Category Archives: open

As We May Wish

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

What better end of year than talking with my friend Dan over a good pizza and an Aperol  Spritz… and what better occasion than this to begin my blogging year 2016. The occasion arose from his wish to discuss the … Continue reading →

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Mapping a Novel

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Antonio Vantaggiato

I just finished reading a nice book, a noir first from a relatively unknown new French author with an English name, Julia Deck. Book title is Viviane Élisabeth Fauville (in english, it’s Viviane) and it’s a “beautiful” story of the … Continue reading →

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Flashback: The UFO Series

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Antonio Vantaggiato

A terrific flashback from my own teenager era. Suddenly, when talking with friend John on old TV series (he noticed we’ve come back to TV series as in the 70’s), I googled “UFO series” because I suddenly remembered of a … Continue reading →

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Web Weaving

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Antonio Vantaggiato

These beautiful words from Alan Levine @cogdog deserve an immediate quote. Such is the magic of the Web (grateful grin). Then go and read his post on the President and the King. But this is how the web and my … Continue reading →

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Constrained publishing

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Somehow, I ended up liking Facebook. I mean, it’s a black hole. It’s a pit where losing one own’s writings and all, and where sharing cat shots. Trivial stuff gets published every day, trivial photos and quotes and cat shots. … Continue reading →

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