While cycling through Montenegro, I was interviewed by Rick Owens, the director of a web based TV show about bicycling called “CycleNow“. Rick and I connected via Skype and sat down for a few minutes to talk about my  adventures in Europe and beyond.

During the interview Rick asked me:

• How did you first get started with bicycle touring?
• What made you want to come to Europe for such an extended period of time?
• How do you finance your travels?
• Do you worry about your safety when traveling in remote places such as Albania and Kosovo?
• Plus… a whole lot more!

Both parts of the CycleNow interview have been published and are now available for online viewing. To watch, head on over to http://www.cyclenow.us/?p=78

The June ’09 issue of Xsport Magazine features a 12-page article I wrote about my 45-day journey by bike up the East Coast of the United States.

The article is an important piece because it places me and other bicycle travelers in the same category as athletes participating in outdoor activities like kayaking, windsurfing, skydiving, rollerblading and skateboarding.

To read more about my feature article in Xsport Magazine and what it means to the bicycle touring world, head on over to BicycleTouringPro.com

The July ’09 issue of Bicycling Magazine features a quote from my website at BicycleTouringPro.com. The article in reference is about flying with your bike. And while the quote is rather small, this is yet another sign that the bicycle industry does look to websites like BicycleTouringPro.com as a source of quality information on bicycling and world travel.

For the past few months I’ve been building a strong following at SocialMediaSchools.com. I built the site a few months ago after consulting with a school in Southern California and quickly thereafter realized that the work I was doing was something that schools around the world could benefit from.

In an attempt to get more schools to jump on the social media bandwagon, I’ve produced a digital report I am now calling “The Social Media Schools Education & Technology Manifesto”… and I’m giving it away for FREE!

The report walks you through the biggest questions and concerns many schools have in regards to social media use and gives you some of my ideas on the future of technology in the education field. The information contained inside the report is based on my past two years of social media use/research and is designed to give schools around the world a sense of the incredible power social media can have in the future as a means of communicating with, educating and inspiring the people in their local community.

You can get your very own complimentary copy of The Social Media Schools Education & Technology Manifesto emailed to you right now by visiting this page and simply entering your name and email address in the form you find there. Enjoy!

I was recently interviewed by Cycle-For-Change.com and in the interview was asked to discuss my bicycle touring experiences and to give some advice to first time bicycle travelers.

In the interview I discuss:

- How I first got started with bicycle touring.
- Whether or not you need to be a “fitness freak” in order to travel by bike.
- Why you shouldn’t wait too long to go on your bike trips.
- How and why BicycleTouringPro.com was started.
- What it takes to organize and complete a bicycle adventure.
- What sort of personal characteristics are needed for long distance touring.
- How to deal with the loneliness that often time accompanies bicycle travel.
- What the minimum equipment requirements are for long distance bicycle touring.
- The biggest mistake most first-time bicycle travelers make.
- How to train and mentally prepare yourself for your first bike tour.
- How to keep expenses low and finance your trip.
- Plus, my  personal favorite places I have visited to over the last 9 years of bicycle travel.

For listen to the interview (which has been split into two parts) please see: Part 1 & Part 2