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Alex Wright
26 Reputation points | Submitted 3 stories | Posted 0 comments Registered 2002/03/11
Alex Wright is the author of Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages. He currently works as an information...more...
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The Hidden History of Information Management
by Bob Goodman | [4 comments] Published 2007/09/11
...nswers—can be found in Glut: Mastering Information Through The Ages, a sweeping new book from Alex Wright about the history of the information and information management systems across disciplines, time, and...more...
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RE: The Hidden History of Information Management
by Seth Gordon | 0 Points Posted 2007/10/08 @ 01:34PM
...ly. i Hard to think of a page-turner in the field of information management, but one exists, and Alex Wright wrote it. I’m not a big one for building a personal library. i usually read a book, then gif...more...
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Goodbye 2004, Hello to Another Good Year
by B&A Staff | [1 comment] Published 2005/01/25
Goodbye 2004, hello '05. At the end of 2004, we look back at the year and take stock of where things are, how the year has passed and are thankful for Boxes and Arrows' readers and community of authors and volunteers.more...
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The Encyclopedic Revolution
by Alex Wright | [1 comment] Published 2007/09/11
...evolutionary “book” of all. About the BookGlut: Mastering Information Through the Ages Alex Wright2007; Joseph Henry PressISBN-10: 0309102383Referencesfn1. cf. Bacon’s Novum Organum of 1620more...
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Learning, Doing, Selling: 2006 IA Summit Wrapup: Sunday
by B&A Staff | [0 comments] Published 2006/04/19
...roach to thinking about a problem. Stone Age Information Architecture (Or, You Say Cat, I Say Cat)Alex WrightConference description Reviewed by: Chris Baum At one time, our ancestors lived in isolated, small...more...
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IA Summit 2003 Wrapup Part 1
by B&A Staff | [0 comments] Published 2003/03/30
...vanderwal.net/essays/moa/030322/.—Brenda Janish The Sociobiology of Information ArchitectureAlex WrightIn this entertaining and interesting talk, Alex Wright went all the way back to the beginning of life&...more...
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The Sociobiology of Information Architecture
by Alex Wright | [9 comments] Published 2003/05/26
Long before anyone was looking for “godfathers” of information architecture, our fellow species were wrestling with some of the same problems we face today. The real godfathers of information architecture, as it turns out, emerged a very long time ago with the earliest origins of life on this planet.more...
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Forgotten Forefather: Paul Otlet
by Alex Wright | [11 comments] Published 2003/11/10
In 1934, years before Vannevar Bush dreamed of the memex, decades before Ted Nelson coined the term “hypertext,” Paul Otlet envisioned a new kind of scholar's workstation: a mechanical desk that would let users search, read, and write their way through a vast database stored on millions of 3x5 index cards.more...