Category Archives: Human Centered Design

From Pages to Places: The Transformation of Presence

Posted on April 25, 2016 by

Synchronicity is a wonderful thing. “Watch legendary Disney animator Glen Keane draw in virtual reality” leaped from my morning email. I clicked on the web page and up came a short article that started with “Virtual reality is a potent … Continue reading →

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Emails to a Young Entrepreneur – The Dialog Begins

Posted on January 1, 2015 by

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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TouchCast – Evolution or Revolution?

Posted on May 28, 2014 by

Way too many moons ago, I came across Paul Ryan and his unique approach to videography. I spent an intense cerebral day with Paul in his apartment near Columbia University in New York City. We were exploring ways to generate … Continue reading →

Posted in Content with Context, Curation, Design, Flipped Perspective, Human Centered Design, iPad, organizing, Patterns, Teaching, Video | 1 Comment

Discovering Your Inner Entrepreneur

Posted on May 27, 2014 by

A few months ago, Patrick Whitney and Matt Mayfield invited me to teach an intercession course on Entrepreneuring at the Institute of Design (ID) at the Illinois Institute of Technology. I figured that by March 3, Chicago would be out … Continue reading →

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Storyscaping

Posted on May 27, 2014 by

My colleague, David Robinson, works tirelessly to get me to tell stories. It’s not that I don’t want to. I spent forty years being a terminal analytic, just the facts, kind of presenter. I forget to step back and compose … Continue reading →

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Epistemology of Software?

Posted on October 19, 2013 by

While in the middle of a UW HCDE committee review of Drew Paine‘s dissertation research proposal, I was fascinated by the first sentence of his project goal: “The driving philosophical goal of my dissertation is to critically examine the epistemology … Continue reading →

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Whiteboarding: Designing a software team

Posted on October 1, 2013 by

Not knowing what I was getting into (a common state lately), I joined some former colleagues to catch up on their new venture. They asked me how I would go about designing a software team for their new pivot. They … Continue reading →

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