Alex Wright (author)
Alex Wright is an American writer and Information Architect. He is the author of two books: Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age (2014) and Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages (2007). Wright is also a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and head of User Experience research at Etsy.{{cite web |url=http://interactiondesign.sva.edu/people/faculty/alex-wright |title=SVA Interaction Design Faculty|author= |publisher=SVA NYC |accessdate=2 April 2016}} Many of his writings examine the current state of information transmission and organization through a historical, scientific, or cultural context.{{cite web |url=http://www.computerworld.com/article/2550858/networking/alex-wright.html |title=Q&A with Alex Wright |author=Gary Anthes |publisher=Computerworld |accessdate=2 April 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://blog.oup.com/2014/08/q-a-with-author-alex-wright-on-paul-otlet/ |title=Paul Otlet, Google, Wikipedia, and cataloging the world|author= |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=2 April 2016}}
Biography
Wright grew up in Richmond, Virginia and Sussex, England. In high school, he has been described as "A long-haired nerd who spent lots of time in the computer lab but somehow never managed to get much past Basic." He has a B.A. in English Literature from Brown University and a graduate degree in Library and Information Science from Simmons College. Throughout his career, he has been a frequent contributor to The New York Times. Wright currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, two sons, and dog, Yoda.{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogingtheworld.com/?page_id=57 |title=About Alex Wright|author= |accessdate=2 April 2016}} He has held UX leadership roles at Instagram, Etsy, The New York Times, and IBM; and have consulted for clients including frog design, Adobe, Yahoo!, The New York Public Library, and the Internet Archive, among others. {{Cite web |title=About |url=https://alexwright.com/about/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=Alex Wright |language=en-US}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Wright |first1=Alex |date=2007 |title=Glut:Mastering Information Through the Ages |publisher=National Academies Press |isbn=978-0801475092 }}
- {{cite book |last1=Wright |first1=Alex |date=2014 |title=Cataloging the World:Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199354207}}
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