July 2009
1 post
“Don’t let anyone steal your dream. It’s your dream, not theirs.”
– Dan Zadra
June 2009
33 posts
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do...”
– Mark Twain
“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and...”
– Miriam Beard
“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”
– Lao Tzu
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to...”
– Muhammad Ali
“The only kind of escape I treasure is the one that takes you deeper and more...”
– Pico Iyer
“Adventure is a path. Real adventure - self-determined, self-motivated, often...”
– Mark Jenkins
“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples...”
– Maya Angelou
“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in...”
– Freya Stark
“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake....”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
“Real travel requires a maximum of unscheduled wandering, for there is no other...”
– Alan Watts
“Home has become invisible, portable, and I think we carry our homes around with...”
– Pico Iyer
“And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened...”
– Pico Iyer
“The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.”
– Rudyard Kipling
“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you...”
– Clifton Fadiman
“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like...”
– Freya Stark
“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.”
– Seneca
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
– Lao Tzu
“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience...”
– Bill Bryson
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re...”
– Paul Theroux
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”
– Martin Buber
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do...”
– Mark Twain
“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in...”
– Freya Stark
“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of...”
– Cesare Pavese
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”
– Henry Miller
Insider Travels Network on Ning →
This social network is currently inactive as the site is still under development. But I’ve posted it here for future reference.
“What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do - especially in...”
– William Least Heat Moon
Insider Travels now on Dopplr →
Insider Travels is now part of Dopplr. No trips posted yet, though.
Alternative Logo and Branding Options
I am working on some alternative branding ideas for this site. I want something simple yet not an eyesore. I’m thinking a green theme would fit nicely into the overall concept.
I consider myself a mediocre graphic designer at best. I have a knack for recognizing excellent design, but when I try to create it myself it rarely comes out the way I envision it in my head before I start.
I am a...
Why I Am Selling Insider Travels
Why would anyone try to auction a perfectly usable set of premium domain names before developing the website to go with them?
The answer is simple, really. My attention span is short, and right now my focus is divided. I need the cash to invest in my main project, which I will never sell because it is attached to my primary identity (the real me). I was going to try to do both at once, but sadly,...
Insider Travels on TipJoy →
Click on the link to send a tip to Insider Travels through Twitter via TipJoy. For all practical purposes, this is a social media experiment.
Domain Valuations by NameBoy →
The current splash page links to domain valuation reports generated ten months ago. Rarely do reports from more than one independent source agree, but NameBoy provided the lowest estimates. That may or may not make them more pragmatic figures, depending on your perspective.
Insider Travels on Delicious →
Insider Travels now on Delicious
Insider Travels on Digg →
Insider Travels now on Digg
Insider Travels on Reddit →
Insider Travels now also on Reddit.
Insider Travels Google Profile →
Added Google Profile for Insider Travels
Insider Travels on Google Friend Connect
Insider Travels is now hooked into the Friend Connect social media network. Lots of work left to do, but it’s all good!
May 2009
20 posts
Insider Travels on NetVibes →
Insider Travels is on NetVibes.
Insider Travels on Diigo →
Insider Travels is now on Diijo.
Insider Travels on Upcoming →
Insider Travels is now on Upcoming.
Insider Travels on Flickr →
Insider Travels is now on Flickr.
Insider Travels on Tumblr →
Insider Travels is microblogging on Tumblr.
Insider Travels on StumbleUpon →
Insider Travels is now on StumbleUpon.
Insider Travels on IntenseDebate →
Insider Travels now has comment aggregation setup at IntenseDebate.
Insider Travels on Mixx →
Insider Travels is now on Mixx.
Insider Travels on Vimeo →
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