Writing
Essays & notes
On systems, business, software, and building a life on purpose.
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Outdoor Ben Beard Oils, Handmade Combs, Bath Salts, and Body Scrubs
Today I’m highlighting a fellow local e-commerce entrepreneur, Ben Lawrence, who runs Outdoor Ben, a Indianapolis area maker of beard oils, handmade…
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Explaining the 2015 Internet to 1995 Me
Dear Erich from 1995, I can listen to whatever I want whenever I want. When you’re 20 you’ll get excited about being…
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If You’ll Have Me
The living room glowed with excitement. They had bought bagels and cream cheese. It was a historic moment. Two weeks ago I…
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Freestyle – A Country Musical
This jukebox musical is on Spotify. I’ve weaved a story out of the following country songs. It’s something I do for fun.…
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2014 in Review
Winter is Coming When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the…
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How to Install WordPress on Root Folder & Sub Folder on a Windows IIS Server at Godaddy
One of my clients uses Windows hosting on Godaddy. They wanted to host a new WordPress website on a new subdomain when…
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How Can I Get Microsoft Office for Free?
I get this question a lot. People assume either Microsoft Office comes with their computer or that it’s free. It’s not free,…
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Normalization, Unions, Joins, and Locking in Microsoft SQL
What is a normalized database? Database normalization is the process of organizing the fields and tables of a relational database to minimize…
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10 Online Learning Courses and Class Resources
We live in a unique time where information is free (or nearly free) and the problem is no longer access to information,…