Category Archives: France
Musings on Bloomsday
Today is Bloomsday, the date of Leopold Bloom’s meanderings and musings through Dublin as created by James Joyce in the great 20th century novel, “Ulysses.” I’ve been revisiting some of my youthful passions lately — France, European painting, foreign art … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged exile, immigration, James Joyce, Stanislaus Joyce, Trieste, Ulysses
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Ciao Firenze
It’s like an overgrowth of algae, too much of a good thing. An infestation of indestructible pests. A herd of Michelango fans. A party of gelato seekers. A siege of shoppers. What they miss in descending on Florence in droves … Continue reading
The future of public relations
My guest post on Tom Foremski’s Silicon Valley Watcher today.
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Tagged communications, content marketing, future of media, Google, media, newspapers, PR, print media, public relations, Silicon Valley Watcher, Tom Foremski
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A citizenship for the Internet age?
I’ve been reading Jeff Jarvis’ “What Would Google Do?” on the open and closed opportunities offered by the Internet. For anyone who’s been watching the spread of search, Facebook, Twitter and all these powerful kill-the-intermediary communication tools, the book won’t … Continue reading
Family
Often it is only shared blood that constitutes the basis for a group of people to be called “family.” Sometimes a family is emotionally stronger for lack of blood ties. Which ever it is, family is such a fundamental concept … Continue reading
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