Christopher Smith

Chris Smith – Educator, Author, Technologist, and Digital Nomad Evangelist

Chris Smith, affectionately known as Shamblesguru online, is a British-born educator, writer, and edtech consultant who has spent nearly five decades championing innovative learning across Asia. After teaching in the UK and at Munro College in Jamaica, he relocated to Hong Kong in 1978 to serve as the ICT Advisor for the English Schools Foundation. In 2002, he founded The Education Project Asia, a consultancy supporting international schools with cutting-edge digital strategies.

Now based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Chris is a prolific author and the creator of shambles.net, an edtech resource hub for educators worldwide. His publishing portfolio includes memoirs, educational guides, and an imaginative children’s book series titled “Story Time with Our Animal Friends: Where the Animals Speak…”, blending storytelling with creativity and kindness.

Chris is also the host of the podcast TAILS (Tech, AI, Learning, Stories), a TEDx speaker, and an active advocate for AI integration in education. Whether mentoring technologists in local communities like CMGeeks, experimenting with AI tools, or building interactive content for young learners, Chris continues to explore the intersection of tech and storytelling with boundless curiosity.

He lives in Thailand with his wife of over three decades, tends a garden of roses, and still finds time to laugh, code, and connect.

http://shambles.net

The Alternative Relationship Manifesto

By: Christopher Smith

An Alternative Relationship Manifesto: Exploring Non-Monogamy, Emotional Honesty, and Relationship Ethics Are you tired of pretending that monogamy works for everyone?You’re not alone.An Alternative Relationship Manifesto is a candid, personal, and quietly radical invitation to rethink the rules of love, sex, and emotional connection. It’s not a guidebook filled with steps or systems. It’s a conversation. One that starts with a simple but uncomfortable truth: not everyone fits the traditional relationship mould, and not everyone wants to.Author Christopher Smith shares reflections from a lifetime of experience and observation, questioning the stories we inherit about loyalty...