I love this quote;
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be - brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so small that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in us, it's in everyone.
As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Marianne Williamson, 1992.
How its going
Thanks for all the comments; my business is going so well I've just opened an office in Delaware. Next year I've got project work in North America (Ohio, New York), Brazil and China. So thanks for all the encouragements.
What I do!
While I am not only what I do, it takes such an enormous amount of my time up that I should talk about it.
I am interested in People’s interpretation of technology, how they discover, rationalise and reuse it to suit their environments, goals and lifestyles.
I work as an Information Architect (and CEO) which is a multi-disciplinary role interpreting high-level requirements in order to design the overall user experience of an interactive media. Analyses of existing portals intended purpose, objectives, audiences and content in order to devise an appropriate redesign. This includes organising content, specifying navigation and functionality, and designing the layout of user interfaces. And authoring scoping documentation, full functional specifications devising metadata schemas, intuitive user interfaces, end-user features, designing systems of user interaction to form site maps, wire-frame diagrams for AGILE XP developments.
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Information Architecture, Audits, Taxonomy, Site Maps, Wire Frames User centred design, usability, eye tracking, user testing Internet data analysis / analytics (webtrends,nedstats), SEO, SEM, affiliate marketing Project management, AGILE (scrum, XP), vendor management, cost planning, tender appraisal Key domains: Banking (offshore), Tourism, Transport, Government, FMCG (Ladies Fashion), Charity
Business websites;
Paradigm Interactions UK
Paradigm Interactions USA
Information-Architect
AIU
AIU.mobi
Currently I am working on several projects;
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A set of metrics to describe interactions between humans and computers - utilising a theoretical basis formed from research involving the recovery of endangered languages and interpreting activity and respondent interaction as elements of communication, utilising Holistic Logic to avoid data loss.
Ubiquitous information system both software and hardware design (utilising WiFi), I'm looking for business partners and investors Ubi-Net USA , Ubi-Net Europe .
Personal Achievements
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Member - Associated Parliamentary Group for Design and Innovation, Palace of Westminster
Completed - New York City Marathon 2001 for Cancer Research (at no cost to them)
Other Stuff
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Scala Cinema, London - well before shutdown
London Film Makers Co-Operative - hanging around mainly, but cool none the less
Poetry - Care
Looking into the eyes of your soul;you walk slowly
deliberately
Feeling your way
without disclosure
bereft of notion
Isolated by fear
Space and freedom encircle you
denying righteousness
relieving you . . . .
Of life, is your desire . . . .
to hold and comfort
by design Retreat - Save - Dare
And then perhaps
CARE !
Karl Smith © June 1990.
Poetry - Just a dream !
Close your eyes and dream
open your mind and feel
reach out your heart and love
love and learn to dream
dream and create a new world
in a new world open your eyes
speak of your dream, so others may
close their eyes
and begin to dream
Poetry - Let no
Let no government stand in the way of its peoples Faith
Let no faith stand in the way of its peoples Freedom
Let no Ideal Confine the Hopes of people
Nor Hopes provide a way to remove peoples Ideals
If you want to know more, message me