Archive for the ‘Review’ Category
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Debt Free For Life: David Bach on Bankruptcy
A publicist for David Bach reached out to me last month to ask if I would be interested in reviewing his new book: Debt Free For Life. Usually, I pass. Reading a book and writing a quality review takes a dozens of hours for me. This request was different for a couple of reasons. One, [...]
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SF Beta: Financial Innovation at Its Best
On Tuesday there was a gathering of a number of financial start-ups in San Francisco. There are so many of them that industry’s leading conference, Finovate, has stretched to two days this year instead of the single day it has been in the past. Instead of being a big event like Finovate, this was more [...]
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Credit Sesame: Free Credit Scores & Debt Management
Being a personal finance blogger in Silicon Valley is a little bit of a unique experience. For one, the average home in my city goes for over a million dollars. That’s one of the major downsides, but today I wanted to write about one of the upsides. There are a lot of start-up companies technology [...]
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Safeway Home Delivery Service Reviewed
As part of the Safeway gift card giveaway that I wrote about Friday, I agreed to review Safeway’s Home Delivery Service. Before I get to the review, let me remind you to go to that post and get some free groceries! To get started I went to Safeway’s home page and signed in just as [...]
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Generation Earn by Kimberly Palmer Reviewed
When I saw that Kimberly Palmer was publishing a book, I immediately asked her for a copy to review. This is the first time that I actually asked an author for a copy of a book to review. For those who don’t know me, I tend to read about 5 books a year… and I’m [...]
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What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell Reviewed
I often tell people that I’ve probably finished 5 books in my life. I mean it as a joke, but it probably isn’t too far from the truth. My completion percentage probably hovers around 10%… maybe less. However, when the author is Malcolm Gladwell it jumps up to 100%. That’s how good of an author [...]
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Nobody Wants a Million Dollars Reviewed
Last week when I reviewed Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss Reviewed, I mentioned that I hate books. I really do, but today I’m going to contradict myself. Almost a year ago, Dan Holt sent me his book Nobody Wants a Million Dollars and asked me to review it. It got lost in the [...]
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Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss Reviewed
Tim Ferriss’ Book 4-Hour Workweek has been around for some 2-3 years now… and yet, while it’s right in the Lazy Man wheelhouse, I hadn’t read it until recently. Why didn’t I read it? Here are the two biggest excuses: I Hate Books – I’d like to blame Ethan Frome for my hated of books, [...]
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Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel Reviewed
I really need to do one of two things: A) Stop reading books or B) Learn the art of skimming. Phil Villarreal, who you might know from the The Consumerist, asked me if I’d like a copy of his new book Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel. I have taken a special liking to the Consumerist [...]
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Personal Finance Links: Levity edition
I thought I’d have a little fun today and go with some humor. It seems appropriate since I missed posting this on the weekend. It’s not always my strong suit (which is why I don’t write a comedy blog), but every now and then, you have to do something a little different. Hopefully, it will [...]
