by Nicole Ouellette | Jul 12, 2009 | This Week In Business
There are whole groups of people who have embraced the idea of ‘free’…none more so than personal finance bloggers and their followers.
I subscribe to three blogs (Money Saving Mom, Northern Cheapskate, and Bargain Briana) if only for their tips on getting free stuff (iced mochas at McDonalds and free Redbox rental on Mondays, for examples!).
And anytime I put the word ‘free’ in a blog post, hits go way up. And I’m pretty sure that other bloggers have the same experience.
In the Boston Globe (June 28, 2009) was an interesting article called ‘The Future Of Free’. Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, recently wrote a book called “Free: The Future of a Radical Price”. The premise:
by Nicole Ouellette | Jul 10, 2009 | Websites
Those of you in the Northeast (and even elsewhere) may have noticed it’s been raining for about a month.
Here in Maine, we had our wetest June on record, and today for the first time, we all saw blue sky. Needless to say, people were pretty happy and it felt like we were all caught up in the sappiness of a Disney movie. It made me think about being grateful for things we normally take forgranted.
Some cool things from around the internet this week:
Money Saving Links
Not Driving Your Less-Frugal Friends Crazy (Wisebread)
I feel like such a putz when I can’t join my friends for breakfast out, but Wisebread addresses the issue of watching spending without making friends feel bad about theirs.
by Nicole Ouellette | Jul 9, 2009 | This Week In Business
This week was a week of getting clearer, messagewise that is. As my first big work deadline looms next week, here’s what else has been going on:
I had a great lunch with someone who’s been where I’ve been and wants to help.
Last week, I had lunch with John Lawrence, the Executive Director of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce.
I met him at a Business After Hours with the Chamber and he asked me to let him know how he could help me out. Being the honest, straightforward person I am, I called him on it. And last Thursday, I did what I often do with people I know I want to get information from: I bought him lunch and picked his brain.
by Nicole Ouellette | Jul 8, 2009 | Too Cute Tuesday
This week, Craft Central moved to a different location as Nicole was visiting her ancestral home of Fort Kent, Maine. Nicole’s Mom (also known as Karen) came up with the craft and cocktail and Nicole’s sister (also known as Michelle) was the grommet expert/picture taker for the event.
Nothing like drinking cocktails with your family and completing a houseware project at the same time!
by Nicole Ouellette | Jul 7, 2009 | Personal Finance Tips
My buddy Craig is the Marketing Director at a site called BudgetPulse and sent me a nice request to review the software on the site. The company has recently revamped it and he wanted to know what I thought.
Personally, I’ve been a little bored with my current budget spreadsheet so the timing was perfect.
Ok, I’m just going to say it: this is slick and I think I am going to make the switch from my spreadsheets to this online system. And you know how resisitant I am to change so this has got to be good, right?
