Happy Saturday! I’ve got a story for you that is about something really pedestrian, but it’s illustrative of how we can get so focused on some things t…

Good evening, Next Five Years subscriber! First up, let me say that next week marks the one-year anniversary of this publication! In celebration, consi…

Sitting at my wooden standing desk (oh my, what a contradiction) late this Friday afternoon, with the setting sun bouncing off the building next door a…

‘That was good you guys, but I want you to do it again. This time focus on the between.’ Chylie Cooper, our instructor, turned her diminutive back and …

I don’t know if I told you, but I am unwinding my reliance on proprietary cloud. You see, around this time last year I had a bright idea to back up the…

I woke up today with a line from Deicide’s second album, Legion, in my head. It goes like this: Satan spawn, the caco-daemon You know, Legion was the f…

The things that you look at determine the choices that you make. Except, if you’re a Westerner, you look at nouns. If you’re Chinese, you look at verbs…

‘Have you heard the phrase, Top of the Wozza?’ The old fella interrupted his own story to ask, not taking my knowledge of Australian English for grante…

As a place to do business, South Australia is a pretty shitty place. But it isn’t because of the location; it isn’t even because it’s at the arse-end o…

A couple of months ago, I sat next to an elderly man who was a sales coach. It was in his house, a situation in which I had misgivings the first time I…

Being able to balance on one leg is essential to your long-term health. In fact, according to some researchers it’s a major indication of a healthy bra…

Artist. /ˈatəst/ noun. Someone skilled in an applied art or industry. According to Australia’s national dictionary, the Macquarie, the definition I’ve …