PROPERTY LETTER 25th May 2007

Dear All,

 

The 60^th Cannes Film Festival.

(And what a show!)

 

It runs from the 16^th to 27^th May and town is pulsating. We are a little town really and during this two week period our numbers swell by about 70 000 people, counting only those who stay here! The people of Cannes pull out all the stops, the police do their best to maintain a semblance of order, but allow weird parking and driving habits, and “look the other way” while people engage in “relatively harmless” excesses. The town is kept spotless, and although the parties don’t stop until after the sun comes up, by 08.30 the streets and pavements have not only been cleaned, but washed too, and the beaches are swept pristine. I find it quite incredible.

Property Letter from Cannes

The 60^th Cannes Film Festival.

(And what a show!)

It runs from the 16^th to 27^th May and town is pulsating. We are a little town really and during this two week period our numbers swell by about 70 000 people, counting only those who stay here! The people of Cannes pull out all the stops, the police do their best to maintain a semblance of order, but allow weird parking and driving habits, and “look the other way” while people engage in “relatively harmless” excesses. The town is kept spotless, and although the parties don’t stop until after the sun comes up, by 08.30 the streets and pavements have not only been cleaned, but washed too, and the beaches are swept pristine. I find it quite incredible.

The microsoft-less office (and the future of business)

I hesitate to call myself visionary, but I have for years seen the coming of the application-less office (Or Microsoft-less office, it could be called). Visualise a practically dumb terminal with one piece of Software. A browser.

One caveat to this posting. I am not talking about the operating system … yet … ho-hummmm!