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Computing Across America – Southwest Airlines Spirit
This was one of my rare forays into the in-flight magazines, published in the interlude between the Winnebiko and the Winnebiko II. The photo was taken during my book-writing layover in San Clemente, California. This version of the bike was … Continue reading
High-Tech Low-Life… Bicycle Magazine (UK)
This entertaining article in a British bicycling magazine was written during my layover at the end of the first 10,000 miles, when I was holed up in San Clemente writing Computing Across America. My parents were somewhat distressed by the … Continue reading
Parole from the Ordinary – Personal Computing
Personal computer users, who were a sort of breed apart back then (despite that phrase sounding a little strange today) were fascinated by the implications of this newfound technology. In 1984, it was still somewhat radical to think of working … Continue reading
Taking It on the Road – Time
The timing of my Computing Across America adventure was no accident; it was the convergence of portable computing, networks, solar power, and recumbent bicycles that made it possible. The technology was very much in the news, given how much it … Continue reading
High-Tech Nomad Heads for Northern California – California Bicyclist
This came out while I was still in Colorado, pressing my luck with the looming onset of winter (the aspens were turning while I was relaxing in Telluride, and I got snowed-in for a few days). California seemed impossibly far … Continue reading
Freedom Road – Family Computing
The author of this story, Carole Gerber, also wrote the first article about my adventures… breaking the story in an Online Today piece called “Computing Across America.” A few thousand miles down the road, she got in touch again via … Continue reading
Online and On the Road – Popular Science
I have fond memories of this article, which was written very early in the adventure… about 3000 miles along, relaxing on a Key West beach in early January, 1984. The system was simple and elegant back then… and I was … Continue reading
Words on Wheels – Writers Digest
As a budding freelancer, Writer’s Digest had been one of my most-studied magazines for years, teaching me the craft and providing monthly doses of motivation. The photo was taken on the Indianapolis 500 Speedway, and that map (click to embiggen) … Continue reading
He Cycles Along the High-Tech Lane – USA Today
This article by John Hillkirk (now editor of USA TODAY) was hugely pivotal in my early media coverage… and it set the stage for a series that I wrote for them over the next few months. The idea of staying … Continue reading
14,000 Miles with a Model 100 – 80 Micro
This article, written about 2 weeks before my initial departure from Columbus, takes a different tack than most… it’s a little skeptical, and questions the nuts-and-bolts of both systems and business model. I find that refreshing, as it introduces a … Continue reading
