by Havi Brooks | Dec 29, 2010 | biggification
Alas, it’s not really the kind of prize one can look forward to, because it doesn’t go to a person. No, the Phrase of the Year prize goes to the phrase itself. And winning generally has to do with how useful a particular phrase is in resolving something in...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 1, 2009 | biggification
So whenever I’m working on a thing (running a class, teaching a workshop, putting together a product), I keep a running List of Useful Stuff. And it mostly breaks down into the hard and the good. Kind of like the Friday Chicken. Only with fewer made-up band...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 6, 2009 | stuff I think about
Oh, For Goodness Sake, Please Don’t Use Acronyms. I have this one friend, and apparently she thinks I apparently have all these awesome sneakified tricks up my sleeve because whenever I see her she asks me for some sort of business tip. Which sounds kind of...
by Havi Brooks | May 8, 2009 | updates & announcements
Because it’s Friday AGAIN. And because traditions are important. In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. It’s Friday....
by Havi Brooks | May 4, 2009 | stuff I think about
I mentioned on Friday that I’ve been playing with fire with metaphors and that now I am a pirate queen. With a monkey. So I promised you some back-story. Because that was kind of a weird thing to say, even for me. And the reason you should read this (other than...