THE DREAM IN ACTION

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This is a guest post by a very early to the game, iGoogle widget developer who turn a small project into a huge profit. Cameron Hall, a co-worker of mine, and a graduate of Cornell University held onto his widget just long enough so he could use the credibility as a resume builder. He ended up (unintentionally) maximizing the widgets monetary value and getting big cash and was able to land a job with a GE management training program with the story.

Enter Cameron Hall…

In February of 2008, I sold less than 100 lines of public code requiring less than 20 hours of work for $28,000.  What started as a personal project to make my Google homepage more personal, turned into a 300,000 user worldwide phenomenon

in less than a year and a half.  My post below takes you through the life of my National Geographic Photo of the Day gadget from its creation in mid 2006 to its sale in early 2008.

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