I have moved houses last weekend, and although I am happier for finding a house which was only a block away from my children’s school and this entails an increase in savings since the children won’t have to take the short tricycle drive to the school everyday now, my webwork was halted by absence of internet connection. I was so excited about the move...

Just found out from WSJ Blog that Google Docs has beefed up their resources for personal finance spreadsheets, allowing users to edit them from their cellphones and other mobile devices. The Web-based tools can help users keep track of variety of expenses, ranging from household and personal budgets to shared costs between co-workers and roommates to weddings. Other...

Like alot of Finance Bloggers, I also encourage the use of the “envelope system.” The envelope system is a budgeting method wherein your spending money is divided into budgeting categories and cash is designated for each category. I use an small accordion envelope for this purpose. But if you do not use cash, but use debit or credit cards, then Money...

SpendingDiary is another simple, functional web-based expense tracker that tags expenditures, generates reports, and gives good data on your money flow. The site has a completely functional demonstration account available-a nice touch that makes it really easy to test drive without handing over an email address. SpendingDiary has a simple interface-for every entry...

Here is another spending tracker! It is now possible to track your spending via SMS, email, IM, Twitter or voice (via Jott) with web application Xpenser. After you sign up, you’ll need to set up your account with your IM and SMS information and set up Jott to use with Xpenser (if you want to do voice tracking). After setting up your account, adding expenses...

One of the challenges of having to work at home is the fact that children are around me all the time. The main room has 1 PC and a laptop, and I sometimes have to use the PC as it is connected to the internet. Sometimes, my son, who is three years old and my youngest daughter who is one, likes to play with the keyboard whenever I am not around to ward them off. Boy,...