actifs : Effets sur le flux Ă©lectrocinĂ©tique dans les microcanaux
Guillaume Paumier. Technical report (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse & LAAS-CNRS, 2005).
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Immuno-test sur chimie CEA-2 â Fonctionnalisation CEA-2 en phase vapeur
Guillaume Paumier. Technical report (Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse & CEA-Léti, 2004) | Read more
Featured articles and essays
A revenue strategy for Wikimedia
The importance of Revenue Strategy for the Wikimedia Foundation lies in two main factors: the uncertain future facing us, which might endanger existing revenue sources, and the impetus to grow, mandated by the ambitions of the Wikimedia movement. The following is a summary of my reflection on Revenue Strategy for the Foundationâs Advancement department.
The Stakes of Knowledge â An essay on liberation and survival
Knowledge has real consequences on human lives, both for individuals and for societies. As I reckoned with the privilege of growing up surrounded by books, I deepened my understanding of knowledge and the real power it holds, both as an instrument of liberation, and as a vital component of our collective survival.
It is the year 2031.
As part of my work on revenue strategy for Wikimedia, I imagined three scenarios about the world in 2031 and the organizationâs place in it. I used these stories to spark discussions and shift conversations from day-to-day concerns and busywork to longer-term strategic thinking.
My life as an autistic Wikipedian
Two years ago, I discovered that I was on the autism spectrum. As I learned more about myself and the way my brain worked, I started to look at past experiences through the lens of this newly-found aspect. In this essay, I share some of what Iâve learned along the way about my successes, my failures, and many things that confused me in the past, notably in my experiences in the Wikimedia movement.