Comments on: Ideas For The Simple Dollar: Which Ones Interest You?

By: Julius

Julius — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:41:20 +0000

Book reviews, please! I’d love to see the great classics applied to personal finance.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:25:18 +0000

My favorites are
Self employment (what is the other good one beside writing???)
Expose
Common uses

Least favorites would be the videos which seems like general consensus.

I just discovered your blog and it is very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to write all these great articles.

By: Megan

Megan — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:34:16 +0000

My favorites are
Personal productivity systems (GTD has been great for me!)
Book reviews

I’d be least likely to view the videos.

Thanks for your great site and, as a fellow bookworm, all the book reviews/recommendations!

By: Barb Minton

Barb Minton — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:44:57 +0000

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* Work from home part time successes
* Personal productivity systems evaluated
* Continuing business book reviews

I already read several investing and stock market news letters. Like what you have done so far. Frugal living hints are good because not only are they less costly, they are usually less toxic.

By: Peter Stinson

Peter Stinson — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:30:50 +0000

Of your suggestions, I’m partial to:

* An overview series on popular personal productivity philosophies.

* An expose

I enjoy your postings; you’re one of my first-read RSS feeds… keep up the great work…

By: LuckyLily

LuckyLily — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:26:36 +0000

My vote: Common uses, self-employment, stocks. Thanks and keep up the great work!

By: Helena

Helena — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:50:02 +0000

Interested in:

1. A detailed look at stock information
2. A weekly review of a business / productivity / etc. book and how it applies to personal finance

Not interested in:

Any videos.

Thanks Trent, you are changing my world one day at a time.

By: Becca

Becca — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:33:17 +0000

1) Self-employment opps
2) Book reviews

AND more spreadsheet how-tos if there are more out there… tell us how to use the tools to keep better track of finances and measure our goals.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:23:36 +0000

I forgot to add – not interested in the videos. I usually check this site at work so I would never click on a video.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:19:46 +0000

I would like to see uses for common items and also self employment. I would also love to hear more of your cooking\cutting down on food expenses.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:00:13 +0000

The reason why I ask about student loans is because so many of the finance sites and books completely ignore it, while a growing percentage of the populating continues to pile up this debt.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:57:43 +0000

I read a recent article in US News that says that about 20 % of recent grads have over 20k in student loans. In my case it’s closer to 80k. Given that only a quarter of this is federal which can be consolidated at fixed low rate. What are good strategies for dealing with the other 3/4? How does saving for the long term weigh in when you are paying down long term debt?

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:23:58 +0000

I would like to see Uses for common items and An overview series on popular personal productivity philosophies. Would like to see all but A detailed look at stock information…that being because I do not have interest in or knowledge of the stock market.

Shannon

By: chai

chai — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:16:17 +0000

i want to see philosophies and self-employment with free time.

thank YOU!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:49:07 +0000

Another angle on what I said above: give us the depth of your expertise in certain areas (such as cooking, reading) and counterweight it with a breadth based on principles rather than a shallow sample. I think the “101 uses for baking soda” that Susan S. mentions falls flat for me not just because I’ve seen it–because there’s always a few items that I didn’t know–but because it’s shallow. Perhaps think of it as very short creative nonfiction about topics related to PF. That’s where I think the gap/opportunity is that you’re filling, and if I’m wrong and I just have not found it despite looking again year after year, maybe you can post where it is or how you construct your search queries or what have you.

By: Susan S.

Susan S. — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:55:27 +0000

would like:
reviews of business books on the best seller lists for the past 5 years

exposes – if people really understood what all the marketing is in front of they’ll make better choices (keep this to the financial world – credit cards, payday loans, mutual funds load / no load, insurance sales, etc

do not: do how to use baking soda for 101 uses and other cheepie tricks – plenty of others have done that

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:55:12 +0000

I’d love to see some detailed info on stock information. I think your tone and vocabulary do well to distill the sometimes tricky finance jargon.

I’d also vote for the productivity series and the video series. I am about to purchase my first real car (the previous ones I’ve had were of the disposable variety) and I want to make it last!

By: jessecoug

jessecoug — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:51:16 +0000

Wants:
1. expose
2. personal productivity
3. self-employment on side
4. business books

Not so much:
1. video series

By: maya

maya — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:19:53 +0000

I like your site the way it is, but since we’re voting…

What I’d like to see:
1) Overview of personal productivity philosophies
2) Review of a business / productivity / etc. book and how it applies to personal finance
3) Review of spare time self-employment opportunities

What I have little interest in:
1) Detailed stock information. There’s plenty of site that do that already.

THanks for asking!

By: David

David — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:39:04 +0000

Here are my picks in order of most interest to least interest.
1) detailed look at MUTUAL FUND information
2) self-employment opportunities
3) expose
4) video series

Am uninterested in “uses for common items.”

Thanks!