My Nascent Graphic Design Empire

The existence of online commerce entities such as Google Adwords and CafePress still amazes me. With very little work one can combine them and create micro-businesses that generate real money.

It's a little eerie. From a creator's perspective, all of the processes, components and products are purely digital. The only thing tangible is a paycheck popping out of a Platonic neverland. Curious, I had to give it a whirl.

Occasionally workplace frustrations leave my coworkers and I sympathizing with tragic Greek heroes: Sisyphus, Cassandra, Prometheus, etc. The Homerian moanings inspired a Google Adwords & CafePress t-shirt experiment. The idea: Sisyphus meets a Men at Work sign, with Sisyphus at Work:



The wheels of automated commerce have spun for a while now. At the current rate, all of Sisyphus' hard work is translating to a nice bottle of wine every quarter. I won't be retiring any time soon, but, still, I thank you for your support.

We live in the age of the idea. I found you can find a really good one, you can set the digital wheels in motion, sit back and let the machines take care of the work.