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.💙

Too Funny for Words – NFL Highlights

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Skip Walter

I cannot remember ever laughing out loud and falling out of my chair while watching an NFL “professional” football game.  However the recent game between the New York Jets and the New England Patriots had us laughing even through our … Continue reading →

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Some Days You Just Need a little Dilbert

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Skip Walter

As I near the end of another quarter teaching a wonderful group of Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE) graduate students while juggling consulting clients, I need to ground myself in the eternal wisdom of Dilbert.  Here are a few … Continue reading →

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Review of Empirical Research Through Design

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Skip Walter

Design Research is one of those quirky phrases that I have a difficult time parsing.  Does design research mean that I am doing research on design (itself a tricky word as demonstrated in an article I co-wrote on “Is designing … Continue reading →

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Hiding in Plain Sight

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Skip Walter

While walking on Fourth Avenue in Seattle on a bright autumn day (a route I walk quiet often), an array of multi-colored flowers caught my eye.  I admired their beauty on this sunny day and kept on walking.  About 20 … Continue reading →

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A little eDiscovery Humor

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Skip Walter

As I step back into the world of legal eDiscovery, it is a delight to see that this market segment has finally achieved market notoriety – cartoons are showing up making fun of the work of our dedicated professionals.  CaseCentral … Continue reading →

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Re-energizing “working” a grape harvest

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Skip Walter

My favorite fine wine growing time of the year is the fall grape harvest, crush, and fermentation.  I shook off my fall lethargy to go spend a couple of days with my favorite wineries in Oregon’s Willamette Valley – Archery … Continue reading →

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Find. Copy. Paste. Tweak.

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Skip Walter

“Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.  If it was around, it’s an appliance.” – Alan Kay I keep thinking that nothing can amaze me any more when it comes to technology. Then I come face to face … Continue reading →

Posted in Content with Context, Design, Human Centered Design, Innovation, Learning, Software Development, User Experience, Working in teams | 4 Comments

Wildlife in the San Juan Islands

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Skip Walter

We’ve lived in the Pacific Northwest for over 20 years and have never been to the San Juan Islands.  We remedied that over the Fourth of July weekend, when our newest inlaws, the Shellys, invited us to spend a couple … Continue reading →

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Listening for Life

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Skip Walter

In the late 1980s, Donna Stoering showed up in our lives in Southern New Hampshire when my wife sang with Donna in the St. Elizabeth Seton church choir. Donna gave us one of those gifts that keeps on giving when … Continue reading →

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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