One of my favorite factors of owning a home business is the fact that I can write off a lot of things: a percentage of my rent, computer equipment, even my photography hobby. I’m always on the hunt for new deductions, though — while I understand the need for taxes, I don’t intend to pay [...]

The cover story for this month’s Wired Magazine is titled “Free! Why $0.00 is the Future of Business.” (It’s also available online for — that’s right — free.) Chris Anderson, Wired’s editor-in-chief, is the author, and he makes some very interesting pronouncements in his article about the future of free.
Free products have been around a [...]

It’s well known that there are two primary ways to financial freedom. You either make more money or save more money in order to invest more money and build wealth. I’ve mentioned on several occasions that its easier to save more money because that can be put into action immediately. I’m an advocate of frugal [...]

My boyfriend has had his current for almost two years, and he wants something new. He’s reluctantly decided that an iPhone is not in the budget, but he’s still holding out hope for plenty of neat features. I’m the exact opposite — it took me almost two hours to buy my last cell phone because [...]

In the past couple of days, several requests for donations have come my way. A cousin is running in some sort of marathon and needs sponsors, a friend is getting married and a mutual friend is putting together a group gift, and Girl Scout cookie sales have started — my two sisters are selling, my [...]