Richard Florida

Public intellectuals on Twitter – where are the Brits (or even the Europeans)?

Attending Personal Democracy Forum, re:publica and other equivalent events has – both directly and indirectly – opened my eyes to the writing and thinking of a whole group of US public intellectuals. I’ve had fun meeting Jeff Jarvis, have heard

17.03.2010 EU Politics

The importance of place – a personal mashup of Richard Florida and Wikinomics

I’ve just finished reading Who’s Your City by Richard Florida and, in short, it strikes me as intuitively about right. The essence of the book is that where you live is as important a choice as what your job is