Author Archives: Skip Walter

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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.đź’™

Reflecting: Entering

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Skip Walter

Reflecting Reading of the Day: Barrows, Anita; Macy, Joanna (2009-10-29). A Year with Rilke: Daily Readings from the Best of Rainer Maria Rilke (p. 3). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. Entering For the last year, I regularly stepped out of my known. … Continue reading →

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Reflecting: Lifting My Eyes

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Skip Walter

Reflecting Reading of the Day: Barrows, Anita; Macy, Joanna (2009-10-29). A Year with Rilke: Daily Readings from the Best of Rainer Maria Rilke (p. 2). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. Lifting My Eyes You had me at “Lifting my eyes.” In a … Continue reading →

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Emails to a Young Entrepreneur – The Dialog Begins

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Skip Walter

From: Mikhail Rostov mikhail@emailstoskip.com To: Skip Walter skip@emailstoskip.com Professor Skip, As I was sitting in front of my locker staring at the detritus of my three year combined MBA and Master of Design program at the Institute of Design, I was deep … Continue reading →

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Reflecting: I Choose to Begin

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Skip Walter

Reflecting Reading of the Day: I love all beginnings, despite their anxiousness and their uncertainty, which belong to every commencement. If I have earned a pleasure or a reward, or if I wish that something had not happened; if I … Continue reading →

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End of my Amazon Fire Phone Experiment

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Skip Walter

What was I thinking? It’s the apps stupid!! I finally ended my experiment with the Amazon Fire Phone this week.  It took several months to get an iPhone 6+ with the high demand, but I traded in my Amazon Fire … Continue reading →

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What does a good one look like?

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Skip Walter

Whenever we sit down to discuss an existing project or a new concept, my colleague, Scott Parris, pretty quickly asks “what does a good one look like?” Sometimes the question is in relationship to a startup we are working with, … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Seeing the United States from 40,000 feet

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Skip Walter

On a recent trip from Seattle to Newark, NJ, I had a window seat on an Alaska Airlines flight.  Normally I opt for an aisle seat, but all were taken. I decided that this would be the day that I … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Alaska Airline Surprise

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Skip Walter

My definition of a good trip is that nothing surprising happens.  When it comes to airline trips, I want boring. On a recent return trip to New York City, I chose Alaska Airlines for the trip from Newark Airport to … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Alice Helps Grandma with Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Skip Walter

One of the joys of Christmas is having quality time with family. This year our granddaughter Alice was able to spend the day with us helping prepare for upcoming family time. Enjoy grandmother and granddaughter making cookies and decorating our … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: The Fruit Song

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Skip Walter

Every once and a while a beautiful soul wanders into my life.  For the last several months I’ve been overjoyed getting to know John Andrew Morrison who has a day job at the TAI Group.  In his spare time, he … Continue reading →

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