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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 09/09/2026

I am legally obligated by my random house contract (not really) to inform you that digital TBOT is now available for $1.99: - Kindle: amzn.to/4xNhK5y - Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/572/978059...

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 13/07/2026

Had fun interviewing Kazunori Hamana for apartamento magazine earlier this year craigmod.com/ridgeline/231/

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Kazunori Hamana in Apartamento

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 06/07/2026

Had such a fun time chatting with @debbiemillman.bsky.social on her fabulous pod about all the things including why my life has been one big attempt to get back at Razorfish for snubbing, 18-year-old idiot me: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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Podcast Episode · Design Matters with Debbie Millman · July 6 · 1h 23m

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 06/07/2026

I built a better members-only Goodreads: craigmod.com/roden/115/ (in continuing my Rebuilding All The Software jag)

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Go Knicks, A Better Goodreads, 'Cheap' Killer Films — Roden newsletter issue 115

What a summer … !

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 26/06/2026

Speedwalking the Met: craigmod.com/ridgeline/229/

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Speedwalking the Met

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 09/06/2026

I'm doing a reading in Asheville tomorrow night. We've already maxed out on RSVPs but you can still attend; hope to see you there: malaprops.com/event/2026-0...

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Craig Mod presents Things Become Other Things

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 26/05/2026

I'm doing a book event on June 10 at Malaprop's in Asheville, NC — come! say hi! ask questions! malaprops.com/event/2026-0...

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Craig Mod presents Things Become Other Things

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 23/04/2026

TBOT in ebook form is $1.99 again (for a limited time!): kindle: amzn.to/4cBzZkU bookshop: bookshop.org/a/572/978059...

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Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir

Buy Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir: Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 17/04/2026

Went for a 130km walk in Portugal the other day: craigmod.com/ridgeline/226/

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Walk and Talk — The Portuguese Coastal Camino

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 15/03/2026

Building software in 2026 — insanely, improbably, we've all been given the equivalent of a nuclear reactor for $200/mo; it's wild that technology like Claude Code is so evenly distributed, so quickly: craigmod.com/essays/softw...

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Software Bonkers

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Curious Reading Club @readcurious.xyz · 23/02/2026

Amazing to chat with @craigmod.com about his book Things Become Other Things, his friends, his mentors, the Japanese language, being an old man whisperer, AI, purpose... oh, all the stuff! newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/craig-mod-...

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"Purpose is being denuded from every aspect of society"

Talking with Craig Mod about his book "Things Become Other Things".

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 23/01/2026

tonight's TBOT event with motoyuki shibata was sold out, but I added a few more ticket spots; 19:30 @ dandelion chocolate Kuramae: tbot.peatix.com/view

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TBOT and Hot Chocolate, Tokyo Launch Party

Things Become Other Things Tokyo book event at Dandelion Chocolate, Kuramae!  Come, j...

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 16/01/2026

TBOT Tokyo Event, one week from today (a few tix left) (and please use the Student Tickets if price is an issue!!): tbot.peatix.com/view

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TBOT and Hot Chocolate, Tokyo Launch Party

Things Become Other Things Tokyo book event at Dandelion Chocolate, Kuramae!  Come, j...

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 09/01/2026

Some additional notes on my 2026 New York Times 52-Places to Go pick: Nagasaki craigmod.com/ridgeline/221/

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My 2026 New York Times Pick — Nagasaki

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 27/12/2025

Having a TBOT book event in Tokyo: "THINGS BECOME HOT CHOCOLATE" January 23 @ Dandelion Chocolate in Kuramae, in conversation with translator Motoyuki Shibata tbot.peatix.com/view

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TBOT and Hot Chocolate, Tokyo Launch Party

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

reading in situ with @craigmod.com

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 01/12/2025

100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025. The big end-of-year lists mostly feature books from big publishers; this list aims to spread the attention to smaller publishers. [lithub.com]

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100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025

The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 29/11/2025

"There’s a ruthlessness that’s taken hold across all cultural making. Everything turned into a casino, 'traps' galore. Billions as the only goal. Leave “nothing on the table.” Epicurean maximizing. That sort of thing. AI now turning solid ground liquid for the next decade." craigmod.com/roden/109/

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Blank Spaces, Radicalized Offlineness, Curious Protagonists — Roden newsletter issue 109

David Marx' new book, protesting being online all the time, thinking about good films and books

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 28/10/2025

For some reason, it looks like the ebook edition of Things Become Other Things is $1.99 today. (Hardcover is also $17, which is the cheapest I've seen it; I still get the same royalties, so, you know, please, buy away 😂) amzn.to/4ntXoYW

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Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir

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Luis Mendo @luismendo.com · 12/10/2025

＊NEW BOOK ALERT＊ This beauty is being printed as we speak (the pictured is a mockup): 272 full colour pages with the best stories from the Mundo Mendo website. Foreword by @craigmod.com Presale is open at MundoMendo.com/books Become a SEMIBOLD (or BOLD Member) to get it for free. 🚚 Shipping s

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 30/09/2025

Walking 200km of the Kiso-ji (back and forth) starting on Thursday; more deets and signup links here: craigmod.com/ridgeline/216/

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Between Two Mountains — A New Pop-up Newsletter

Walking 200 km of the Kiso Valley

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Jean Snow @jeansnow.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

A new pop-up walk and newsletter from @craigmod.com is a reason to rejoice. mailbot2000.craigmod.com/h/r/3D7AC4…

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Jean Snow @jeansnow.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

You can listen to all the conversations @craigmod.com did during his recent TBOT book tour as a podcast series -- I started with the Robin Sloan one, and it's really great. I've listened to 3 of them now, and they are all a bit different, due to the interviewer. craigmod.com/books/things...

