Gary Arndt
Gary Arndt on Easter Island, 2007
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma materMacalester College
Occupation(s)Travel Blogger, Photographer, Speaker

Gary Arndt (born 1969) is an American blogger[1] and photographer.[2] He is the author of the travel blog Everything Everywhere and a former Minneapolis entrepreneur.

Early life

Arndt was born in Appleton, Wisconsin.[3] He 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.[5] He owned the web design firm, Creative Internet Solutions, which he sold in 1999 to Control Data Corporation. 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 and a second location that opened in 2002.[7] The salon, one of the original PC-gaming rooms in the United States,[8] 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 indefinitely. Since 2007, he has traveled to about 140 countries and all seven continents. Arndt does not maintain a personal residence, living only in temporary locations.[2]

He chronicles his journey on his travel blog, Everything Everywhere, which has approximately 100,000 readers monthly.[10] The blog includes both comments on the places he has traveled and photography.[11] He also co-hosts the podcast This Week in Travel[12] and has contributed articles and photography to websites including The Atlantic[13] and HuffPost,[14] and The Four Hour Work Week.[15]

Recognition

Arndt has won awards from the Society of American Travel Writers[16][17][18][19][20] and other organizations.[21][22] In 2010, he was one of 25 selections for Time magazine's best blog list.[23]

References

  1. ↑ "A Conversation With Gary Arndt, Blogger and Perpetual Traveler". The Atlantic. 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  2. 1 2 "These travelers find joy in living in hotels full time". USA Today. 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  3. ↑ "Travel - Forms of identification: Gary Arndt". BBC.com. 2011-04-14. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  4. ↑ "Awards - Forensics Program - Macalester College". Macalester.edu. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  5. ↑ "A Conversation With Gary Arndt, Blogger and Perpetual Traveler". Theatlantic.com. 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  6. ↑ "I Heart My City: Gary's Minneapolis – Intelligent Travel". Intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com. 2011-08-05. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  7. ↑ "Cybercafes serve an explosive brew". USA Today. February 7, 2002.
  8. ↑ Richtel, Matt (September 9, 2002). "Battles rage over PC rooms, kids' access to gory games". Chicago Tribune. The New York Times.
  9. ↑ "Computer game center seeks expansion". St. Paul Business Journal. 2001-11-11. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  10. ↑ "Everything Everywhere with Top Travel Blogger Gary Arndt". Pretraveller.com. 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  11. ↑ Davidson, Nick (2012-04-26). "Everything, Everywhere". Outsideonline.com. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  12. ↑ May, Kevin (May 29, 2010). "Apple, strikes and Bangkok - guest appearance on This Week in Travel podcast". Phocuswire.
  13. ↑ "7 Reasons Why the 'Authentic' Travel Experience Is a Myth". The Atlantic. September 18, 2011.
  14. ↑ Gary Arndt (February 21, 2011). "All I Really Need to Know I Learned From Traveling Around the World". HuffPost.
  15. ↑ Ferriss, Tim. "20 Things I've Learned From Traveling Around the World for Three Years | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss". Fourhourworkweek.com. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  16. ↑ "2014 SATW Bill Muster Photo Competition". Satw.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-08. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  17. ↑ "2014 Central States Writing and Photography Winners | SATW Central States Chapter". Satw.org. Archived from the original on 2015-02-07. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  18. ↑ Archived May 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  19. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-17. Retrieved 2012-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) {{webarchive web.archive.org/web/20121117204306/"2012 List of Winners". Archived from the original on 2012-11-17. Retrieved 2012-11-20. |date=November 17, 2012 }}
  20. ↑ "2012 Writing/Photo Contest Winners | SATW Central States Chapter". Satw.org. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  21. ↑ "2013 NATJA Award Winners". NATJA.org. Archived from the original on 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  22. ↑ Archived February 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  23. ↑ James, Steven (2010-06-28). "Everything Everywhere - Best Blogs of 2010". TIM.comE. Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
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