One year ago, I began my journey as a full-time writer working from home.
Prior to making that leap, I worked full time in a research lab with a small, rather tight-knit group of people and I spent my spare time (when I could find it) working on The Simple Dollar. After a year and [...]

Each Monday, The Simple Dollar opens up the reader mailbags and answers ten to twenty simple questions offered up by the readers on personal finance topics and many other things. Got a question? Ask it in the comments. You might also enjoy the archive of earlier reader mailbags.
As usual, we’ll start things off with a [...]

Surprise, surprise!  Mac users are more passionate about their computers than PC owners.  Not only did the Mac users leave more comments than PC users but the responses were longer and full of more detail. Thanks to everyone for participating.
iBank Mac Software Winner
Congratulations to Brian from The Mutex who was the random number winner of [...]