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.💙

Day 3 – Creating My Future

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Skip Walter

There is a new energy brewing this morning. Sleep time recollections were powerful. Creating a company or creating a product is the conundrum. What should I be working on? Should I be changing the core question? Trust the process, Skip. … Continue reading →

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Day 2 – Creating My Future

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Skip Walter

I am eager to get up and work with the images once again. The core to the four day process is to use the same set of images but come up with a different arrangement for the collage and a … Continue reading →

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Day 1 – Creating My Future

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Skip Walter

As Alan Wood, David Socha, and I were sharing another wonderful breakfast at Sunflour Bakery and Cafe, continuing our discussion on how to improve higher learning in higher education, Alan shared his desire to have a tool like Devonthink to … Continue reading →

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The Paradigm of Awesome and Silage

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Skip Walter

Michael Josefowicz (@toughLoveforx) had a great pointer to a series of videos on The Paradigm of AWESOME! from Trustus Pharmaceuticals. Cathy Davidson came across Michael as part of researching her book Now You See It. Cathy described Michael in her book: … Continue reading →

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In Honor of the Recent 2012 CSCW in Seattle

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Skip Walter

The 2012 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) just concluded in Seattle. The conference draws a wide range of academic and industry luminaries. CSCW describes themselves as: “CSCW is a premier venue for presenting research in the design … Continue reading →

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Advice to a Non-Technical CEO of a Software Startup

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Skip Walter

One of the challenges of an early stage software start-up is whether to have a non-technical CEO who has a good set of relationships with prospective customers, or to have a CEO who really understands the technology and the art … Continue reading →

Posted in Ask and Tell, Attenex, Content with Context, Design, Human Centered Design, Learning, organizing, Russ Ackoff, Software Development, User Experience, Working in teams | 13 Comments

Tom Lehrer

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Skip Walter

My parents had a quirky sense of humor. One of the comics they came across was the brilliant Tom Lehrer. In the late 1950s when there were so few choices for home entertainment (only 3 TV channels and no internet), … Continue reading →

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Visual Search – Please, I’m begging you!

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Skip Walter

At breakfast the other morning, my colleague Alan Wood was excited to try out a software tool, Devonthink, that he’d just read about in Steven Johnson’s Where Good Ideas Come From:  “Private serendipity can be cultivated by technology as well. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Attenex Patterns, Content with Context, Knowledge Management, Software Development, Visual Analytics, Visual pattern Language | 1 Comment

“We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!”

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Skip Walter

The buzz around badges is heating up in the educational environment. Whenever I hear badges, I immediately think of the old western movie where the hombre exclaims “We don’t need no stinkin’ badges.” Cathy Davidson has a thoughtful post on … Continue reading →

Posted in Content with Context, Curation, Design, ebook, Human Centered Design, Innovation, Learning, Teaching, Transactive Content, University, User Experience | 3 Comments

Search and you shall receive

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Skip Walter

Sometimes we are so close to technological advances that we forget what an amazing world we’ve created for ourselves. I was reminded of this world of magic when I set out to search for my deceased uncle’s EdD dissertation. I … Continue reading →

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