Welcome to 2009! If you haven’t joined the revolution, now is the perfect time to switch to Gmail. With the best spam filtering in the industry, instant search, built-in video chat, intuitive message organization using labels and conversations, free POP and IMAP access, and virtually unlimited storage, why use anything else?
Unless your using Yahoo Mail span (sorry!), you can even forward your old e-mail address to your new Gmail account and to move your existing and new e-mail messages all over to Gmail. This means you don’t even need to send friends one of those annoying “I changed my address” messages; it will all be automatic. If you’re still not convinced, consider this: Gmail users are younger, richer, good in bed and have higher credit scores.
Credit cards are awesome. If you’re not using a credit card for every purchase, you should be. Apart from the free benefits that pass many people by — like automatically doubling your warranty up to an extra year on almost all purchases (including electronics) and refunds on prior purchases in the event of a price drop (remember the first iPhone?) — credit cards allow you to earn cashback and other rewards. Of course you won’t be able to quit your day job, but free money is free money. As long as you have some self control, you can make the system work for you instead of against you.
This post lays out how I run my credit cards. You should first familiarize yourself with the video clip Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford. To make this work, you must never pay any fees and you must never pay any interest. With that in mind, let’s get started. Read More »