Here’s your weekly dose of interesting websites, blog posts, and articles for you to check out…
Websites:
• PayScale.com – Get salary reports based on your location, job, and experience…are you getting paid what you’re worth? Mint.com – I’ve played some in the past with this site but just started using it again. It is considered one of the best online personal money management tools on the internet. Best part…it’s FREE! Picasa – This is Google’s digital photo tool. I used it this week to back up all the digital pictures on my computer. Like most Google products, it’s simple to use, easy to figure out, and free.
Blog Posts/Articles:
• Top 10 Social Networks for Gen-Y – Interesting list that doesn’t show the typical sites you would think of like Facebook or MySpace. More individual sites where Gen-Y is meeting at… The Best Colleges For Making Money – Article from Smart Money…good comparison of public vs private schools. I referenced this article in my post this week, “3 Things You Must Know About Your College Tuition Investment…” Finding Balance – This was an article in the FFA Horizons magazines where they interviewed me about students and life balance. Pretty cool! Speed Reading Successfully – One of the things on my CHANGES list for 2009 is to learn to speed read. I read a lot so I figure: Learn to speed read = More books I can get through. 7 Hours For Healthier Finances – We’re just over a month into the new year so stop now and get your finances in order. Good place to start… The Key To Success: Define Your Strengths – I think it’s critically important for people to take the time to determine where they excel and also figure out where they suck. The 20 Worst Supermarket Foods – My mom got us a book from this series for Christmas, and it is really fascinating. These books identify actual products in stores/restaurants and not some generic category of food you should eat or avoid. Bigger Numbers Trick Your Mind Into Buying – A summary of a study for why we would buy something at $.99 but our brain isn’t interested if it’s $1.00. Interesting…
Every Friday I will be posting some links into this series affectionately known as “In Case You’re Bored This Weekend…”
I’m always coming across interesting articles and new websites, so I thought I would pass along some of my findings with you. I hope each week you’re able to find at least one or two of the links to be valuable to your life…Enjoy!
Websites:
MapMyRun.com – I’ve started using this to track how far I run when I gallop through the neighborhood. Just plot your route on a Google map, and it will tell you how far you went.
GlobalRichList.com – Ever wonder how your income compares with others? Punch in your salary and compare yourself with the rest of the entire world…you’ll be shocked at what you find.
Swaptree.com- Almost like a digital swap meet…list books, DVDs, video games, etc that you have and that you want and find people to make trades with.
Gyminee.com – Free website for tracking your workouts, weight loss, eating habits, etc. Clean, simple, easy to use..
TripIt.com – Great for road warriors like myself…forward your email confirmations of flight reservations, hotels, car rentals, etc and TripIt will create one master itinerary for you. Sweetness…
Snopes.com – Database of all kinds of urban legends with the background story and whether or not the legend is true.
Blog Posts/Articles:
2009 Best Values In Private Colleges – Interesting list from Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine about which private colleges offer the most bang for your buck.
How To Repay Student Loans – Another good article from Kiplinger that addresses specific scenarios you may run into when repaying student loans.
One of my favorite blogs, TechCrunch, recently posted a story about how new data shows that Facebook may overtake MySpace in terms of users by late 2009 or early 2010 (Read TechCrunch article here).
First of all, let me state that I completely agree. I wrote a post several months back on the reasons why I think Facebook does better than MySpace. Although I have profiles on each site (Facebook & MySpace), I check Facebook on a daily basis while I only will check MySpace every once in a while.
I think the data is interesting, but I don’t think it shows the entire story. It is measuring strictly signed-up users, but not necessarily the activity of the site. My guess would be that Facebook gets much more activity and actual usage than MySpace, where there are countless inactive pages that sit and collect dust.
