by Emily Binder | May 19, 2018 | Featured Personal Finance, Personal Finance, Tips and Advice, Tutorials
Are you still using a debit card or cash? STOP leaving money on the table! You can earn reward points on everyday purchases with many credit cards. However, I recommend Chase credit cards, in particular the strategic Chase Trifecta. With a little effort (using the...
by Emily Binder | Dec 17, 2017 | Featured Voice, Technology, Tutorials
I have an Amazon Echo in my bedroom and an Echo Show in my kitchen. I use both daily. They have more than paid for themselves in helping me get hands-free information or assistance quickly. Echo is far from perfect but she beats Siri to a pulp and Echo will only get...
by Emily Binder | Nov 3, 2017 | Technology
Nextdoor is a neighborhood social networking app used by more than 150,000 neighborhoods in the U.S, It’s a great app in so many ways. The initial product was unique and filled a need that most people didn’t realize they had (like innovative, successful...
by Emily Binder | Sep 25, 2017 | Tutorials
You can’t directly download Instagram pictures to your phone or computer from the app or from the photo’s URL. This is supposedly to protect copyright on photos. However, preventing you from downloading your own photos is ridiculous: they are yours! And...
by Emily Binder | Aug 13, 2017 | Technology
I provided the original Instagram FAQ. There was no official FAQ and everyone had the same five questions about blocking, liking and unliking posts, and whether notifications were received. So I wrote two posts and answered hundreds of resulting questions about...
by Emily Binder | Aug 10, 2017 | Technology
This Fourth of July, I had a memorable WTF moment with one of the rudest people I’ve ever met. What makes it noteworthy is that many consider his behavior normal. I tell the story in this interview with StandFor: Technology as an Escape Mechanism Excerpt:...
