I co-created the groundbreaking culture and travel publication with Jim Benning in 2001. World Hum was acquired by Discovery Communications/Travel Channel in 2007. I stayed with site and co-managed editorial and business operations as Travel Channel employee, then as a partner from 2011-2012. We built the site and the business upon:
Award-winning first-person narratives
One of the Internet’s first and most in-depth travel blogs
Interviews with writers and travelers
Speakers’ Corner opinion pieces
Writing Samples
Traveling in Watercolor
Seven Wonders of the Shrinking Planet
10 Greatest Fictional Travelers
Selected Interviews
Andrew Potter: The Search for Authenticity
Jason Reitman and Walter Kirn: ‘Up in the Air’
John Leland: Sex, Art and Spirituality in ‘On the Road’
Ramon Stoppelenburg: The Godfather of CouchSurfing
Chris Doyle: The Art of Jumping on Beds and the ‘50,000 Beds’ Project
Rolf Potts: Revelations From a Postmodern Travel Writer
Matt Gross: Reflections From a ‘Round-the-World Journey
Mark Ellingham: Rough Guides and the Ethics of Travel
Nicholas Gill: Life in Chaitén, Chile, a Year After the Eruption