by Havi Brooks | Jun 18, 2009 | ask Havi, biggification
Note: it is almost impossible to get on the Ask Havi list. This person got in by a. being one of my clients or students, b. flattering the hell out of my duck, and c. making life easy on me by being clear about what the question was and what details I could use....
by Havi Brooks | Jun 16, 2009 | stuff I think about
There’s a dry cleaning place in downtown Portland with this sign on its door: “If you are unemployed and need an outfit cleaned, we will clean it for you for free.” The idea isn’t unique, but that doesn’t matter. It’s still a...
by Havi Brooks | May 13, 2009 | biggification
I have a bunch of points to make. They need numbers. But they’re really only in the order I dictate them to Stu (short for “work, you stupid piece of crap!” which is what you say a lot when you use voice-to-text software to save your arms) because I...
by Havi Brooks | May 5, 2009 | ask Havi, stuff I think about
A lot of people seem to shoot over questions to me in the form of Direct Messages (DMs) on Twitter. This might be because they know I don’t do email. Sneaky! But it could totally also be because they don’t know I don’t do email. Either way,...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 30, 2009 | biggification, stuff I think about
The thing. You know, the thing. I don’t know what your thing is. But it’s the thing you desperately want to be working on. It’s the thing you are just as desperately avoiding (at least some of the time), and with good reason. But the point is: you...