Best Money Tips: Online Learning

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Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips roundup.

Centuries from now, anthropologists will pour over blog caches and web sites to try to analyze the impact that the world wide web (the information superhighway, as we used to call back in my day) had on humanity. Questions about how people connected, commented, advised, shared, and created content in the early stages of the internet will be dissected, written about, and argued over.

Thank goodness I won't be around then. That sounds really boring.

Anyway, the point is that the greatest gift that the internet has wrought, at least for me, is quick information. Recipes, directions, endless photos of Megan Fox... everything I need is right there, online, any time I need it. Unless the cable is down, in which case, I realize just how completely dependent I am on the web (Seriously, when was the last time you picked up a phone book? I mean, for the sake of actually looking up a phone number?).

This week's roundup is dedicated to blog posts that do their part to educate - to help readers learn, grow, and develop. After all, when the cable's out, we still have to be able to fend for ourselves, right?

Trying to land that blogging gig? Our own Lynn gives some advice on exactly how to go about (or not go about) snagging the attention of the hiring organization.

Penelope over at Pecuniarities has been busy! "I’ve spent the majority of this week working on this list where you will find almost 100 links to online resources provided and recommended by the government to teach you how to protect yourself from the rampant greed of the physical- and cyber-world. Topics covered include how to recognize, avoid, report and recover from scams and frauds of all sorts."

One of the seemingly contradictory things about the interwebs is that technology can actually enable us to become more traditional. Think about it: if you don't know how to grow your own vegetables, or how to sew, or have a good recipe for bread, where do you turn? The internet! (Or maybe your grandma). JD discusses how the economic downturn is promoting a more DIY ethic among Americans, and provides some links to some instructions on how to do these simple household tasks that none of us seem to know how to do anymore. In a similar vein, Laura at FiveCentNickel provides some links on car maintenance.

If you've ever tried to buy or sell anything on eBay, you know how much time it can take to get the right price for whatever it is you are buying/selling. Dumb Little Man's guest blogger Abhijeet Mukherjee lists nine free tools to make your eBay transactions less time consuming and more rewarding. The Digerati Life offers some guidelines for starting your own internet-related business.

If you've never really liked going to 24 Hour Fitness anyway, maybe you want to try Bruce Lee's workout? That's right, leave the gym, enter the dragon. Zen Habits guest blogger Jonathon Mead has written about how to get a kung fu physique without ever having to wait for another elliptical machine again.

It's tax season, and you may be wondering how to wrestle back some of your hard-earned money from Uncle Sam's fingers, am I right? High five! Right, where was I? Oh, so I Will Teach You To Be Rich gets a real tax accountant and CPA to answer questions about taxes, including the difference between credits and deductions, and some deductions you may never have heard of before. Speaking of taxes, Consumerist links to The Homeowner's Property Tax Reduction Kit, which gives an exceptionally detailed look into the process of challenging your property tax assessment.

You know who else loves keeping your money? Credit card companies. Trent at The Simple Dollar gives a step-by-step (including script!) guide to lowering your credit card interest rates over the phone.

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