Category Archives: Innovation

The Future Earth by Eric Holthaus

Posted on August 2, 2020 by

Day 142 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  157,000 At the top of my existential crisis list is the climate change dynamic disaster.  To see he who shall not be named ( Tя☭mp), … Continue reading →

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What is a book? Part 4: Monetizing

Posted on July 3, 2020 by

Day 112 of Self Quarantine                       Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  131,000 “The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.” – Benjamin Disraeli … Continue reading →

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What is a book? Part 2: The Form

Posted on July 1, 2020 by

Day 110 of Self Quarantine                       Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  129,000 I was beyond ecstatic to be selected as Vice President of Software Engineering for Aldus Corporation in 1990.  I … Continue reading →

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collaborate: create – A Forward Flux Production

Posted on May 12, 2015 by

In the center of the Fremont Abbey Arts Center Main Floor, a 9 x 12 foot cotton mat is laid out carefully midway through collaborate:create. A young man silently passes a young woman on the mat. This pantomime repeats for several … 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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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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What if what we know is wrong?

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

Many years ago I came across a diagram of the four boxes of knowing: I was reminded of the box about “what you know that is wrong” while listening to Dana Chisnell’s talk on “Rethinking User Research and Usability Testing … Continue reading →

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Seeing Organizations – How do you teach?

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

Several years ago, David Socha and I wrote an article “Is Designing Software Different From Designing Other Things?” In the article I shared my Chris Alexander “Ah Hah” moment about designing better software products: “Successful software design processes include an … Continue reading →

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Entrepreneurial Teachable Moments

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

The Professor and the VC I attended the UW HCDE Corporate Affiliate Program (CAP) on Tuesday morning and sat next to one of my colleagues who also started a “maker” company last year.  As the corporate affiliates were introduced, we were both … Continue reading →

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ConveyUX – Highlights from the cheap seats

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

Last week I managed to squeeze time into my crazy schedule to attend the ConveyUX conference in Seattle sponsored by BlinkUX. I was delighted to see the international turnout and many familiar faces from the UW HCDE program. While I … Continue reading →

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