Alex Wright

Q&A with Nick Carr

I recently reviewed Nick Carr's new book The Shallows for Interactions (which, alas, requires an ACM subscription to read online). To accompany the piece, I also conducted a brief Q&A with Carr, which I'm taking the liberty of reprinting here. » Read more
Posted on July 13, 2010

Welcome Colin

It's been a busy week in these parts, ever since my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby boy named Colin.  He was born at 3:44 pm on Monday June 21 (the longest day of the year, as my wife can attest), 8lb 9oz and ready for trouble.  Everybody is doing just fine.

MFA student project review

For the last four months, I've been teaching a class in research methods at the School of Visual Arts' new MFA program in Interaction Design (which partly explains the glacial pace of posting around here lately). As the semester draws to a close, the students are getting ready to show the fruits of their labors at a semi-public presentation next Thursday 4/29 at SVA (132 W 21 St, 6th floor). Anyone who's interested is welcome to attend; we ask only that you RSVP to interactiondesign@sva.edu. Hope to see you there. » Read more
Posted on April 19, 2010

A note on the type

OK, this one is not for the faint of heart - the editors at the ACM recently asked me to write a piece on advances in type theory.  This was a pretty daunting assignment - taking a computer science topic way beyond my technical depth and trying to make at least some kind of rudimentary sense out of it. This article won't tickle everyone's fancy, but if you have a taste for ad hoc polymorphism (which is, unfortunately, not nearly as kinky as it sounds), then I invite you to read on.


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Posted on February 9, 2010

Museums 2.0

The Times is running an article of mine this morning exploring the impact of social media on museum collections.  Briefly, the piece goes looking for examples of museum Web initiatives that go beyond the surface level of guestbooks and photo galleries, to invite Web users into the broader curatorial process. » Read more
Posted on January 20, 2010

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