I Just Got Interviewed...
If you have a moment, please check out my interview with Aaron Hotfelder over at Gadling.
Here's an excerpt:
1. Brave New Traveler takes a different approach to travel than a lot of other sites. What are you trying to accomplish with BNT, and were you surprised to find such a wide audience for your message?
Most travel sites are focused on destinations. This isn't a bad thing - travel is about going someplace new after all - but the destination focus does contribute to the idea of travel as just another marketable commodity.
The BNT team finds the thought of buying a travel experience ridiculous and sad. We see travel as a spiritual journey, an almost sacred way to find our place in the modern world.
We published a really popular collection of 50 Inspiring Travel Quotes recently. Here's one of my favorites, by Miriam Beard:
"Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living."
That quote sums up our attitude at BNT pretty well.
Am I surprised to find such a wide audience for this content? Absolutely not. People are hungry for essays and articles that go deeper than commercial fluff.
Here's the full interview: 'Talking Travel With Tim Patterson'
Here's an excerpt:
1. Brave New Traveler takes a different approach to travel than a lot of other sites. What are you trying to accomplish with BNT, and were you surprised to find such a wide audience for your message?
Most travel sites are focused on destinations. This isn't a bad thing - travel is about going someplace new after all - but the destination focus does contribute to the idea of travel as just another marketable commodity.
The BNT team finds the thought of buying a travel experience ridiculous and sad. We see travel as a spiritual journey, an almost sacred way to find our place in the modern world.
We published a really popular collection of 50 Inspiring Travel Quotes recently. Here's one of my favorites, by Miriam Beard:
"Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living."
That quote sums up our attitude at BNT pretty well.
Am I surprised to find such a wide audience for this content? Absolutely not. People are hungry for essays and articles that go deeper than commercial fluff.
Here's the full interview: 'Talking Travel With Tim Patterson'
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