A Look At The Consumer Action Handbook
Recently, I downloaded the Consumer Action Handbook, an interesting 178 page document produced by the U.S. government’s General Services Administration. It’s an excellent free resource for basic...
View ArticleCarnival of Personal Finance #114
Welcome to the 114th Carnival of Personal Finance! For those unaware, the Carnival of Personal Finance is a series of weekly posts hosted by various blogs in which we highlight great posts on various...
View ArticleThe One Hour Project: Dig Into A Personal Finance Blog
This post is part of The One Hour Project, in which you can spend just one hour to put your finances in a better place without a big lifestyle change, through frugality or other financial choices. One...
View ArticleWeb 2.0 and Personal Finance: Why I’m Not Using Yodlee, Mint, or Wesabe – Yet
I get contacted quite regularly by groups who are creating Web 2.0 personal finance applications, and I’ve taken test drives of a lot of them. I’ve even been asked to advise on a few that are in the...
View ArticleOnline Personal Finance Analysis Tools: Some Thoughts on Quicken Online,...
There’s been a lot of discussion lately about web-based personal finance tracking tools, especially since Intuit launched Quicken Online and Mint won the TechCrunch 40 award. These conversations have...
View ArticleUsing SuperCook to Save on Your Grocery Bill
Over the last week, SuperCook has quickly become one of my favorite websites. Basically, SuperCook is a database of recipes that works in a very clever fashion – just start entering ingredients in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PearBudget: An Effective Way to Dip Your Toes into Budgeting
As I mentioned before, when I first began my financial turnaround, I constructed a tight budget and stuck to it like glue for the first few months. That tight budget was invaluable – it taught me how...
View ArticleUsing Twitter and Blogging to Motivate Yourself Towards Personal Finance and...
When I first started The Simple Dollar, I mostly intended it as a place to log my own personal financial progress and also note any interesting thoughts or findings I discovered related to personal...
View ArticleSeven Websites That Saved Me Money in the Last Week
About a week ago, my wife said (paraphrased), “We use a ton of websites to save ourselves a lot of money directly. Why don’t you write about those? You could just keep track of what sites you visit to...
View ArticleUsing Twitter to Save Money: Ten People I’ve Found Worth Following for Savings
Perhaps my favorite online development over the last year or so has been the explosion of Twitter. For those living under a rock who have not yet heard about Twitter, it’s pretty simple: it’s like...
View ArticleNine Ways to Save Money at Your Desk in the Next Hour
As you read this, you’re likely sitting at a computer with internet access, or perhaps a mobile device of some time. You have a little slice of free time, so you’re seeking out some thoughts on money...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Deal-Finding Homepage
I love keeping an eye out for bargains. I’m the type of person who will come up with Christmas present ideas for people in March and spend nine months sitting on that idea, waiting for the right price...
View ArticleMy 25 Favorite Personal Finance, Career, and Personal Development Blogs
Collin writes in: What personal finance blogs do you read? You can actually find the answer to this question on any page of The Simple Dollar. If you scroll down a bit, you’ll see a section in the...
View ArticleA Deal-Collecting Email Address
A while back, while checking out at a Williams-Sonoma (this place is my guilty pleasure – what can I say?), the cashier asked me if I wanted to sign up for their email list. I said “Sure!” and gave...
View ArticleThe Simple Dollar Time Machine – June 27, 2009
Many newer readers of The Simple Dollar haven’t been exposed to the hundreds of great articles in the archives of the site, so this is a weekly series that highlights the five best posts from one year...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seven Ways I Use Evernote to Improve My Finances
Over the past several months, I’ve gradually come to use Evernote for all kinds of tasks, from managing my writing to jotting down grocery ideas to drafting articles. It’s free and it’s become my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nine Ways I Use Google Calendar to Keep My Money Straight
Over the last year, I’ve been gradually moving away from a paper calendar (I used a Moleskine desk diary for it) to using Google Calendar for keeping track of all of my appointments, important dates,...
View ArticleThe Simple Dollar Time Machine – August 29, 2009
Many newer readers of The Simple Dollar haven’t been exposed to the hundreds of great articles in the archives of the site, so this is a weekly series that highlights the five best posts from one year...
View ArticleFifteen Great Websites That Saved Me Money in 2010
At the start of 2010, I decided to start an ongoing list of websites that directly saved me money with the intent of sharing that list (and my money-saving experiences with each entry) when the list...
View ArticleA Deeper Look at Quibids … and Why I Don’t Think It’s Worth It
In Thursday’s reader mailbag, a reader asked me about my opinion on Quibids, an auction site where you have to pay for your bids, but bids only make the auctions go up in $0.01 or $0.02 increments. I...
View Article
