Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
—Albert Camus

the alexfiles

Field guide entry, Alex O'Neal

Taxonomy

genus, species: Homo sapiens* family: Hominidae order: Primates class: Mammalia phylum: Chordata kingdom: Animalia

Shape

identification aide for field guide entry, Alex O'Neal

Field marks

Brown hair; occasionally red
Red shoes (shade varies, but color is constant)
Backpack, laptop, books

Description

IUCN Status: Least concern.

Alex can be seen in the wild in the Seattle area, working on her laptop to optimize user experience for the web's oldest social network. Occasionally she leaves the work environment to forage for books or good food.

Alex shares den space with her mate and various members of species Canis lupus familiaris and Felis catus.

Range

Green areas are previous or existing habitats; dark teal areas are Alex's known range.

Welcome to the alexfiles, the personal site of Alex O'Neal (that's me!). I'm an information architect, with experience in user experience and usability, SEO (search) and semantic design, front-end web development, taxonomies (a hobby since 1988), cognitive science, and of course visual information design. Here you will find essays, artwork, poetry, jewelry, reviews, photographs, the poet's tribe of tiger, Freudian dream interpretation, and much more.

Since 1999, alexfiles.com has been my primary channel for online self-expression, but there are other places I contribute or participate regularly. Some include:

UXtraordinary, a UX-focused blog I'm developing.
Flickr
LiveJournal
IxDA

*Species definition sapiens occasionally in question.