Michael Fioritto

Archive for December 2009

From Bicycling Magazine, “Dear Mike…”

Dear Mike,
Have you ever dreamed of riding in the Tour de France? Of zipping along flats and climbing alpine roads with Lance Armstrong at your side?
Ok, I have dreamed of going to the Tour de France as a spectator, but let’s be honest here. I weigh 195 pounds, ride a pink steel bike and live [...]

On the web, no one knows you’re a content grinder…

From Doc Searls: The Revolution will not be intermediated
Nothing with real real value is dead, so long as it can be found on the Web and there are links to it. Humans are the ones with hands. Not intermediaries. Not AOL, or TechCrunch, or HuffPo, or Google or the New York Freaking Times. The Net [...]

The 12 beers of Christmas

12 beers of Christmas, Beer Bistro, Chicago (cell phone)

View from lower Michigan Avenue bridge, Chicago Olympic banner

Leica M6, Kodak Tri-x

View from the Madison 20 bus, Chicago

Leica M6, Fuji Neopan 1600

Links for Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 – Social Media in 2010 and more

Speaking of Moleskine notebooks, I’m always amazed at what I see in the Moleskinerie group on Flickr. Some talented folks in that group.
10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2010
One interesting point from the article: “2009 revealed the growing role women play online. Women make 75% of all buying decisions for the home, and 85% [...]

One of my obsessions – notebooks

I have a few obsessions (rangefinders, Tri-x film, fountain pens, steel-framed bikes, and more…). One of them is notebooks. I’m not hard-wired to be organized, but I have been into GTD for years and over time have modified it to suit my needs. I love Moleskine notebooks and use several variations. Awhile back I ran [...]

Links for Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 – N.Y. Times article skimmer

On Assignment: Afghanistan in Free Fall – photo essay by Moises Saman.  He also has a book, Afghanistan, Broken Promise.
A prototype article skimmer from the New York Times.