Did you know Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham was written on a bet? Neither did I, until I came across a collection of bronze statues of his characters at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, California. I snapped this picture of a plaque next to the statue for Green Eggs and Ham.
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Posts from ‘January, 2010’
Doing More With Less
Linchpin
My name is Benjamin Hysell, and I’m proud to say I’m an artist.
I’m not sure I could have made that statement before reading Seth Godin’s new book Linchpin, but I am now proud to stand up and count myself as one of the many artist in the world.
Background
This past December Seth Godin put out a [...]
Whose Brand are You Building?
Towards the end of 2009 there were two great articles published by two of my favorite bloggers, Joel Spolsky from Fog Creek Software and David Heinemeier from 37signals.
Joel’s post wonders if growing your company too slowly means your company is bound to die:
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20091101/does-slow-growth-equal-slow-death.html?partner=fogcreek
David responds to Joel in his own post on his blog:
http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2002-bug-tracking-isnt-a-network-effect-business
Normally, I would [...]