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Toolbox: Sparrow
Email is at the heart of so much of our work these days, it’s a wonder we find other ways to communicate (or actually get things done)! You may recall my three-part series on Inbox Mastery, and in...
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Bookshelf: The Shape of Design
Frank Chimero has a way with words. As I cracked open The Shape of Design, his Kickstarter-funded, self-published treatise on the fundamentals of design, I realized that he was the design professor I...
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The Craft of Giving
The holiday gift-giving season is upon us, and with the advent of Black Friday, lines will be forming in the wee hours at the big box stores with groggy shoppers eager to trample their neighbors for a...
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A [Cheeky] Guide to Internet Citizenship
The Internet* is a big, vast place populated by people the world over. Some even say it’s “people all the way down.” Most of the people I know spend a large portion of their time on “teh intarwebz,”...
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Toolbox: White Boards
When I took a promotion to Project Manager for the in-house design team at my employer just over a year ago, I hadn’t just been upgraded in status and salary, I had cashed in my time sitting at the...
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Year of Focus, Year of Nation-Building
Many years ago, my best friend introduced me to an alternative to new year’s resolutions—new year’s themes. The large majority of new year’s resolutions aren’t even specific enough to be set as...
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The Connectivity Illusion
Dropbox wants you to sync all of your files on every single device your own. Zillow wants you to download their app to find a home to buy. Facebook wants you to enable push notifications so they can...
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Bookshelf: The Icarus Deception
Last summer I backed Seth Godin’s Kickstarter project for a new book, one that he touted as his “most personal book, a direct statement about the fundamental changes in the connection economy and the...
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Cookbook: Blackened Chicken and Avocado
Inspired by a few begging me to share my recipes, I’ve decided to start a new series here on ye olde Ambidextrous Brain called Cookbook. I’ve already mentioned in the past that cooking for me is a...
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The Two “Gs” Book Giveaway
Hi readers! Interested in a copy of The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin or Chris Guillebeau’s The $100 Startup? Look no further! I have a few copies to give away, so here’s your chance to save $13 and...
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The Brian R. Jonescast
Back in March, Brian R Jones, a Portland-based ceramicist and all-around nice guy, invited me to his home to be interviewed for his podcast. I can’t say I’m terribly experienced at being interviewed...
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I Feel Fine: An Adventure in Quitting My Day Job (Part One)
April was a bit of a monumental month over here at Ambidextrous Brain HQ: I quit my full-time day job as a design project manager. My partner and I bought a house and moved to Vancouver, WA (a suburb...
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I Feel Fine: An Adventure in Quitting My Day Job (Part Two)
I quit my job, and I feel fine. It’s been an eventful couple of months here, and I’m fixin’ to tell you all about it. See part one for the beginning of the story. It was time to move on and focus on...
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I Feel Fine: An Adventure in Quitting My Day Job (Part Three)
I quit my day job in April, and I feel fine. It’s been an eventful couple of months here, and I’m fixin’ to tell you all about it. See parts one and two for the beginning [and middle] of the story....
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I Know What I Did Last Summer (and Fall)
I make it a point to never apologize for extended absences from this here blog or make empty promises about renewed dedication (you get what you get, in my book), but I’ve been hyper-focused on a few...
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