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.💙

LifeLet: 9Mile Labs Milestone 9

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Skip Walter

What a great day September 10, 2013 was to see the nine companies of 9Mile Labs Cohort I present their business and products to an enthusiastic audience at Seattle’s Bell Harbor Conference Center. Benjamin Romano wrote a great article at … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneuring, Lifelet, Lifelogging, Value Capture, Working in teams | 3 Comments

9Mile Labs Cohort I Demo Day

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Skip Walter

Congratulations to all the 9Mile Labs Cohort I companies who are presenting at the Milestone 9 Demo Day at the Bell Harbor Conference Center. Each of you has come a long way in six short months. Congratulations and thank you … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneuring, Flipped Perspective, User Experience, Working in teams | 1 Comment

Lifelet: Learning about fine wine at Archery Summit

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Skip Walter

One of the joys of being a wine geek is the absolute pleasure of getting behind the scenes in a winery like Archery Summit.  Over the last 13 years I’ve had the pleasure of attending several seminars at Archery Summit … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Alice and Family

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Skip Walter

One of the joys of being a new grandfather is getting to play with baby Alice. Well, maybe a better phrase is videoing baby Alice. With all of us covering Alice’s every developmental step with an array of camera phones, … Continue reading →

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Advice to a wannabe entrepreneur

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Skip Walter

More times than I can count (or even want to remember) some aspiring entrepreneur contacts me to ask for advice on how to start a business and bring their idea to market. The QBQ (question behind their question) is often … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Entrepreneuring, Flipped Perspective, Human Centered Design, Software Development, Value Capture | 1 Comment

Lifelet: Exploring Bryce Canyon National Park

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Skip Walter

The weather in Seattle had been miserable all winter and spring. I finally threw my hands up in mid-June and told my wife “we’ve got to get out of here and find some sunshine, preferably really hot.” So we hopped … Continue reading →

Posted in Lifelet, National Parks, Nature, Travel | 1 Comment

Career Advice – NOT!

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Skip Walter

An email arrives out of the digital ether – “can you help me make a decision on whether I should leave BIGCO in order to join NEWCO?” I’ve lost track of the number of colleagues, former graduate students, friends and … Continue reading →

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Lifelets – Brief glimpses of daily life

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Skip Walter

Inspired by Gordon Bell‘s lifelogging suggestions in Your Life, Uploaded: The Digital Way to Better Memory, Health, and Productivity, I checked out the free app Animoto. It is rare that an iPhone/iPad app both intrigues me AND goes into my daily … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: My Office Friends

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Skip Walter

One of the joys of having my home office overlooking the Puget Sound is the daily visits from families of deer.  Some years there are no little ones.  And some years we have twins. This year mom and her two … Continue reading →

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Flipping my perspectives

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Skip Walter

When David Robinson and I launched Flipped Startup, we knew that a key theme of the content we create and the workshops we give is to provide lifelong learners with examples and experiences of the power of flipping their point … Continue reading →

Posted in Content with Context, Design, Idealized Design, Learning | 4 Comments