We moved to Ostuni yesterday from Lecce. We travelled by train. The train service in Italy is excellent, good value and runs on time. Ostuni is known as the whitewashed town/city and is located up high in the hills about 10 to 20 km inland from the Adriatic coast. There is a beautiful cathedral and… Continue reading Ostuni
I fancy a scooter
Every time I travel abroad to a sunny country like Italy I have a hankering to buy a Vespa or other scooter. It would probably not be the same at home in the wind, rain and cold but I have a hankering, just for the fun, to have one for zipping around and perhaps going… Continue reading I fancy a scooter
Monopoli, Puglia, Italy
We went on a day trip, by train, to Monopoli today. Monopoli is a nice, coastal town/city with a beautiful cathedral and a nice walk around the harbour to an old castle from the 16th century, or thereabouts. The streets, like all the streets in the towns in this region, are beautiful, white, and narrow… Continue reading Monopoli, Puglia, Italy
Lecce, Puglia, Italy
We flew into Brindisi yesterday, then travelled on to Lecce in the Puglia region of Italy. If you see Italy shaped like a boot then Puglia is the heel region. Lecce is a small city, easy to navigate and is physically extremely pretty. Walking around the streets on Saturday afternoon was a strange but beautiful… Continue reading Lecce, Puglia, Italy
DJ Carey’s Joe Di Maggio moment
I felt a sense of sadness seeing DJ Carey in Blanchardstown District Court yesterday, charged with a number of fraud and deception charges. I am fully aware of the allegations against him and the serious nature of the offences. I am aware that these crimes are not victimless crimes. I am fully aware of all… Continue reading DJ Carey’s Joe Di Maggio moment
Starting and running a successful podcast
Researching podcasting this week has led me to conclude that there is no one way to create and run a successful podcast. Finding your own voice is of vital importance. And the length of episode varies widely from the long Joe Rogan podcasts to much shorter ones which can be successful in their own way.… Continue reading Starting and running a successful podcast
The key to growth on Twitter
After a good deal of research from a number of different sources over a good period of time I have come to the conclusion that growth on Twitter is based not on the content you share but the degree to which you engage and reply to other conversations on the platform. In the early stages… Continue reading The key to growth on Twitter
My podcast is growing nicely and deserves more care and attention
My podcast, The Irish Law and Small Business Podcast, is growing nicely and deserves more attention and effort than I have given it to date. Originally, the idea was to simply strip out the audio files from my videos and use those files for the podcast. I have used nothing else. Yet they are being… Continue reading My podcast is growing nicely and deserves more care and attention
The “woke” insult
It appears that to accuse a person of being “woke” is perceived by the accuser as an insult or a pejorative term. It is a word that is bandied about and hurled by certain right wingers who do not like an attitude of “live and let live” in others. Many of these right wingers don’t… Continue reading The “woke” insult
Bike vlog and a weekly video show?
I went for my daily cycle last Saturday and intended it would be a longer one than usual, given the fact that I had more time at the weekend. I went to Kinnegad, and from there into Edenderry and home from there. But I did a bike vlog experiment, which you can take a look… Continue reading Bike vlog and a weekly video show?