Markus Schnermann - the subject
of our new May Cover Story

While holed up in our hotel last night, I took advantage of the waiting time to complete our new May Cover Story about remarkable German domainer Markus Schnermann. Schnermann spent most of his youth battling spastic cerebral palsy, a condition caused by a shortage of oxygen at birth. It triggered an average of 30 convulsions a day and left him in need of constant therapy. "As a little kid it took much longer to learn to speak or walk," Schnermann said, adding that his medical issues led people to wrongly conclude that he was stupid and could never succeed. 

Teachers and doctors alike told Schnermann's parents that he basically had no future. Check out the complete story of how he managed to prove everyone wrong and went on to achieve international domain industry fame. I'm looking forward to seeing Markus again at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference that starts next Monday (June 1) in Amsterdam, Holland.

Diana and I will be scrambling to clear the decks in time to make our flight to Europe Saturday. We will  begin the four-hour drive from Tallahassee back home to Tampa tomorrow afternoon. As soon as I get back I will start work on our new weekly domain sales report. It normally comes out early Wednesday morning but will be published late Thursday this week due to the holiday Monday and the moving chores I'm now waiting to help Brittany complete in Tallahassee.