Alex Wright (author)

Alex Wright is an American writer who has also worked in the fields of user experience and information design.[1] He is the author of Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age (2014),[2] Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages (2007), and the forthcoming Empire of Ink: The Printers, Rogues,[3] and Radicals Who Invented American Media (Basic Books, 2026). A revised edition of Glut was published by Cornell University Press in 2023 under the title Informatica.[4] Wright's writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Atlantic, Salon, The Believer, and Communications of the ACM.[5][6][7][8]

Biography

Wright holds a Ph.D. in Transition Design from Carnegie Mellon University, an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Simmons College, and a B.A. in English Literature from Brown University.[9][10] From 2008 to 2019, he taught in the MFA Interaction Design program at the School of Visual Arts in New York.[11] 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.[12] He has held UX leadership roles at Instagram, Etsy, The New York Times, and IBM; and has consulted for clients including frog design, Adobe, Yahoo!, The New York Public Library, and the Internet Archive, among others.[13]

Bibliography

  • Wright, Alex (2007). Glut:Mastering Information Through the Ages. National Academies Press. ISBN 978-0801475092.
  • Wright, Alex (2014). Cataloging the World:Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199354207.

References

  1. ^ "Q&A with Alex Wright". Computerworld. 2009-03-02.
  2. ^ "Cataloging the World". Oxford University Press.
  3. ^ "Empire of Ink". Basic Books (Hachette).
  4. ^ "Informatica: Mastering Information Through the Ages". Cornell University Press.
  5. ^ Wright, Alex (2012-07-05). "Robot and Human Actors Take Bows Together". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Alex Wright – The Atlantic". The Atlantic.
  7. ^ "Author: Alex Wright". The Believer.
  8. ^ "Author: Alex Wright". Communications of the ACM.
  9. ^ "Q&A with Alex Wright". Computerworld. 2009-03-02.
  10. ^ "Wright, Alex 1966– (Alex Grant Wright)". Encyclopedia.com.
  11. ^ "Alex Wright – Faculty (archived)". School of Visual Arts. Archived from the original on 2019-02-19.
  12. ^ "About Alex Wright". Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  13. ^ "About". Alex Wright. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
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