Author Archives: Skip Walter

About Skip Walter

Retired software executive, ardent book reader. Enjoying slow travel, learning to cook, and searching for fine wine growing. Grandfather, husband, father, brother. Recorder of Seattle sunrises. Voting blue.💙

Timeless Way of Building

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 107 of Self Quarantine Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.: 127,000 I love Christopher Alexander’s Timeless Way of Building. I love the form and the content. Alexander wrote the book … Continue reading →

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I want to be out on the streets of Seattle and DC protesting

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 83 of Self Quarantine Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.: 109,000 It is so hard to watch the daily news showing peaceful protesters demonstrating against all that is wrong with … Continue reading →

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We interrupt our Pandemic for …

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 77 of Self Quarantine Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.: 103,000 We interrupt the Covid-19 pandemic for … a black man, George Floyd, murdered by four policemen in Minneapolis a … Continue reading →

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Intertwingling of Narrative and Computing

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 76 of Self Quarantine Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.: 102,000 [NOTE: These numbers are staggering to me and life changing. My thoughts and prayers are with all of the … Continue reading →

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Lord, Thank you for Cheryl

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Skip Walter

Cheryl is our local UPS driver. We just found out her name (although I am not sure the spelling). She arrives like a fairy in our neighborhood and drops off her packages of magic. She’s done this package act for … Continue reading →

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A Product has a North Star

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Skip Walter

Recently, I came across a blog post on “North Star Metric” (NSM). I was delighted that somebody else had written about a topic that is critical to the product teams I’ve managed. I shared my thoughts in the post “The … Continue reading →

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Know Now

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Skip Walter

What if you could accurately predict, in fact even know, your quarterly results at the beginning of a quarter rather than at the end of a quarter? That is the question that Eric Robinson and I explored many times over … Continue reading →

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Programming a Computer makes me Happy

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Skip Walter

Translating an idea from my head into an inanimate extremely logical computer AND seeing the idea come to life makes me happy. Even after 50 years of creating software and software products I am always “surprised by the joy” of … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: I love my Raspberry Pi and Python

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Skip Walter

I love my Raspberry Pi!!! What else is there to do after 39 days of self-quarantine but to relearn how to program. It’s been 35 years since I programmed professionally. There are many who would argue that I never did. … Continue reading →

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Corona Virus Accelerates Digital Transformation

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Skip Walter

“Knowledge has three eyes: memory when it looks at the past, wisdom when it looks at the present and responsibility when it deals with the future.” – 1642, Michael Wexonius In March of 2016, I had the pleasure of sharing … Continue reading →

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