This review really sums up my experience last year. The tax software I used was confusing, poorly explained, un-documented, and you always felt like they were trying to scam you out of a couple bucks.A very big change from the experience that many of today’s software startups (yes (sigh), many of them are “web2.0″ [...]
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Mint vs Wesabe: Personal Budgeting Showdown
Published February 8th, 2008 in Uncategorized and personal finance.Mint vs. Wesabe
So, I’ve talked about this subject for a while and I’ve made a lot of suggestions, but no one seems to be getting it right.
Wesabe is too free form and doesn’t provide enough reporting or structure, while Mint is the exact opposite. It provides too much structure, though the analytics and reporting [...]
See my full review of Wesabe here.
My first suggestion for Wesabe is to create “training wheels”, a suggested series of tags, structured according to some higher level organization. Many users aren’t going to think far enough ahead to plan this out themselves the first time they use the service. Wesabe can [...]
Wesabe: social personal finance
Published June 14th, 2007 in personal finance, personal productivity, review and web application.I’ve been using Wesabe for over six months now, and just finally had time to sit down and write about it. Its been picking up some traction on some top blogs like A VC and Gotham Girl, and I wanted to join in on the fun because i don’t think the analysis is in [...]