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Things Become a Podcast — 2025 TBOT Tour Conversations

A collection of conversations from Craig Mod's 2025 book tour for 'Things Become Other Things.' Recorded at independent bookstores across America, these chats explore: walking, writing, Japan, and the...

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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.com · 05/09/2025

Really loved @craigmod.com’s Things Become Other Things. Beautifully-written along with a healthy dose of humor that somehow manages to sneak up on you.

The book Things Become Other Things on a side table. Next to it is a coaster with a Shiba Inu.

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 30/08/2025

holy crap, Adolescence was four very very very very very very intense hours of TV, good god (it was very good, too; esp episode 3, wow)

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la Vermeer @lavermeer.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

#Reading today: THINGS BECOME OTHER THINGS by @craigmod.com. As the subtitle indicates, this text is a #walking #memoir, and so much more. Travel writing, personal essay, and cross-cultural storytelling. Stunningly beautiful—sip, don't gulp this one.

Cover of THINGS BECOME OTHER THINGS: A WALKING MEMOIR by Craig Mod. The cover shows a cloudy sky above tree-covered low mountains.

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Crystal Fleming クリスタル @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Woke, meditated, coffee brought to me by my wife. More coffee on the porch, transported to pilgrimage routes in Japan via @craigmod.com's enthralling "Things Become Other Things". Yoga, a bike ride to a local bakery to pick up breakfast. Quick stop by my office to get some books.. A lovely morning..

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Leanne Wiberg @craterlady.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I can confirm that the pain I experienced in childbirth cannot be compared to the pain accompanying the passing of a kidney stone. The latter was worse. This piece was a fun read.

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 20/08/2025

"I swept away the everyday to make space for the profound, and my days refilled with everyday things." frankchimero.com/blog/2025/ti...

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Frank Chimero · Time is On My Side

Frank Chimero’s Personal Website

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 19/08/2025

"real feel" of 43℃ in Tokyo right now; drink lots of water folks, don't get all kidney stoned like me craigmod.com/ridgeline/212/

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Eating Linoleum in Karuizawa

Went looking for a peaceful walk, didn't find one

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 11/08/2025

i've reached a "decision saturation point" where I can't make any more decisions; each additional decision I'm asked to make is like pushing a wire under my fingernails; i've never reached quite this "intense" level of decision fatigue! please don't ask me where to have dinner tomorrow!!

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Jason Dettbarn @endonend.org · 06/08/2025

Finally finished. First physical book I’ve read in a long time and one of the best. Impactful in ways similar to Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist and The Pilgrimage. Highly recommended. (And take it slow like I did!) Kudos to @craigmod.com

Things Become Other Things - a book by Craig Mod

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 01/08/2025

"Take a moment to think about this. Each of us possesses a tangible, living soul. The System has no such thing. We must not allow The System to exploit us. We must not allow The System to take on a life of its own. The System did not make us: We made The System." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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Always on the side of the egg

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 16/07/2025

Aaannnndddddds 104 reviews. Thanks everyone.

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 13/07/2025

9 reviews away from 100 reviews on amazon, which is the world's stupidest metric to look at, but I will fight tooth and nail for every inch of whatever i can get for this book amzn.to/46DQxY4

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Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir [Mod, Craig] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir

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Rand Fishkin @randfish.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Goddamn poetry by @craigmod.com. I immediately subscribed and followed. What a piece. What a writer! craigmod.com/ridgeline/210/

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 08/07/2025

"This is modest celebration of the fact that a physical book can be passed along" www.robinsloan.com/newsletters/...

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The Summer Book Sale

Clearing off the shelves.

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 07/07/2025

Six showers in one day kinda nasty out there

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Craig Mod @craigmod.com · 03/07/2025

My cab driver is 12,000 years old

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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Across the road from Takadanobaba Station, next to the Seibu Shinjuku line running overhead, a row of shops, bars and restaurants has been demolished. They have been there illegally since after the war. takadanobaba.keizai.biz/headline/1478/

Scaffolding erected around a row of shops fronting Waseda Dori, and running alongside the Seibu Shinjuku line.

View from the bottom of the slope, looking towards Waseda Dori. The stores next to the track on the left are boarded up.

The site of the illegal stores is fenced off, and hidden by grey construction sheets.

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