Monthly Archives: May 2012

Graduate Students – Best Knowledge Transfer System

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Skip Walter

Way too many sleeps ago, Russ Ackoff shared that the best information retrieval system and best knowledge transfer system was the collection of graduate students that worked with him at Penn’s Wharton School. “Every morning when I come into the … Continue reading →

Posted in Attenex Patterns, Content with Context, Human Centered Design, Knowledge Management, Learning, Software Development, University, Wine | 4 Comments

Shape Planting – The Dominio IV Labyrinth

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Skip Walter

On a dreary Seattle day, an intriguing invitation from Dominio IV showed up in my inbox to come plant a grape vine labyrinth near Mosier, OR at their Three Sleeps Vineyard. I checked my calendar and I had nothing planned for … Continue reading →

Posted in Spiritual, User Experience, Visual pattern Language, Wine, Working in teams | 6 Comments

Conveying Complex Thoughts

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Skip Walter

While preparing for my recent presentation for the Design Strategy Conference 2012, I went through a labor of love trying to make some complex ideas and experiences understandable. To help me with this process, I engaged my colleague, Christine Martell … Continue reading →

Posted in Attenex Patterns, Content with Context, Design, Human Centered Design, Science and Art, Value Capture, Visual Analytics, VisualsSpeak | Leave a comment

Tilting at the Windmill of New Product Development

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Skip Walter

I’m getting that three year itch to build another software product. There is just something in me that loves identifying a latent unmet need and then doing the user research to design an appropriate product. As much as I continue … Continue reading →

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When Science and Art Dance – Business Results

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Skip Walter

Each year the Institute of Design in Chicago, IL, holds a Design Strategy Conference.  This year, Patrick Whitney, asked me if I would share how we used the human centered design process to develop Attenex Patterns. The video of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Attenex, Attenex Patterns, Content with Context, Curation, Design, eDiscovery, Human Centered Design, Intellectual Capital, Value Capture, Visual Analytics | 10 Comments

FroggyCut – Girls Rule Technology

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Skip Walter

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending the Technovation Challenge competition for high school girls at Twitter Intergalactic Headquarters in San Francisco put on by Iridescent Learning and sponsored by Google, Twitter, Adobe, Microsoft and Intel.  My daughter, Elizabeth Shelly, … Continue reading →

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