I intend on publishing elements of my research, conceptual ideas and pleas for research funding on this site. So be prepared to be shocked, awed or bored.

First a little background;

how we describe our activity and world experience is defined through a number of factors. These include domain (environment or specific context), biographical templates (past patterns of activity with recognisable results and consequences), active narrative (cognitive function allowing the dissemination of information, decision making and translation of narrative state to biographical state and visa versa). Additionally within the active narrative there are two key aspects, diagnostic and reflective acquisition of information which have profound affect on the value (weight), priority (influence) and response we place on various channels and stimuli.

I will expand upon these factors and other domain specific activity initiators in my book.

Publications by Karl Smith

British publications

An Analysis of Emerging Technologies in Mobile Phone Web Browsing.
SOCbytes Journal Feb. 2005.
Napier University, School of Computing (Joint paper with Alasdair Jack & Jeff Godek).

European

Converting browsers to buyers : exploring what drives consumer choice in internet e-Commerce.
Submission accepted for IADIS WWW/Internet Oct. 2005 Conference.
International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS)

Other Papers

eCRM - The role of the Internet in providing Customer Service