MatadorTV set to rock the video (cyber)world

November 11, 2009

It’s official. MatadorTV has been launched.
The tagline is “Filtering the best travel video on the web”, but it will also feature original content produced specifically for MatadorTV.
This is Joshua Johnson’s baby, and it looks dope. Check it out.

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A “Why We Travel” Reminder

November 4, 2009

Pico Iyer pretty much perfected the response to the question, “why do we travel?”, so I won’t bother getting much into that. I will, though, discuss why we don’t travel.

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Restoral IS a word! Isn’t it?

October 28, 2009

So. What’s the verdict? Is this a legit word or what?

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“I will never die. I will never die. I will never die.”

October 21, 2009

Not really what you expect to hear at 7:30 in the morning. But then again, I suppose anything is fair game once you get into the city.

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Somebody undistract me please.

October 17, 2009

Is it possible to have more things on the go?

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1 year later.

October 13, 2009

It was just over one year ago, on 25 September, 2008, that I published my first article.

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BNT asks: Do we need alcohol to connect on the road?

October 11, 2009

As a disclaimer, I’ll start by saying that I drink. It greases up the wheels of a gathering and yes, it’s hard to imagine that some of the funnest times in my life could have happened without alcohol.

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Discussions with Jamie Catto of 1 Giant Leap

October 1, 2009

He multi-tasked while we talked (well, he talked). He was cooking up fish sticks and mashed potatoes for the kids. Through my tinny laptop speakers I could hear the oil splattering and the food being chopped.

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Outliers: The Story of Success – Some thoughts about Malcolm Gladwell’s latest.

September 30, 2009

Malcolm Gladwell is the type of writer that makes things seem so obvious. You end up thinking, “why didn’t I come up with that?”.

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Matador Senior Editor, David Miller, on MatadorU

September 25, 2009

David discusses the teaching backgrounds of the team that put the travel writing course together and the philosophies behind MatadorU.

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