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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 (2007). Wright is also a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and head of User Experience research at Etsy. [1] Many of his writings examine the current state of information transmission and organization through a historical, scientific, or cultural context. [2] [3]

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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." [2] 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 and two sons. [4] 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. [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Gary Anthes. "Q&A with Alex Wright". Computerworld. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. "Paul Otlet, Google, Wikipedia, and cataloging the world". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
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