How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
Author: Franklin Foer
Who knew you could learn so much about globalization, economics and politics from soccer? Great read.
Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Author: Julia Cameron
One possible path to re-discovering the creativity you never knew you had.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition
Author: Jared Diamond
An admirable crack at explaining why the world is the way it is by way of an anthropological macro-history. This book probably comes up the most in conversation as we travel.
The Cathedral Within: Transforming Your Life by Giving Something Back
Author: Bill Shore
Inspiring profiles of social entrepreneurs and projects we all can learn from and hopefully replicate to give back to community.
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
Author: John Carlin
Although the storyline is built around the South African rugby team and the 1995 World Cup, this book is more about Nelson Mandela and how he was able to unite a divided country. Inspiring.
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown
Author: Paul Theroux
The author re-visits Africa and re-assesses the place he once knew... and judges it once and for all. Well written, poignant observations of the thumbprints left by career politicians, aid workers, and everyday people.
Outliers: The Story of Success
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
A look at the internal and external factors of how extraordinary people got to be, well, extraordinary. One of those books that challenges assumptions and makes you think differently.
Shantaram: A Novel
Author: Gregory David Roberts
Administering first aid in a Bombay slum, selling fake passports and running guns to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. Technically a novel, but closely linked to the Author's own experiences. Fantastic read.
Moving apartments in Berlin, unpacking our backpacks, and a blogging meme called My 7 Links. How’s it all connected? Bear with us.
View from our balcony in Neukölln, Berlin for the next couple of months.
Filed Under: Blogging, Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
7 Comments | 7 July 2011
“We didn’t travel very much this past year, did we?” If we had a nickel for every time this thought passed through one of our heads as the year came to a close, we’d be able to match our Google Adsense earnings for the year.
Before we get to a rundown of which articles and topics you seemed to like this year and a slideshow of some of our favorite moments, some reflection. We dug deep into our 2010 chronology and learned a lesson: before you jump to conclusions, it is always a good idea to check your assumptions with some actual data. In 2010 we found upon further inspection that we traveled to 5 continents, 13 countries. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Blogging by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
11 Comments | 29 December 2010
Over the weekend, we alluded to the fact that we had been selected as inaugural members of the Gap Adventures Wanderers in Residence program. We were introduced on stage, we called it out on Facebook and Twitter, people congratulated us.
Then the phones started ringing. The back channels lit up. So did the front channels. Everyone was asking, “Sounds cool. Now what does this mean again?”
Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Blogging, Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
32 Comments | 8 November 2010
There we were in Berlin. We’d been in the city for less than five hours and I was hovering over two frying pans cooking scores of Swedish meatballs. As people poured into a party thrown by the owner of the apartment we were renting, the question echoed: “Now, how did you end up here again?”
How do you do what you do? How do you find an awesome short-term apartment in Berlin?
The answer in this case: One-part Facebook, another part flesh.
Both were necessary, neither was sufficient. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Blogging, Perspectives by: Audrey Scott
19 Comments | 28 September 2010
Earlier this summer, Uncornered Market celebrated its third birthday. So, it’s no longer a toddler; it’s beyond the “terrible twos.”
While the layout of Uncornered Market has remained the same all this time, we and the nature of Uncornered Market have evolved. So it’s time to spiff up the virtual home we’ve built and bring it up to date.
And we’d like to get your help.
First step: we’d like to hear your thoughts on how we can improve and grow Uncornered Market. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Blogging by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
7 Comments | 19 September 2010
How do you fit a thousand words on a business card?
This is the story of how we did it. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Blogging, Business by: Audrey Scott
26 Comments | 13 September 2010
This weekend, Audrey and I will be shaking hands and kissing babies, schmoozing and pressing flesh at a meet-and-greet with the well-traveled. Those of you in the circle know it as TBEX. To those of you outside the world of travel blogging — yes, Virginia, there really is such a thing — it’s the Travel Blog Exchange conference.
As we dropped in on PREBEX, an ad hoc pre-conference cocktail hour, it occurred to us that the networking process is probably a lot like speed dating: get your story across in a short time while listening to and understanding the story of the person to whom you are speaking.
Problem is, we’ve never speed dated. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Blogging by: Daniel Noll
11 Comments | 25 June 2010
What does a 17th century novel have to do with our 21st century journey around the world? Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Blogging, Personal Growth by: Audrey Scott
25 Comments | 21 May 2010
If you consider yourself a travel blogger, I have a question for you: Do your travels determine your blogging? Or does your blogging determine your travels?
In other words, does your blogging life – your online persona and community – actively play a role in how you choose your travel destinations and activities?
Filed Under: Blogging, Travel by: Daniel Noll
50 Comments | 1 March 2010
Before setting off on our journey, I had never touched HTML, I had no idea what SEO (Search Engine Optimization) meant and my writing consisted mainly of reports to management on how to operate legally and efficiently in countries like Azerbaijan or Kazakhstan.
How things have changed in the last couple of years. I can now code basic HTML, I’m painfully aware of the relevance of SEO and I now write pieces that have nothing to do with operating legally in Farflungistan.
My world has also changed because of social media, virtual connections, and this thing called Twitter. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Blogging, Technology by: Audrey Scott
8 Comments | 6 March 2009
