Category Archives: Reflecting

Places and Spaces and Covid

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Skip Walter

Covid Deaths in U.S.:  1,108,815   Get Vaccinated! Stop the War in Ukraine! In 2016, I saw a compelling future of Virtual and Augmented Reality (XR) when I visited Envelop VR and they let me experiment with Tiltbrush. I wrote about this … Continue reading →

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I was wrong

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Skip Walter

Covid Deaths in U.S.:  974,000         Get Vaccinated! Stop the War in Ukraine! I wrote the following to my family a few weeks ago in the depths of depression for having to fight for democracy in America again and watching … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on User Research through observation

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 164 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  177,000 User research with an emphasis on observing users in their natural living and working environments is a key foundation for software product development.  In … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: We interrupt our normal programming for

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 140 of Self Quarantine             Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  154,000 Lifelet: We interrupt our normal programming for … Until I met Russ Ackoff‘s graduate students, I didn’t understand what an existential crisis was.  Russ’s … Continue reading →

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I want to be out on the streets of Seattle and DC protesting

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Skip Walter

Day 83 of Self Quarantine                       Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  109,000 It is so hard to watch the daily news showing peaceful protesters demonstrating against all that is wrong with … Continue reading →

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A Product has a North Star

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Skip Walter

Recently, I came across a blog post on “North Star Metric” (NSM).  I was delighted that somebody else had written about a topic that is critical to the product teams I’ve managed.  I shared my thoughts in the post “The … Continue reading →

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Programming a Computer makes me Happy

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Skip Walter

Translating an idea from my head into an inanimate extremely logical computer AND seeing the idea come to life makes me happy. Even after 50 years of creating software and software products I am always “surprised by the joy” of … Continue reading →

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Corona Virus Accelerates Digital Transformation

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Skip Walter

“Knowledge has three eyes: memory when it looks at the past, wisdom when it looks at the present and responsibility when it deals with the future.” – 1642, Michael Wexonius In March of 2016, I had the pleasure of sharing … Continue reading →

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From my chair: Tending the vines of life

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Skip Walter

I am immersing myself in all things Camino.  During the V crisis, I have dreams of walking the Camino de Santiago a year from now.  This morning I am reading Walk in a Relaxed Manner: Life Lessons from the Camino … Continue reading →

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Wake Up!

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Skip Walter

During November 2014, I took a “Communicating with Power and Presence Workshop” put on by the TAI Group in New York City with several colleagues.  On the second day, we gave a five minute business presentation and then received extensive … Continue reading →

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