Between 2003 and 2006, Nicchio regularly wrote the Prateleira Cultural column for Sinal Verde magazine, while also publishing pieces in other sections. The preserved archive comprises 22 authored texts from that period, available in full in Portuguese.

Marcelo Nicchio during the Prateleira Cultural column period at Revista Sinal Verde.
Marcelo Nicchio during the Prateleira Cultural column period at Revista Sinal Verde.Open original image ↗

His curation and writing covered the Ramones, Kurt Cobain, Seu Jorge, the band 365, Brazilian cinema, television, literature, radio and cultural spaces, as well as digital subjects including Skype and VoIP, Google Earth, RSS/XML, internet radio and Orkut.

The combination of cultural criticism and digital culture shows that technology was already part of his editorial agenda before his later professional specialization in Search.