Alex Wright

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The 1970s librarians who revolutionised the challenge of search bit.ly/43odgCX

Today's "information explosion" may seem like a modern phenomenon, but we are not the first generation—or even the first species—to wrestle with the problem of #InformationOverload. INFORMATICA by @alexgrantwright is available now: ow.ly/akYu50OE3OY

Reflections on UX practice, “inner capitalism,” and the problem of professional ennui link.medium.com/5sQiWuNiCzb

Feeling the FOMO for Interaction 23 in Zurich this week, but grateful to the organizers for giving my virtual self a chance to share an overview of my doctoral research on Friday. Here's a preview of some of what I'm planning to talk about: link.medium.com/n5pBfhUPOxb #interaction23

Many IxD practitioners feel that the horizons of digital design work are shrinking, feeling disillusioned, burned out, and helpless. Join @alexgrantwright in his talk about Regenerative UX, and how it can incorporate sustainable, long-term perspectives in our work. #IxD23

Enjoyed the chance to nerd out on library history with WNYC's @mollyfication for this piece on Alexandria and the dream of the universal library. wnycstudios.org/story/enduring…

@karstenpe @SimonDueckert @snowded Thanks @karstenpe! Glad you enjoyed.

@SimonDueckert @snowded great talk (from a previous occasion) I stumbled across my 2nd item to watch on the weekend - this is @alexgrantwright 2020 talking on his book from 2007 which I use in my seminar -- lots of answers and questions relevant today! the q&a is also great youtube.com/watch?v=oqwF55…

All doctored up. Big thanks to my committee @iamjchapman @maximolly @futuryst for guiding me on this journey, and congrats to fellow @cmudesign PhDs @sboschg @pure_live_love and Hajira Qazi.

@djbduncan @jorgezaccaro @tothelastpage Thanks @djbduncan and @jorgezaccaro! Glad you liked the Otlet book. Joining the mutual admiration society here: I thought INDEX was a first-rate piece of work (and @PC_Bain's cheeky book index was sheer genius).

@jorgezaccaro @tothelastpage @alexgrantwright Glad you're enjoying INDEX - and yes, isn't "Cataloging the World" a wonderful read!

Beautifully written piece about the history of the index card, by Daniela Blei @tothelastpage. I also enjoyed @alexgrantwright's Cataloging the World, and now immersed in @djbduncan's Index, a History of the — quite possibly my favorite book of the year! theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

@sboschg Congrats Sofia!

Thoroughly enjoyed this piece by @mikekuniavsky on the future of computational design, and the challenges of moving beyond the Modernist mindset that undergirds so much of contemporary design practice. link.medium.com/TonAlQzsEnb

Fantastic piece by @fturner on the politics of Facebook's corporate arts programming: fredturner.stanford.edu/wp-content/upl…

@ytlee Thanks @ytlee! Glad you enjoyed the Otlet book. As it happens, I’m just wrapping up revisions for a second edition of Glut, to be released in e-book form later this year. Stay tuned!

@alexgrantwright Loved your book on Paul Otlet and have a hardcopy of it sitting on my shelf. Just wondering though, is there any particular reason why your book Glut is not available in any ebook format?

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@deljenart Looks interesting! Any idea whether this was recorded?

I wrote an Op-Ed for @Guardian highlighting a few ideas from my new book, Meaningful Stuff: Design that Lasts ⁦@MITPress⁩ mitpress.mit.edu/books/meaningf… #design #circulareconomy #systemschange #materials #obsolescence #waste theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@epc Salut! And thanks again for getting us all hooked up.

@peterme In the weird coincidence dept, we just watched it last weekend for the first time in 20-odd years. Big hit with the boys, who as jaded 8-10 y.o.’s find Star Trek hopelessly cheesy and loved seeing it parodied. They particularly dug the Tony Shalhoub character.

Watching GALAXY QUEST for the first time in a long time, and damn is this a remarkable cast.

Last week I helped to launch the United Nations Development Programme @UNDP’s annual innovation event #IID2021, using an #ExperientialFutures process and format created for the occasion. 🧵