Talk:Alex Wright (author)
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I am the subject of this page and would like to suggest a handful of minor updates to correct out-of-date information and update the entry with recent publications, academic research, and employment details.
- What I think should be changed:
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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 (republished as a second edition in 2023 by Cornell University Press under the title "Informatica"). Wright is also a User Experience leader at Google. Many of his writings examine the current state of information transmission and organization through a historical, scientific, or cultural context.[1][2]
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Wright grew up in Richmond, Virginia and Sussex, England. He holds a PhD in Design from Carnegie Mellon University, where he completed a doctoral dissertation entitled "Regenerative User Experience: Towards a Heuristics of Post-Capitalist Digital Design Practice." He also holds an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Simmons College and a B.A. in English Literature from Brown University. In addition to his books, his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Salon.com, The Believer (magazine), Wilson Quarterly, Communications of the ACM, and elsewhere. Wright currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, two sons, and dog, Yoda.[3] He has held UX leadership roles at Google, 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. From 2008-2019 he taught courses at the School of Visual Arts' MFA program in Interaction Design. [4]
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- Wright, Alex (2023). Informatica:Mastering Information Through the Ages. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1501768675.
- Wright, Alex (2022). Regenerative User Experience:Towards a Heuristics of Post-Capitalist Digital Design Practice (PDF) (PhD thesis). Carnegie Mellon University.
- Wright, Alex (2014). Cataloging the World:Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199354207.
- Wright, Alex (2007). Glut:Mastering Information Through the Ages. National Academies Press. ISBN 978-0801475092.
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- Why it should be changed:
These changes will improve this biographical entry by addressing incorrect/out-of-date information and incorporating additional details about published works, academic research, and employment information. I believe that these suggested edits are consistent with Wikipedia guidelines.
Specific changes include:
- First paragraph - Reference the second edition of my first book, released in 2023 by Cornell University Press, and to correct outdated employment information to reflect my current role at Google:
- Biography - Include a reference to my PhD and dissertation completed in 2022, as well as additional publication credits:
- Bibliography - Update to include citations for the second edition of my first book and my PhD dissertation.
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- References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):
"Informatica". Cornell University Press. Retrieved 2025-01-10.</ref>
"Celebrating our new PhD's in Transition Design for 2022". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2023-09-05.</ref>
"Alex Wright". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2025-01-10.</ref>
"About". Alex Wright. Retrieved 2023-09-05.</ref>
Awright249 (talk) 16:56, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
References
- ^ Gary Anthes. "Q&A with Alex Wright". Computerworld. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ "Paul Otlet, Google, Wikipedia, and cataloging the world". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ "About Alex Wright". Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ "About". Alex Wright. Retrieved 2023-09-05.