Alex WrightThe Secret History of “Data”: Reimagining the Past with AI and Machine LearningLast week I had the opportunity to share a few remarks at Belgium’s KIKK Festival on new directions in machine learning and historical…Oct 26Oct 26
Alex WrightinUX CollectiveEudaimonian. 1) happiness; well-being. 2) Happiness as the result of an active life governed by reason — Webster’sAug 222Aug 222
Alex WrightinUX CollectiveRegenerative UX“Nothing is easier than to formulate high ideals, but few things are more difficult than to discover the means whereby those ideals can be…May 6, 202316May 6, 202316
Alex WrightMoving Fast, Thinking SlowIn an increasingly metrics-driven business climate, UX practitioners face escalating pressures to deliver small-scale results. Is there a…Jan 22, 2020Jan 22, 2020
Alex WrightSprinting Fast and SlowExperiential futures and speculative design practices have gained a lot of traction in the design world lately, fueled by a growing…Aug 20, 20191Aug 20, 20191
Alex WrightIn the Shadow of SchumacherLast month I spent a few days at Schumacher College to participate in a short course in Transition Design taught by CMU faculty members…Jul 12, 2018Jul 12, 2018
Alex WrightPractical FuturingDesigning a curriculum to promote long-term thinking in the workplaceDec 16, 2017Dec 16, 2017
Alex WrightSamurai, ninjas, and “disabling” designIn his 1905 novel A Modern Utopia, H.G. Wells imagined a future world in which a small group of highly skilled creative workers wielded…Jun 2, 20171Jun 2, 20171
Alex WrightPurposeful workGood work uses no thing without respect, both for what it is in itself and for its origin …. It does not dissociate life and work, or…Mar 19, 20171Mar 19, 20171
Alex WrightPost-capitalist designFor our third sprint in year one of the CMU D.Des program, we explored how interaction design might evolve in an emerging post-capitalist…Dec 30, 2016Dec 30, 2016
