Category Archives: Human Centered Design

Mentoring Idea Stage Startups

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Skip Walter

One of the joys of teaching project based classes in Human Centered Design is encouraging the teams to explore building their product and starting a company to monetize the product.  This fall’s class project assignment was to research, design and … Continue reading →

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Creating Jobs – Racing with Smart Machines

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Skip Walter

In this silly season of presidential politics and having to listen to the nightly shenanigans of both parties about how important jobs are with the cynical me knowing that none of them have a clue how to improve the job … Continue reading →

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Ferry Capacity – Obesity Strikes

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Skip Walter

You have to love some of the things that the government spends time and money on.  This week we learned that the Washington State Ferries passenger carrying capacity has to be lowered considerably due to the average weight gain of … Continue reading →

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Mediating Objects of Socialability

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Skip Walter

“The Map is not the territory.” – Alfred Korzybski “These qualities of vision are characteristic of people who love maps, for maps show an overview and details all at once.” – David Weinberger Andrew McAfee wrote a great article on … Continue reading →

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Best Non-Fiction Books Read or Re-Read in 2011

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Skip Walter

Through the continued development of the Amazon Kindle app for the iPad, it was a lot easier figuring out the best non-fiction books for 2011.  With the capability of highlights and notes going to the Amazon cloud and Amazon tracking … Continue reading →

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About Business and Product Development

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Skip Walter

The transformation of business is continuing to accelerate as we begin a new century.  We were barely understanding the Industrial Age when the widespread usage of computers in business moved us into the Information Age.  The rapid doubling of processor … Continue reading →

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The One to One Future

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Skip Walter

I hate buying clothes, particularly business suits.  But I have added a lot of weight, so it is time to get a new business suit.  But still I delay.  Then, Greg, a neighbor who is the Men’s Clothes Purchasing Manager … Continue reading →

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Chris Alexander – Patterns Which are Alive

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Skip Walter

One of the many challenges of life is how work and living get separated along with the spiritual and play.  I often reflect on how much I am away from home with my business and how little my children got … Continue reading →

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PhD General Exam – A Model for Mentoring?

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Skip Walter

Earlier this year, I was asked to serve on the PhD committee for Alex Thayer at UW HCDE along with the co-chairs – Charlotte Lee and Jan Spyridakis, and Cecilia Aragon.  I eagerly accepted as a way to understand what the process for … Continue reading →

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Human Centered Design – Moving from Research to Recommendations

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Skip Walter

I just finished teaching a User Centered Design Course in the University of Washington Human Centered Design and Engineering Evening Masters program. This course is project based and this year’s project was to create a mobile application for a smart phone … Continue reading →

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