C'est la vie, mon cheri!
Frank Schilling’s return as a writing behemoth of all things related to domaining has been more than welcome.
While Frank lacks the evangelical impact that Rick Schwartz’s words seem to have, he definitely is one of the three pillars of domaining; the third one being Dr. Kevin Ham – the man who owns the Internet.
Frank Schilling was recently in France, where he relaxed among the personalities of the French Riviera. Why would a man who lives in the Cayman paradise year long want to take a dip into the piss-filled Mediterranean is beyond my imagination.
Frank considers the French to be interesting folks, each having a distinct personality that tends to “stick out” – or, in other words, the French are mostly egocentrically outspoken. Of course Frank does not say that, but then again he finds Nespresso machines to be borderline “eurotrash“.
Did you say “Nespresso”?
Greeks invented frappe coffee 50 years ago.
I wonder if Frank ever had a Nescafe frappe – not the crap McDonalds currently sells as such – but the real, hand-shaken, frothy iced coffee that southern Europeans sip for hours.
They don’t make that stuff with a Nespresso machine, by the way.
Despite the lack of a property database (MLS) in France, it seems that the French have a working model when it comes down to real estate; after all, thousands of villas and condos are bought and sold each year. It’s a shame that Frank could not locate any listings using his iPhone’s GPS – then again, the French take pride in having actual, face to face conversations and discuss business during their 2 hour lunch breaks.
Frank is clearly absorbing the culture – and the champagne – as he then jumps onto how Apple created the killer gadget of the century, the iPhone; only to leap ahead into domains, GoDaddy’s Bob Parsons and Steve Jobs. According to Frank, these two uber-pioneers together have a combined industrial IQ of 500.
If only they could share some of the wealth and knowledge the way Bill Gates and his foundation do.
And finally, a surprise.
Among the vacation photographs, the nostalgic beach images from the 50’s and the inside and out of the Apple HQ, an almost naked lady reinforces the great fun that Frank is having in France, mingling with the stereotypically liberated Europeans.
Unfortunately, Frank didn’t shoot that picture himself, because that’s Cindy Crawford in the waters of Italian Sardinia, offering her exposed and ripe nipples to the Mediterranean sea gods – in 2008.
And then it hit me: Frank’s musings are coming from the same era of two years ago, when he stopped blogging on a regular basis and no fresh ideas seem to be arriving since.
At least, Frank’s having a great time as a person and that’s what matters after all – for life is too short to be squandered by technology and intangible assets such as domain names.
LOL and I was thinking who was that naked chick on Schilling’s blog 😀
With all due respect, we’re all entitled to an opinion, but did you really mean ‘No fresh ideas?’
That may possibly apply to an enlightened few, but count me as one who consistently learns from virtually each post by Frank Schilling and other successful domainers.
After years away from posting, Mr. Schilling has finally decided to renew discussing some formidable insights into domaining and I remain grateful for his sharing.
I appreciate any perspective on domaining success that experienced pioneers who have served their ‘trench time’ are willing to provide. Mr. Schilling and a handful of others are graciously giving a helping hand to us ‘little guys’ who appreciate their unique efforts in a challenging business.
Nordi – that’s a shocker!
Perchboy – Frank’s long-winded post about vacationing in France was analyzed here, sans the pictures and the constant massaging of Apple.
If you learned something it should be that no matter what uber-domainers write, the crowd will applaud. 😉
No offense to Mr. Schilling, but we have higher expectations from his 2 year hiatus. 😀
Hi,
Perchboy…. I am with you on this one…no matter how anyone wants to cut up Franks post or lack there of.
Which is fine…if that helps them in some way.
But,
Frank has had and always will have…some of the greatest ideas, post, insights, vision(s) , gifts….that no other “domainer” or other person will ever have.
Not that many others do not have great stuff…they do and I enjoy and try to learn from all.
But, If Frank…post something long, short, vacation or not…. I am ALL Ears 24/7/365.
Peace To ALL,
Dan