Category Archives: Learning

Lifelet: Whiteboarding

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Skip Walter

There is something about standing in front of a white board with a magic marker in hand that leads to my best thinking. Maybe it is the aromatics from the “dry erase” fumes. Maybe it is just the constant shifting … Continue reading →

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Daydreaming of Kindle Social Highlights

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Skip Walter

One of the joys of riding the ferry between Seattle and Bainbridge Island is bumping into the eclectic collection of friends and colleagues somewhat randomly. The other night I had the pleasure of sitting next to John Lange from Amazon. … Continue reading →

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Career Advice – NOT!

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Skip Walter

An email arrives out of the digital ether – “can you help me make a decision on whether I should leave BIGCO in order to join NEWCO?” I’ve lost track of the number of colleagues, former graduate students, friends and … Continue reading →

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Flipping my perspectives

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Skip Walter

When David Robinson and I launched Flipped Startup, we knew that a key theme of the content we create and the workshops we give is to provide lifelong learners with examples and experiences of the power of flipping their point … Continue reading →

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What if what we know is wrong?

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Skip Walter

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 Skip Walter

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 Skip Walter

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 Skip Walter

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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Find. Copy. Paste. Tweak.

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Skip Walter

“Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.  If it was around, it’s an appliance.” – Alan Kay I keep thinking that nothing can amaze me any more when it comes to technology. Then I come face to face … Continue reading →

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Graduate Students – Best Knowledge Transfer System

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Skip Walter

Way too many sleeps ago, Russ Ackoff shared that the best information retrieval system and best knowledge transfer system was the collection of graduate students that worked with him at Penn’s Wharton School. “Every morning when I come into the … Continue reading →

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