Carl Smith

Chief Keeper Upper

Keeping an eye on the horizon for The Next Right Thing.

My Story

I’m the founding member of nGen Works. Fortunate enough to have worked with some great teams that won the New York Art Directors Award for Interactive Development, The Hospitality Industry’s Best of Show Award, and two National C.A.S.E. awards for Educational Web Development. Featured in Kelly Goto’s best-selling book, Web Redesign: Workflow That Works.

I spend my free time complaining about sites that say “click here,” introducing my daughters to the best of ’70s television and praying they never make Spiderman 4. But enough about me. Unless you’d like to know more.

Believe It Or Not

My frequent speaking gigs take me all over the country. My packing skills are honed to the point that I can survive anywhere with just an iPhone and flip-flops. You could even book me to speak right now and I’d be ready.

Odd Job

This one.

On the Nightstand

Baseball cap, moleskin, alarm clock, that damned cat

On the Bookshelf

Unmarketing, Higher Than Hope

Guilty Pleasure

Extremely violent video games

Perverse iTunes Purchase

Glen Campbell covering Tom Petty’s “Walls”

Greatest Fear

Losing my family in a giant tarantula invasion Walmart.