Why subscribe to The Online Indie?

The Online Indie is a newsletter about building online independence.

Not logging off. Not a digital detox. Just figuring out how to be online without being owned by the algorithm.

I’m Mark, a graphic designer and indie maker who’s been online since dial-up.

I build small tools, run a micro studio with my wife, and feel like I spend too much time on the internet – but with every day there seem to be new reasons to be here. So I’m figuring out how to make it work for me, not against me.

Most newsletters about this stuff promise calm. I can’t promise that. What I can do is think out loud honestly about what it actually looks like to work and be online with intention. The opportunity anxiety, the tab hoarding, the feeling that stepping away from the keyboard means falling behind.

Three things I’m working towards, and writing about: Freedom (being online by choice, not because you’re pulled here); Intention (protecting your time and attention, because they’re finite); and Earning (independence still needs to earn, or it’s just a hobby).

If you’re an indie maker, solopreneur, or just someone trying to do this on your own terms, you’re in the right place.