The gentle art of sanity amidst civilization
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Last Friday’s Nietzsche post has exploded. It immediately went crazy on StumbleUpon and Facebook, and the traffic avalanche continues. It alone has received over 100,000 hits in the week since it was published. Today was Raptitude’s biggest traffic day ever, with 27,000 unique visitors pouring through the turnstyle. Because there are forty of them, I [...]
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Raptitude was born March 15th last year, but it was conceived in the last week of January. I had just visited Problogger for the first time and saw that blogging wasn’t simply speaking your thoughts into a void, it was an interactive community. The words went back and forth, and side to side. There were [...]
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If you haven’t yet stumbled across a remarkable blog called 1000 Awesome Things, you may want to check your internet connection. Each weekday since June 2008, blogger Neil Pasricha has been celebrating one undeniably awesome thing everyone knows. Not awesome like the Hindenburg explosion awesome, but awesome like the first shower you take after not [...]
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Four time-dishonored Raptitude flops Since this blog’s inception ten months ago, I’ve managed to write one to three articles a week, even if the inspiration fairy isn’t always around when I need her. Though I’ve ducked a few of my self-imposed deadlines since I’ve gone mobile, just about each week I have managed to post [...]
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Earlier today I wrote a draft of a rather negative article about my initial impressions about Hollyhock, the spiritual/educational retreat I’m at right now. My expectations were completely wrong (aside from the astonishing food here) and I was resentful. I deleted my little rant. It was what I was feeling at the time, but since [...]
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As I mentioned in Thursday’s article, Raptitude is officially six months old. I’m thrilled with how fast my readership grown, I really never expected this. I want let you know I’m very grateful for your time and attention. This week my RSS subscriber count hit 700 for the first time, and I know that doesn’t [...]
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I’m fascinated with how our world changes over a relatively short time. Technology, infrastructure, culture and fashion just can’t stay put for long. Humans are so amazing because they have a habit of completely reinventing their habitat every generation or so. Undoubtedly this is also a big reason why we are so troubled. Every generation [...]
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Some readers have reported a popup window and an error when they attempt to access Raptitude.com with Internet Explorer. The error says: Internet Explorer cannot open the internet site http://www.raptitude.com. Operation aborted. I’ve done a bit of research on this error and it is a well-known problem with Internet Explorer 6 and 7. There seem [...]
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Even though I always post an article on Mondays, I’m behind the 8-ball timewise this week and I could not bear to publish a half-assed version of the article I’m working on. There is too much great content out there for me to feel compelled to deliver another article today at the expense of quality. [...]
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Two weeks ago, I mentioned in my post The Year With Two Summers that I would be leaving sometime in October to spend a year in another country. This country is in the southern hemisphere, which means I’ll be able to enjoy the North American summer and leave just as summer is beginning down there. [...]
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