Author: Craig Constantine

Long live the indie web, indeed →

Published July 1  ·  All posts on Jul 1  ·  

So, here’s something of a little manifesto or rallying cry:

  • If you only spend your time on Facebook/Twitter/Medium then stream in, stream out – you’re going to get what you ask for. A fleeting set of stories loosely bound.
  • So, spend time in the corners of the web. Subscribe to some newsletters. Bookmark some forums and blogs in your browser and show up regularly. It’s hard, there’s no stream. But you’ll start to find the mom & pop internet not the shopping mall internet.
  • Dabble with your own space. Dabble with your own voice. Own your own platform.
  • But don’t stop there – own your own distribution too! Build a newsletter. Build a messenger bot to alert people to new posts. Build your own stream. Create a shared delusion of showing up regularly.

Long live the indie web.

~ Tom Critchlow, from Indie Blogging & Distribution

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I was a frequent user of the Internet before the web. Today is vastly better than then. The web straight up kicks ass, and the web is not just alive and well, it’s flourishing. If you aren’t seeing great content, you simply haven’t yet figured out where to look for it. Go look. (Right after you go read the above, of course.)

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Benefit →

Published June 30  ·  All posts on Jun 30  ·  ,

The one way to guarantee we don’t benefit from failure—to ensure it is a bad things—is to not learn from it. To continue to try the same things over and over (which is the definition of insanity for a reason). People fail in small ways all the time. But they don’t learn. They don’t listen. They don’t see the problems that failure exposes. It doesn’t make them better.

~ Ryan Holiday

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21 lessons →

Published June 29  ·  All posts on Jun 29

In this article, I wanted to share some of the many lessons I’ve learned from George over the years and in the process of working on the book with him. His wisdom and example have influenced my life in ways I never could have imagined—I hope these 21 lessons impact you as much as they have impacted me…

~ Ryan Holiday, from 21 Powerful Life Lessons From My Mentor (George Raveling)

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I’m not even quoting a single one, because you should go read them all.

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The ideal life →

Published June 28  ·  All posts on Jun 28  ·  

The race convinced me of what I had for some time suspected. For me, the ideal life is one that combines body and spirit, one that joins the intensely physical and the intensely intellectual. I would wither away without the exercise of the flesh.

~ Barry Strauss

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Memento mori →

Published June 27  ·  All posts on Jun 27

On a personal level, I have found that keeping reminders of mortality close at hand provides me with the clarity to see what truly matters to me, and the courage necessary to live a life aligned with my values. Because I have, for decades, been asking myself what I would regret if I were to die – and because I made changes in accord with those answers – I live a rich and fulfilling life that I appreciate every day.

~ Joanna Ebenstein from, Reflections on mortality can help you live well now – here’s how

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Hear! Hear! And I’ll keep talking and writing about memento mori.

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Passion →

Published June 26  ·  All posts on Jun 26  ·  

Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.

~ Bulwer-Lytton

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A body called life →

Published June 25  ·  All posts on Jun 25

Adapted from a series of Instagram posts by Weiss, the film blends reenactments, live action and, of course, some exquisite microscopy to explore how his tendency to seek ‘comfort in unusual places’ culminated in his spending up to 16 hours at a time with only single-celled organisms as company.

~ from, A body called life

Watch.

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Ritual →

Published June 24  ·  All posts on Jun 24

Ritual is not the re-enactment of a past event. It is the re-enactment of meaning.

~ David Whyte

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Professional →

Published June 23  ·  All posts on Jun 23

He smiled a little. He looked forward, thinking, perhaps about the movie, as if it hadn’t crossed his mind for a long time. Then he grinned and said: “Money job.”

~ Ben Stiller from, Gene Hackman’s Simple Truth

It’s not clear, of course, exactly how Hackman meant for Stiller to take his simply reply. But, having seen The Poseidon Adventure, I’m taking it this way: Hackman is a consummate professional, able to deliver. “You need what done? I can do that.” That’s a professional.

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Tranquility →

Published June 22  ·  All posts on Jun 22

[Do not disquiet] yourself by running about from place to place. Thrashing around in that way indicates a mind in poor health. In my view, the first sign of a settled mind is that it can stay in one place and spend time with itself.

~ Seneca

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