Products I use and love
The following is a post (original here) from one of our users (Alex), who blogs about design, productivity, etc. at digitaldumpster. It’s always an honor to be mentioned favorably by our users, especially in a list alongside Tumblr, Dropbox, Evernote, and Backpack. (One of these days, I should write up my own “products you’ll like […]
Quote from Paul Graham
“That was a big problem for me when I had no money. I felt poor, and stuff seemed valuable, so almost instinctively I accumulated it.” Paul Graham, “Stuff”
Can we talk?
I know that when you’re starting out with PearBudget (or any kind of budgeting), it’s easy to have questions — “I get a paycheck every two weeks, not once a month … how do I handle that?”; “does PearBudget have a mobile / iPhone / Android interface?”; “how do I handle refunds?” These types of […]
Shopping Effectively Means Shopping Like My Mom
The following copy isn’t actually mine (Charlie’s). It was first posted at a men’s clothing/style blog called Put This On, here. I don’t agree with it 100%, but I thought it was really good, and wanted to share it with all of you. I especially like the section about not confusing price and value. Here […]
How Visa Predicts Divorce
How Visa Predicts Divorce (via jonathan-deamer > caterpillarcowboy)
PearBudget mentioned in PC World!
Hi, friends! It’s been a while since we’ve written, hasn’t it? Sorry about that. If you’re on the Twitters, you can follow us over there (@pearbudget), where we tend to post more frequently. I wanted to post a quick link here, though, to an article in PC World magazine that mentions us as one of […]
You’ve Got a Budget, Now What?
Link: You’ve Got a Budget, Now What? Small Notebook has a really good (and not-too-long) post talking about how Rachel and her husband, Doug, sat down this past weekend to look at their budget and their expenses, and to make a plan for the next month: You’ve Got a Budget, Now What? I especially like […]
Happy customer!
“I just finished my trial month and then signed up. I have to tell you that using PearBudget has already changed our spending. In 10 years of marriage we have never been so aware of our spending as we are now! We really feel like this has given us a plan and a realistic idea […]
And now, for a poem
And now, for a poem, via Kelly at Almost Frugal (which you should subscribe to if you haven’t yet). For Our Anniversary Jason Tandon Now that the flowers have dried and withered, I will tell you that they were a re-wrapped bouquet—severely discounted— which allowed me to purchase those two salmon fillets I glazed with […]
Quote from Scott Simpson
“Another way the credit card companies get you: apparently they take all of your little charges and add them up into one big bill” Scott Simpson