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 [...]

Yesterday, I read a blog post that I can’t get off of my mind. Catherine Shaw, at Wise Bread, wrote “Is Six Figures Really That Much?,” questioning why the $96,000 she and her husband made last year didn’t go further. They aren’t out buying new cars, shopping for clothes or living above their means, yet [...]

It’s bright and early this morning and your significant other has just called you to wish you a happy Valentine’s Day. If you’re anything like me, it’s even odds that you’ve flat out forgot the holiday exists. You start contemplating a rush to the florist’s after work — praying that they’ll still have one of [...]