Archive for February, 2007
tips to help you take charge of your finances
From Get Rich Slowly, 7 Ways to Take Charge of Your Finances in 2007. There's a lot of usely information in the post, so I recommend that you read the whole thing. Here's the shortlist: Track every penny you spend Develop a budget Start an emergency fund Attack your debt Open a retirement account Spend less than you earn Do what works for [...]
more Rumbo news
In a follow-up on a post about the Spanish newspaper Rumbo changing from semi-weekly to weekly publication in Houston and San Antonio, Edward Schumacher Matos (former CEO of Meximerica Media, which owns Rumbo) gave an interview on what he thought went wrong. His take? We were ahead of our time. The interview is posted at Hispanic Trending.
more education proposals from Perry
Perry higher-ed plan touts cash incentives, exit tests -- reported by the Houston Chronicle Gov. Rick Perry outlined one of the most sweeping higher education reform proposals in the nation today, calling for cash incentives for universities to push students to graduation and mandatory exit exams to track how much students are learning. The plan [...]
law passed in Mexico to protect women
I never take for granted the things many of my peers/friends do: my right to equal opportunities in the workplace, my protections under the law, my right to control my body and to say no. One of the reasons I am so aware of how fragile these rights are is the years I lived in Mexico. Women in Mexico still live with so little, it's hard to put [...]
no shadow for the groundhog
Groundhog Day has come and gone, and we have a prediction of an early Spring. Punxsutawney Phil doesn't see his shadow, predicts an early spring -- reported by the Houston Chronicle A new pair of hands pulled Punxsutawney Phil from his stump this year, so it was only fitting that the groundhog offered a new prediction. Phil did not see his [...]
unattended children
For those of you who haven't been paying attention, the challenge libraries face daily with unattended children has been receiving press lately. (See Libraries struggle with child overload and Lock the Library! Rowdy Students Are Taking Over.) It seems that reporters are just catching up with what the industry has known for years... decades: [...]
more than $3,000 earned from a blog in one month
John Chow tells us how he made more than $3,000 in his blog in just the month of January 2007. The important thing to note is that he has multiple streams of income, and that Google Adsense accounts for only @ $500 of his total earnings. It's a good post to read for those of you looking to monetizing your Web sites. Also recommended is Darren's [...]
tips on starting a blog post
Blocked? Need help getting started on that next blog post? Liz Strauss suggests ten ways to get started: When I look at the people around me . . . If I could, I’d invent . . . It happens the same way every time . . . When I sit down with the news every morning, . . . Every relationship has an ROI. . . . When I was kid, I always thought [...]
a way to generate traffic for your blog
"If you build they will come" is the biggest lie on the Internet. Just having a site, just having a blog, isn't enough. You have to have people getting to your blog either through searches or links. So what does that mean? Today that means you have to find ways to generate links to your site. CopyBlogger has Five Link Building Strategies That [...]
what I spent in January
The tallies are in: My eating out budget for this month was $100: I spent $223.47. My book budget for this month was $50; I spent $131.04. Of course, the $951.65 for car repairs were unexpected, and I have @ another $600 due for next month. All in all, I can see where I'm going to have to be more vigilant. I didn't expect to be on target for [...]
