His interests include online markets (including prediction markets, financial markets, healthcare markets, and so on), information dashboards, trading interfaces, information design, and economics.

He also writes the blog UsableMarkets.

Contact 
email (remove the obvious "f00 spam" filter):
alex at usablemarketsf00spam dot com / alex at alexkirtlandf00spam dot com

phone: +1 917 623 9131 (skype: akirtland)

Networking and Online Profiles
Find Alex on: facebook, Linked In, Plaxo, digg, Boxes and Arrows, Slide Share, and UX Zeitgeist

Articles and Presentations
On A Scale of 1 to 5: Understanding Risk Improves Rating and Reputation Systems

Why Markets Love the Internet (Or, The 1 Hour MBA for User Experience Designers and Other Layabouts)

An Introduction to Prediction Markets

Communicating Complex Ideas: How Public Prediction Markets Simplify Concepts about Buying and Selling Events and Ideas

Ads Are Here To Stay: Planning For Ad Placement

Executive Dashboards

Maginot Lines of code: infowar, infocrime, and data defense

Resume
in pdf format

What He's Read ... Would Like To Read
Alex's Library at Google Books

His Current, Favorite Information Graphic

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