YNAB Webinar Woes

Hey there folks,
It’s been a somewhat challenging couple of days for YNAB Webinars, so I thought I’d post an update so people know what happened.
I had two classes scheduled Wednesday evening. About 15 minutes before the start time, severe thunderstorms rolled through my area of Maine. I was able to warn those [...]

Dearly Beloved, We are gathered here today to convert your spouse to budgeting.

Quite often in Webinars, I’ll finish explaining a concept and ask for clarifying questions. As the questions roll in, I’m occasionally asked “How can I get my husband to buy in?” or “My wife spends everything in the checking account and never checks the budget. What can I do?”

Each time I get the [...]

Our iPhone app update was just approved!

Our iPhone app update (1.1) was just approved by Apple, and will be available on your phone within the next 24 hours. This is good news for a few reasons. First of all, it fixes a bug that was caused by the new iPhone OS that I mentioned in an earlier post. [...]

UPDATED: Please DO NOT update your iPhone to iOS 4 yet

UPDATE (Sat, Jun 19, 2010, 12:30pm CT): Our iPhone app update was just approved! This post is now out of date. The update will be available within the next 24 hours, so you can update to iOS 4 as whenever you want! :)
If you are using the YNAB iPhone app, please do not [...]

Budget lessons from my riding lawn mower

Hello YNABers!

Improving your cash flow can make a big difference in the quality of your financial decisions.

I discovered YNAB four years ago in the summer of 2006. While I paid all my bills on time, I was not controlling spending and ran up some credit card debt. One of the last purchases I made before [...]

Just launched: YNAB Development Blog

I’m Taylor, the Lead Software Architect here at YNAB. Jesse and I thought it would be a great idea to give you a look at the more technical side of what goes on here, and that’s just what I plan on doing on my new YNAB development blog! I got it started off [...]

Ode to Monty Python: What has the Budget ever done for us?!?

This famous scene from Monty Python’s “The Life of Brian” reminded me how the Budget often gets an undeserved bad reputation.

THE SCENE: Three friends are enjoying a cup of coffee discussing the benefits of budgeting in their lives. One friend is less convinced of the benefits than the others…

Joe: What has the [...]

The Secret to Improving Your Finances, Bench Press, and Golf Game — Among Other Things

The Golf Game
Three years ago I left the world of Public Accounting and struck out on my own. As a part of that, a friend introduced me to golf.
The magic with golf is in the fact that you only need to do it well about five percent of the time, but that five percent [...]

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