Alex Wright

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

The Territorial Enterprise

During a New Years' visit to Lake Tahoe we made a pilgrimage out across the Sierras to Virginia City, where amid all the tacky tourist trappings lies a buried shrine to a bygone age of American journalism: the Territorial Enterprise. » Read more
Posted on January 3, 2010

Ready for a Web OS?

The ACM recently published my article on the elusive Web OS, looking at emerging trends shaping the trajectory of Web browsers and desktop operating systems. » Read more
Posted on December 6, 2009

The Battle of the Books

A few months ago, the folks at The Wilson Quarterly approached me about writing a piece for the magazine, which is now seeing the light of print on the cover of the current issue, alongside companion pieces by Christine Rosen and Tyler Cowen. » Read more
Posted on December 4, 2009

Finally...

This blog is back on its feet after a long semi-hiatus, due largely to my own spectacular incompetence as a database administrator in migrating to a new ISP (long story involving Berkeley DB, MySQL, corrupt tarballs and a failed attempt at switching everything over to Wordpress).  The long and short of it is that I'm back up and running here, having lowered my sights enough to make do with a slightly upgraded version of Movable Type.  There are almost certainly a few hidden bugs lurking around here and there.  If you happen to spot one, please let me know.
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Posted on November 29, 2009

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