Category Archives: Design

Touring the West and Southwest United States

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! During the February gray, cold, rainy season in Seattle, I had enough. I had to go find some sun and 80 degree weather. At this time of year, about the only place … Continue reading →

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Why I/We Travel – Part 2

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the Coup in the United States! In a previous post I shared that I travel to experience the colors of a new/old country and the movement and colors of their cultures. Recently, Maria Popova shared a post “Goethe on … Continue reading →

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How do you see/read a Cathedral?

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Skip Walter

In my Threads feed, I am delighting in the wide range of photographers and artists I am learning from. I am particularly enjoying the watercolors of Thomas Wells Schaller. I quickly purchased his book Architect of Light. As I read about his … Continue reading →

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Why I/We Travel

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Skip Walter

Covid Deaths in U.S.: 1,137,057 Get Vaccinated! Stop the War in Ukraine! My wife and I recently spent five weeks travelling through Portugal and Spain. One of our lifelong marriage goals is to travel extensively when we finally retired. Because of … Continue reading →

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See One. Do One. Transform and Augment One.

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Skip Walter

Covid Deaths in U.S.: 1,106,860 Get Vaccinated! Stop the War in Ukraine! David Robinson asked me “it seems like you have hundreds of frameworks or models that you bring to our discussions. What is your core process that is underneath your … Continue reading →

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Innovating with GPT-3

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 291 of Self Quarantine Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.: 333,000 GA Vote!! I am in the process of writing my second book – Know Now. I had planned for this to be a traditional book aimed at … Continue reading →

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Observe, Don’t Ask. Show, Don’t Tell. Part 6

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 287 of Self Quarantine Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.: 326,000 GA Vote!! While collaborating with a colleague this week who is pivoting his product to support teams of corporate analysts, he asked me if I could give … Continue reading →

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Observe, Don’t Ask. Show, Don’t Tell. Part 5

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 281 of Self Quarantine Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.: 311,000 GA Vote!! In the first blog post in this “Observe, Don’t Ask” series, I shared an “ah hah” moment about the use of video ethnography in the … Continue reading →

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Observe, Don’t Ask. Show, Don’t Tell. Part 4

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 278 of Self Quarantine Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.: 301,000 GA Vote!! When I first encounter a new environment to observe and I am able to observe with “beginner mind” one of the challenges is to understand … Continue reading →

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