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The following tips are a good start for making some extra savings: 1. Pay your bills by the due dates and avoid late payment penalties - about $10 on utility bills and far higher for credit card bills. 2. Reduce electricity bills the old-fashioned way - use blinds to keep your

A very disturbing thing happened to a friend of mine the other day.  Nick Holmes a Court, well known entrepreneur and digital media maven, saw some police activity occurring in a public place and he decided to video it on his mobile phone. The full story has been reported in

I've been thinking about questions that I need to answer so as to live a more frugal life.  So here are some of the questions and issues that this blog is going to investigate during 2009: * How to achieve a simpler lifestyle * What are the essentials for a

This past year has been a remarkable one for me. I've met so many amazing, interesting and supportive people that it is hard to count them all. Many new friendships were forged and new ideas generated. And I'm really grateful to everyone for their support and

The Global Financial Crisis (#GFC) has shown that some of our 'greatest' companies were no more than fraudsters at worst and incompetent at best. This made me think about all the corporate value statements that I've seen over the years and what they really mean.  And

Over the past week I've travelled to Boulder CO and San Francisco meeting people for business and also taking the opportunity to meet some Twitter people IRL.  It has been interesting to discuss some of the cultural differences between my home (Australia) and the US. Two moments of