About

My name is Gianfranco and I’m a nomad. Maybe not the kind of nomad that comes to your mind automatically. In fact, some people call me a “neo-nomad” a “new rich” or a “vagabond” which is someone who wanders around anyway. My place of action is the World, pausing from time to time in a definite country. I was born in Argentina, where I lived and studied during my first 24 years. I then moved to Italy, made a short pause in Poland, Italy again and then Japan on a sabbatical. I’m writing this short bio from Milan in northern Italy but in the next weeks I will be on the road again, from San Francisco to Toronto to London (my trips in Dopplr).

I don’t like to define myself by one single thing, and I do many things at the same time. You might meet me as a photographer today, an engineer tomorrow, an online marketer the day after and a lazy traveler on a mission to change the world during the rest of the month. You might try to define me by what I’ve done, which I think it was right when I did it, but I moved on. I might reinvent myself in the “green” industry soon or in the online media business… If you care about my professional profile, check it out in linkedin. If you’re curious, you can find some of my photos on flickr. I write too. Here and in other places. (like 7th floor). I do a lot of reading, but not everything I read or like ends up in my Anobii bookshelf.

A good friend once described me as Marco Polo, one who likes entering new countries and cultures, understanding the inner mechanism of the market and generating positive exchanges. While this role might be too much, I like the idea of it.

I use this blog to talk. About many different things. To my friends distributed around the globe, to unknown people that arrive here through google or yahoo, to you that share some common interest with me and with your neighbor that thinks I’m wasting my time. Talk with me, I know you have something interesting to tell and we can create something together. (email, twitter, facebook)

I might mutate it some day into a tool for making money, for now it is just a virtual piece of paper I use to help myself and maybe, sometimes, help you.

I like working in different environments, with people from multiple cultures and managing complex situations. Though in the end life is simple, the Buddha used to say that most of the time we don’t see reality but a reflection of it invented by our brain, just like in Plato’s cave.

I’m a Jack of all trades (and some might say that a master of none).

ciao

gian