Gary Arndt
Gary Arndt | |
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![]() Gary Arndt on Easter Island, 2007 | |
Born | Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Alma mater | Macalester College |
Occupation | Travel Blogger, Photographer, Speaker |
Gary Arndt (born 1969) is an US American blogger[1] and photographer.[2] He is the author of the travel blog Everything Everywhere and a former Minneapolis entrepreneur.
Early life
Gary Arndt was born in Appleton, Wisconsin.[3] Arndt attended Macalester College in the early 1990s, where he was a competitive debater, making it to the late rounds of the Cross Examination Debate Association National Tournament in 1990 and 1991.[4]
Business ownership
Arndt was a business owner in Minneapolis, Minnesota before he became a writer, starting his first business a few years out of college.[5] He owned the web design firm Creative Internet Solutions, which he sold in 1999 to Control Data Corporation. While there, he developed the idea to open a video-game playing facility while watching his employees play computer games after work.[6] He owned the videogame salon The Stomping Grounds, with a location in Minneapolis, as well as a second location that opened in 2002. [7] The salon was one of the US’s original PC-gaming rooms,[8] and was founded from the profits Arndt received from a gaming news website he bought in the late 1990s called Stomped.com. The business received about $1 million in revenue during its first year.[9]
Travelling career
In March 2007 Arndt sold his house in Eden Prairie, Minnesota in order to travel the world. The initial plan was to travel for about a year and a half, however Arndt decided to continue his travels in perpetuity over this time. Since 2007, he has traveled to about 140 countries and all seven continents. Arndt does not keep a personal residence, and lives only in temporary locations.[2] He chronicles his journey on his travel blog Everything Everywhere with around 100,000 readers monthly.[10] The blog includes both comments on the places he has travelled, in addition to photography.[11] He also co-hosts the podcast This Week in Travel[12] and has contributed articles and photography to websites including as theAtlantic.com[13] and The Huffington Post,[14] as well as sites like The Four Hour Work Week.[15]
Recognition
Arndt has won various awards from the Society of American Travel Writers [16][17][18] [19] [20] and other organisations.[21][22] In 2010, he was one of 25 selections for Time Magazine's best blog list.[23] He appeared as a guest character in the April 10, 2007 edition of PvP.[24]
References
- ↑ A Conversation With Gary Arndt, Blogger and Perpetual Traveler - Dainel Fromson - The Atlantic
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/07/20/road-warriors-travel-nomads/12315663/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20110406-forms-of-identification-gary-arndt?OCID=twtvl
- ↑ http://www.macalester.edu/forensics/awards/
- ↑ http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/04/a-conversation-with-gary-arndt-blogger-and-perpetual-traveler/236980/
- ↑ http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2011/08/05/i-heart-my-city-garys-minneapolis/
- ↑ http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002/02/07/cybercafe.htm
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-09-09/business/0209090010_1_entertainment-software-rating-board-rating-system-arcades/2
- ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2001/11/12/smallb1.html?page=all
- ↑ http://pretraveller.com/2014/02/02/everything-everywhere-travel-blog-gary-arndt/
- ↑ http://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/travel-articles/Everything-Everywhere.html
- ↑ http://www.tnooz.com/article/apple-strikes-and-bangkok-guest-appearance-on-this-week-in-travel-podcast/
- ↑ theAtlantic.com
- ↑ huffingtonpost.com
- ↑ FourHourWorkWeek.com
- ↑ 2014 SATW Bill Muster Photo Competition
- ↑ 2014 Central States Writing and Photography Winners
- ↑ SATW Foundation Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition Awards For Works Published in 2012 - 2013 Winners
- ↑ Society of American Travel Writers Foundation Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition Awards for Work Published in 2011-2012
- ↑ 2012 Writing/Photo Contest Winners - SATW Central States Chapter
- ↑ 2013 NATJA Award Winners
- ↑ Northern Lights Awards Winners for Works Created in 2012
- ↑ Time Magazine
- ↑ April 10, 2007 PVPOnline