In February 2009, Smith launched the Twitchhiker Project, an attempt to travel "as far around the world as possible in 30 days, relying only on the goodwill of people using the social media network Twitter.
After thirty days and with the aid of over 11,000 Twitter followers, Smith had travelled as far as Stewart Island in New Zealand,[6] raising over £5,000 for charity: water.
[8] As a writer, Smith has contributed to both the travel, technology and media sections of The Guardian,[9] as well as writing for satirical site Holy Moly.
[10] In November 2009, Smith announced he had been contracted by Summersdale Publishing to write a book based on Twitchhiker.
A sequel, Tales from the Edge of America, was published in February 2013, with a foreword written by The Inbetweeners creator Iain Morris.