How do you write an interesting article about someone?
Published: Sun, 12/05/21
From the friendly caves of Pi ie Hollow. This is a question I am sometimes asked by people who want to profile their teams. You'll know yourself that…
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31 Limitations that Services impose on themselves
Published: Sat, 12/04/21
From the friendly caves of Pi ie Hollow. It struck me the other day that the Services industry imposes a number of limitations on itself, which…
An inspiring, cube-farm Pirate story
Published: Fri, 12/03/21
From the foothills of Adelaide Imagine a team of ten people, all dressed in a haphazard way, inside a corporate, open-plan office. They're fenced off…
The Rich Man's attitude towards business content
Published: Wed, 12/01/21
From the friendly caves of Pi ie Hollow. Business wisdom comes from the most unlikely places. Yesterday, I went to my post office. Actually, I ought…
Here's how to be culturally appropriate in Australia
Published: Tue, 11/30/21
From the friendly caves of Pi ie Hollow. Today's email is about Sorry Business. Sorry Business is the term for grief and mourning among Aboriginal…
Won't recreating that piece just destroy it?
Published: Mon, 11/29/21
From the friendly caves of Pi ie Hollow. I want to tell you a tale of two creators. One is the famous comic book author Alan Moore. The other is the…
How to cover up your mistakes
Published: Sun, 11/28/21
From the friendly caves of Pi ie Hollow. Covering up mistakes is something to which human critters tend to default. Take the cake I made on the…
Are you a walking cliche?
Published: Fri, 11/26/21
From the friendly caves of Pi ie Hollow. Everyone says, ‘avoid cliche’. Nobody says ‘guard against your own cliches’. Well, nobody e cept Alan Moore.
18 whys to palm off your website
Published: Thu, 11/25/21
From the friendly caves of Pi ie Hollow. Here are XX reasons not to maintain your own website. 1. You'll sit up until past midnight looking at themes.
On Black Friday the soil itself burned
Published: Wed, 11/24/21
From the friendly caves of Pi ie Hollow. I dunno about you, Pi ieling, but WTF is Black Friday even about? To me it's a day on which the most insane…