Monthly Archives: December 2011

Too Funny for Words – Redneck Wine Glass

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Skip Walter

Just in time for the Holidays, we now have Redneck Wine Glasses. How could I possibly have missed such a creative way to drink wine? I loved one of the advertising blurbs: “Break out the hooch and sip in bumpkin … Continue reading →

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Learning and the Internet – Cathy Davidson

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Skip Walter

“When the student is ready, the master will appear.” I hate it when I come across a book, buy it, and then have it get lost in my other Amazon Kindle book purchases.  Such was the case with Cathy Davidson’s Now … Continue reading →

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Transactive Content

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Skip Walter

In one of our many discussions on Content Management that continue since the early 1980s, Geoff Bock introduced me to the notion of “Transactive Content.”  He had come across the term in a Gilbane report which referenced work done at … Continue reading →

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Burgundy – Visiting the Cradle of Pinot Noir

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Skip Walter

Several years ago I walked into the office of Skye Hallberg who was the Chief Marketing Officer at Benziger Family Winery and confronted her with the question “Why can’t you folks in California make a Pinot Noir as good as … Continue reading →

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The Google 20% Time in Perspective

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Skip Walter

As an executive consultant, I am always looking for ways to crank up the innovation capability of an organization.  I admired Google for their approach of encouraging their engineering talent to take on innovation projects through their “20% time.” As … Continue reading →

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Finding My Sword

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Skip Walter

In the late 1980s I had the privilege of attending a three day seminar put on by the Catholic Church called Cursillo in the diocese of New Hampshire.  The course is also known as a short course in Christianity.  The original … Continue reading →

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Meyers Briggs and Project Team Formation

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Skip Walter

While I am not a professional teacher, I find that in business and consulting I am teaching all the time.  Several years ago thanks to the trusting invitation of Professor Jan Spyridakis, I found myself teaching graduate school at the … Continue reading →

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Enemies of a Man of Knowledge

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Skip Walter

Often when I start a seminar or class, I start with Carlos Casteneda’s description of the four enemies for those of us who are life long learners.  This quote is a nice companion piece to the discussion of WUKID (wisdom, … Continue reading →

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Where the Rubber Meets the Sky

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Skip Walter

“Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you.” – Aldous Huxley As Aldus merged into Adobe in the early 1993, I put together a “gift” collection for those colleagues I’d grown … Continue reading →

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Sunrise to Sunset on a Northwest Island Day

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Skip Walter

We have the gift of living on an island in the Pacific Northwest.  It is a day like today that showcases all that is the best of Seattle. I awoke this morning to the ferry sounding its foghorn waking me … Continue reading →

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