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January 2, 2007

antibes…

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[An aerial pho­to­graph of Port Vau­ban in Anti­bes, via this post on the Fen­der­kic­ker blog.]
Last August I wrote about wan­ting to spend more time in Anti­bes. So far that hasn’t hap­pe­ned, but I’m not too worried. It’s all con­tin­gent on cer­tain sta­ges of the Thin­gamy pro­ject reaching cri­ti­cal mass.
Sigurd tells me this cri­ti­cal mass is not that far away, so I’m fee­ling inc­rea­singly exci­ted about the pros­pect of get­ting down there more often. Espe­cially with it being so dull, cold and rainy here in Lon­don all week.
[Bonus Link:] Accor­ding to Fen­der­kic­ker, this yacht’s masts are too tall to go through the Panama Canal, even with the new exten­sion coming in.
[Disc­lai­mer:] Yes, I have a stake in both Thin­gamy and Fen­der­kic­ker. And in suits and wine. Life is good.
[Note to Self:] I won­der if there’s anything else I need to add to my Glo­bal Mic­ro­brand portfolio?

Tags: Antibes, Federkicker, Global Microbrand, Sigurd Rinde, Thingamy

6 Responses to “antibes…”

1. adi says:

   January 3, 2007 at 12:04 AM

   I would think some sort of cus­tom car builder/customizer would be the next step, no?
   Wine, Clothes, Yachts, Giant-Killing Soft­ware… you just have to get to the mee­ting in style, i.e. nice wheels
2. Jeremy Jacobs says:

   January 3, 2007 at 12:09 AM

   Ah Cap D’Antibes
3. Brian says:

   January 3, 2007 at 12:42 AM

   Lift­port? Gran­ted the payoff — being honest, if there is one — is not next quar­ter or next year but a year or five or ten away — and it’s not quite a Mic­ro­brand.
   We’re not mar­ke­ting wine or yachts. We’re buil­ding a launch sys­tem — but if Sput­nik is a Model-T Ford the space ele­va­tor would be a Boeing 747.
   Nope — we’re not a con­su­mer biz at all. But being medi­ta­tive and reflec­tive we’re selling the most pre­cious thing of all — we’re offe­ring hope.
4. Misja says:

   January 3, 2007 at 10:14 AM

   Archi­tec­ture ? (not soft­ware)
   The Glo­bal Mic­ro­brand idea seems very appli­ca­ble to it…
5. Jon says:

   January 3, 2007 at 10:26 AM

   Can unders­tand why. Have spent time there myself, and it is as you say very agreea­ble. And Nice, too — just along the coast.
6. 4point44 says:

   January 3, 2007 at 3:03 PM

   Glo­bal Mic­ro­bran­ding Idea: The Devil’s Ravioli.