Does the world really need another opinion? We are inundated with information, and producing content, whether a blog, podcast, video, or social media, has never been easier or cheaper.

What good is yet another voice in all the noise?

I think it’s important to consider this question for my own sake in exploring and understanding my purpose in writing and for an audience’s sake (if anyone should happen upon my content) in understanding where I’m coming from.

First, and probably most importantly, I don’t think I have all the answers. My purpose in writing is not to stand at a…

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak to a group of entrepreneurs who are participating in a business accelerator program to learn the ins-and-outs of starting and running a business. During the session, I was asked to expand on a statement in their course material: most businesses must take on debt at some point. At the time, I was put on the spot and my answer wasn’t as articulate or clear as I would have liked.

Now that I’ve had a chance to think about it, I don’t agree with that statement at all. While it may be true that…

We recently implemented Google Autocomplete for Addresses on our checkout page to simplify the process of entering a shipping address. Autocomplete is a fantastic service that makes address entry faster and error free … well, almost error free. While address typos are less frequent, addresses are failing our validation process because street number is missing.

The missing street number is a result of a known bug in Address Autocomplete where the drop-down list shows the correct address, but the PlaceResult object returned via JavaScript excludes the street_number field. …