I occasionally give talks and interviews, typically focused
on the history of media, technology, and design.
If you’d like to have me come speak to your group, contact me.
SElected Talks
“The Secret History of Hypertext”
Google SPAN (Pittsburgh)
Exploring the early heritage of networked systems that predated the World Wide Web.
Humanizing Data
UXStrat
A discussion of how Etsy’s research and data analytics teams have worked on integrating UX methods and data analysis.
UX STRAT USA, Alex Wright, "Etsy: Bridging UX Research and Data Analytics to Drive Design" […]
“Glut: Mastering Information Though the Ages”
The Long Now Foundation
A talk at the Long Now Foundation based on my first book, exploring the deep history of the information age.
For a full list of past talks and presentations, see my CV.