Blog Article Archives
Browse Options
Search Results (62)
Short Film: The Story of Stuff
Published on Dec 05, 2007
I just watched one of the best overviews of our consumer economy I've ever seen. It is called The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard. Basically, this short 20-minute film consists of Leonard standing in front of a "whiteboard" as simple animations illustrate the concepts behind her (very similar to the UPS Whiteboard commercials without the actual drawing).
The pitch on web site is as follows... Read More
Dec 05, 2007
With some refreshing thoughts, especially coming from a politician, Barack Obama states that if elected he would look to reform predatory credit-card marketing and establish a "credit card bill of rights." This bill of rights would allow consumers to end an agreement if interest rates were raised mid term, and would also eliminate interest rates on transaction fees (how this is even allowed to ... Read More
Nov 17, 2007
When it comes to our economy, you really do vote with your wallet. So when you look back at the money you've dropped over the past month, are you proud of who you voted for? Sites like The Consumerist and the Corporate Social Responsibility News Wire can help you stay informed, and a new-ish community site called Do The Right Thing takes it to the next level by letting users submit and rate the... Read More
Feature Spotlight: Reports
Published on Nov 16, 2007
Since our most recent update briefly touched on using Reports in conjunction with Reminders to help you stay on top of your finances, it's probably a good time to give a more in depth overview of the Reports themselves.
While building the first version of billQ, our mission was to make keeping track of your bills easy. We feel we've made some progress on that front. But one thing we realized... Read More
Update: Summaries and Projections
Published on Nov 15, 2007
It is important that we help you stay informed about your financial picture; and the more ways we can do this, and the easier we can make it, the happier we are. So we hope this latest update does just that.
If you go to your Reminders tab, you will notice a new link in the sub-navigation called Expense Summaries ... Read More
Nov 13, 2007
Like billQ? Like Facebook? Check out our brand new billQ Facebook page. Help spread the word about billQ to all your friends, as well as keep in touch with the latest news and updates. Read More
LAUNCH: The billQ AIR App
Published on Nov 13, 2007
For those of you who have been waiting for a billQ "widget" for Windows, you will be happy to know that we have just released one in the form of an Adobe AIR application. This will also allow you Mac users to run billQ as a stand-alone application without the need to load Dashboard.
We decided to go with an AIR application for a number of reasons, the biggest being that it was the most consi... Read More
Nov 07, 2007
We just made some updates to the way we handle the bill and schedule collapsing and expanding. If you run into any issues with this, try clearing your cache or just refreshing the page a few times so that your browser grabs the latest versions of the files. If you're still experiencing problems, let us know (support@mybillq.com) and we will help fix it. Thanks. Read More
Big Updates: If I listed them all, this would be an even longer headline.
Published on Nov 05, 2007
Fresh off our last update, we got to work on the next round of billQ improvements. We pushed them live last night, so you should be seeing them now (if not try logging out, then logging back in). These updates result in some changes to the billQ interface, so below you will find a detailed explanation.
1. Updated Navigation
The first thing you will probably notice is that the navigation t... Read More
Nov 03, 2007
Another great story by Bill Moyers about America's "Missing Class." The 50 million (or so) working poor in America who are one disaster away from poverty. In the piece, Bill interviews Katherine Newman, author of the The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America, and she explains her experiences covering the part of America that seems to be forgotten by the media and the government. Read More