by Havi Brooks | Feb 15, 2012 | stuff I think about
Someone submitted a comment last week in reply to a request I made for people to donate things to the Playground, and I want us to sit with this part of it: “If you have ten people at a Rally, that’s fifteen thousand dollars. I’m wondering why you...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 19, 2012 | stuff I think about
Your internal culture is more important than your thing. By “thing”, I mean: Whatever it is that you do, or want to do, or think you should be able to tell people that you do. Your internal culture is more important than your thing because your thing will...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 29, 2011 | stuff I think about
Over the course of the past year and a half, I have been studying Rally (Rally!). Studying it like I was doing a graduate degree in rallying, which I was. And also studying it because I needed to understand more about its kooky, marvel-filled magic. It took me fifteen...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 27, 2011 | stuff I think about
Advice-Giving mode: “Have you tried…? Why don’t you just…?” Implied: “Have you considered that my way might be better?” Helper-Mouse mode: “What do you need? How can I help you get what you want? Can you give me more...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 20, 2011 | stuff I think about
So it’s been nearly three years since my discovery that my company is a semi-magical pirate ship, and I am a pirate queen. Being a pirate queen has helped me through all sorts of business and personal challenges. Like the thing with the hackers. Design...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 14, 2011 | stuff I think about
The thing with projects is that they often like to talk. When you’re willing to show up and buy them a beer. And by project, I mean that mysterious thing that is anything at all that you’re working on or playing with. Anything you care about. It could be...
