TED profile Update
People often meet me through my work in technology, but don’t realise is that creativity has been constant throughout my entire life. I’ve just been through a really interesting process of committing to updating my TED profile and I learned…
How All me is Building a Privacy-by-Default Future
In an era dominated by algorithmic manipulation, data harvesting and massive data breaches, social media can feel less like a community and more like a surveillance trap. Mainstream networks operate on an “opt-out” system: they take your data by default,…
All me log in with no email or password
The landing page of the All me web app is now online and it has a curious log in. The log in requires First Name, Last Name and Authenticator, but no username or password. The absence of a traditional email…
The history of oil and gas exploration in the UK
I keep hearing that the UK has little oil and gas but actually we still have quite a lot. The problem is how we access it. Long term we are moving away from it completely but in the short term…
Learning from mistakes at All me
So one of my favourite quotes is; The only thing worse than learning from your mistakes is not learning from them. Unknown Smart Person. All development is a learning progression and that also includes the delivery and business mechanisms that…
AI Industry is Wrong Yann LeCun
Yann LeCun just raised $1bn to prove the AI industry has got it wrong. The Turing Award winner left Meta four months ago convinced that large language models LLM are a dead end. Today he announced $1.03 billion in seed…
NATO Alternative Security Partnership Fund
NATO Alternative Security Partnership Fund ASPF sounds like a big change but what does it actually mean? The NATO Alternative Security Partnership Fund (ASPF) is a voluntary financing mechanism that allows groups of NATO members or partner countries to fund…
Karl A L Smith Thought Leader 2026
As a Polymath I have a very wide expert knowledge. I draw upon this for my consulting services. These badges were issued to Karl A L Smith on 11 March 2026. Expires on 11 March 2027. Karl A L Smith…
NATO “Stay-Behind” Networks and Operation Gladio
NATO “Stay-Behind” Networks and Operation Gladio Europe has always been ready for War with Russia, either conventional or resistance operations. NATO has not really dealt with the long view that Russia has taken so while the stay-behind networks were disbanded…
Brexit is costing the UK £2.3 to £4.6 billion per week
There are lots of figures floating around as to the actual financial impact of Brexit on the United Kingdom. They are all extrapolations based upon the impact to GDP and below I will show some of the estimates and methods…