Ode to Family
Jun 2024• 1 min read
A few brandies in, a couple of days before the airplane takes off back to Sydney, the mind started wanderin.
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Where the professional meets the creative
This is my home for stories, projects, and experiments.
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Darren Smith
Product Leader | Enterprise Platforms, Strategic Delivery and Transformation | Banking & Financial Services
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I built Darren's SmorgasBord as a home for the parts of my world that don't fit neatly into a single label. It's where professional experience meets creativity, where stories sit alongside projects, and where learning happens in public.
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Why?????
Jan 2024• 10 min read
This is my first Medium published story. It helps explore why I'm interested in writing and probably why this section of the site exists.
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Building a cleaner personal website outside WordPress
Learning Cursor AI for modern web development
Using Canva to shape visual identity and assets
Developing stories, projects, and experiments
Using Cursor to develop a dynamic workforce planning tool with dashboarding capabilities
Professional experience in structured problem solving, leadership, and delivery — now applied to stories, projects, and creative experimentation.
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