We just posted a new case study on Workerbee Creative, one of our Light resellers in Baltimore, MD. Drury Bynum is the creative mind behind Workerbee, which provides all types of creative work including film, illustration and web design. Drury was kind enough to answer some questions and we've shared his reponses in the article, so take a look.
Incidentally, Drury was one of the winners of our contest on FreelanceSwitch a while back. He was already a user of Light, but went ahead and entered the contest and won himself a free website account for a year. Nice work, Drury!
If you recall, the competition required all applicants to write in a comment which answered the question "how would you spend the extra cash you'd make every month from Light?" I have to share Drury's winning response with you here as it is classic:
With the extra money generated from using Light, I would invest in efforts to learn to better communicate with animals. My office surrounded by trees and birds and every time I go outside they are chattering away. I know their language is complex and specific, like alerting one another when I’m around, “Brown Cap Man! Brown Cap Man.” Heck, they probably even make jokes about me, “Ugly shoes, bad choice, Ugly shoes, I’d go with purple”. Purple, I know, but birds like different colors than we do, that’s one thing I’ve learned.
It wouldn’t be just birds I’d learn to communicate with, there is also the opossum who comes around the house some nights. I’d love to ask him, “Wouldn’t you prefer some cat food rather than chewing on our recycling? I mean, you’re just reinforcing the image people have of you being an oversized rat. We could really work on your image, maybe add some accessories - sweatbands or something.” I really don’t know how the opossum might respond to that, they are hard to read, supporting the need for this research.
Lastly, the squirrels. I’ve always had a thing for squirrels and I feel I’ve already made some headway in communicating with them. I think I know how to say “white bread” and “giggle” in squirrel talk. What I’d really like to ask them about is time management. “Do you guys work like 70 hours a week, and if so, is it all nut collecting or do you include some leisure stuff? If so, what?” Once I thought I saw some squirrels doing some comedy improv, but they quit as soon as they saw me. That’s the kind of barriers I’d like to break down. To be able to say, “Oh, no, don’t mind me, proceed, proceed. I like what you’re doing”
I don’t think there are any specific tools I would buy with the extra money, save for some tiny microphones to record interviews. Most of it would be just to cover my expenses while I’m in the field, or the backyard, as it were.
Thank you for taking the time to review my proposal.
Posted on
Thu, September 20, 2007
by Tim Wall