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Don’t Mess With Texas

I first heard the phrase "Don't Mess With Texas" from some Texans in the freshmen dorms.  You know the guys with the Texas flag in their window.  I thought it was just a catchy phrase showing off that oh-so-strong Texas pride.  

I was just reading in Chip and Dan Heath's "Made to Stick" about how to get certain ideas to stick.  I read about an anti littering campaign that used the "Don't Mess" slogan.  

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Then the crazy thought hit me… What if that ad campaign was the origin of the phrase?  I googled it and amazingly enough, it was!  There is even book on the story of the slogan!

As pointed out in Made to Stick, the "Don't Mess" ads were some of the most successful ever.  They reduced littering by 72 percent and have become synonymous with Texas itself.  

Here is some more info.  
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This is Great PR… Jedi PR

"He hasn't been banned. Jedis are very welcome to shop in our stores although we would ask them to remove their hoods. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and Luke Skywalker all appeared hoodless without ever going over to the Dark Side and we are only aware of the Emperor as one who never removed his hood. If Jedi walk around our stores with their hoods on, they'll miss lots of special offers."

— British grocery chain Tesco responds to accusations of religious discrimination by Daniel Jones, founder of the International Church of Jediism, who was asked to remove his hood while shopping in a North Wales stor

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This is Great PR… Jedi PR

"He hasn't been banned. Jedis are very welcome to shop in our stores although we would ask them to remove their hoods. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and Luke Skywalker all appeared hoodless without ever going over to the Dark Side and we are only aware of the Emperor as one who never removed his hood. If Jedi walk around our stores with their hoods on, they'll miss lots of special offers."

— British grocery chain Tesco responds to accusations of religious discrimination by Daniel Jones, founder of the International Church of Jediism, who was asked to remove his hood while shopping in a North Wales stor

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Would you pay to use Facebook?

I remember when facebook hit BYU.  It was crazy.  People would spend all night on it adding their friends.  Once we played hide and seek in the library.  After a few games, everyone kind of disappeared.  We found each other at the library computers, adding friends.  

People would post everything on facebook. Dorm rooms, phone numbers, every single book they ever loved.  It was intoxicating.  

As facebook grew and opened to other markets the specialness went down.  It went from just your awesome BYU friends and some high school buddies to everyone including your next door neighbor.  

But as the above story shows, (The Facebook Death Star Moves Across The Web Universe) it hasn’t slowed facebook down.  I was thinking the other day, would I pay to use facebook?  The sad answer is that I actually might.  

What about you?  Would you pay to use Facebook?  Put your answer in the comments.

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Periodic Table of Typefaces

 

Now that I am designing stuff more often, I find the need to use good typefaces.  The difference between a bad design and a good design is sometimes just how the words look.  So I was happy to find this.  

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Take that science folks. (wait I am one 🙂

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Periodic Table of Typefaces

 

Now that I am designing stuff more often, I find the need to use good typefaces.  The difference between a bad design and a good design is sometimes just how the words look.  So I was happy to find this.  

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Take that science folks. (wait I am one 🙂

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Legends Grill Pizza is Surprisingly Good

I love pizza. So when a few friends from the BYU Folkdance team wanted to go to Legends Grill for pizza, I was all in. Any you know what… it was really good. Like great. Who would have thought, great pizza from a grill.

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Don’t worry, they are just really excited to eat the pizza.

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