My family stopped using a phone landline three years ago. And we are part of a growing market if you read Jess Milcetich's story on the reasons you either keep or ditch your landline. We did it too to save money. But the story made me revisit our cell-phone plan.
I'll be the first to admit that I don't. My mom's an accountant, so believe me I know all the reasons that I should, but it's just so easy not to with everything online.
I monitor my account very closely online and I don't see the need to write it all out too.
I can track every deposit and every expenditure. Minutes after it happens the new balance posts online. My finances are in good shape and I hold on to receipts so I have proof of transactions.
So am I the only one that thinks balancing a checkbook seems a little old school?
Happy Friday afternoon, York! Here's the news that you may have missed this week.
Sellers react to E-bay rule changes.
Restaurant goes smoke free early.
Businesses take steps to reduce energy costs.
Russia, Georgia situation still tense.
And of course you don't want to miss this week's edition of Money Talk. Check it out below.
Today's the last day you can vote for the new name of the business blog.
Check here for the list of possible names and then e-mail me your choice by noon to jmilcetich@ydr.com.
Thanks to everyone who sent in potential names for the new business blog.
As we stated in the original rules, we want input from you when we're making the final decision.
Here's the top five that the staff narrowed it down to. E-mail staff writer Jessica Milcetich at jmilcetich [at] ydr [dot] com by noon on Friday with the name you think should win.
1. For the Record
2. York Common Cents
3. Sense and Cent$ibility
4. YorkBiz360
5. Codorus Cash Flow
Do you still use a land line for your main phone service? It seems that so many people have given them up in exchange for cell phones.
I'm looking for people who have dropped their land lines or people who refuse to give it up. I want to know your reasoning behind either decision.
Drop me a line at jmilcetich [at] ydr [dot] com and let me know!
...to submit an entry for the "Name our Blog" contest. The deadline to e-mail me submissions (jmilcetich@ydr.com) is this Friday.
If you haven't checked out the rules, you'll want to do that here.
I'm looking forward to getting some crafty submissions.
That's right, Barack Obama plans to announce his running mate by text message and e-mail.
You can sign up here if you don't want to wait.
Obama's on Twitter too if you want to check that out.
He has to be the first presidential candidate to make this kind of use of technology.
It's been a crazy busy week for the business staff. What with a bunch of companies releasing earnings reports and Boscov's filing Chapter 11. Yeeesh.
I'm glad it's almost the weekend. And I'm sure you are too.
We're going to mix things up here this week and instead of a list of links for you to check out, I'm going to leave you with our brand-spanking new podcast. Take a listen. (P.S. You have to leave this page open while you listen, but just open another browser window so you can get on with your regularly scheduled Internet surfing.)
Part of the new Google Maps interface.
Anyone else notice that Google Maps got a little bit of a new look recently?
It's nothing drastic, just a few simple changes.
The link to get directions moved from under the main search bar to the top of the left sidebar.
The business blog, which is currently titled "Mind Your Own Business," is going under a bit of a redesign, which will launch shortly. Along with our fresh new look, we'd like a fresh new name and we want your help in coming up with one.
The rules are simple.
