Comments on: ASB’s new Track My Spending feature is great! http://richarddingwall.name/2009/08/06/asbs-new-track-my-spending-feature-is-great/ The adventures of a young kiwi software developer in London Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan Cromwell http://richarddingwall.name/2009/08/06/asbs-new-track-my-spending-feature-is-great/comment-page-1/#comment-9201 Ryan Cromwell Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:06:16 +0000 http://richarddingwall.name/?p=1612#comment-9201 While this is off topic for the reason I read your content, I thought I'd chime in. I've been using Quicken and the automatic update functionality since I left college (2001). Every day I spend *maybe* 3 minutes accepting each transaction from the Auto update. Banks *try* to categorize your purchases, but they cannot do splits (Interest vs Balance) and they aren't always correct. I can also track all of my transfers between cash flow accounts and my investment accounts. I've been addicted to appropriate categorization of my purchases for years. I want to know what my Net Worth is and I set goals for my Net Worth each year (increase by x or y this year). It has been evolutionary, but its crazy easy and you get much more out of Quicken. If you don't want a desktop app, Quicken has an online version, but I'm paranoid. For 3 years running I have not had a single penny unaccounted for. While this is off topic for the reason I read your content, I thought I’d chime in.

I’ve been using Quicken and the automatic update functionality since I left college (2001). Every day I spend *maybe* 3 minutes accepting each transaction from the Auto update. Banks *try* to categorize your purchases, but they cannot do splits (Interest vs Balance) and they aren’t always correct. I can also track all of my transfers between cash flow accounts and my investment accounts. I’ve been addicted to appropriate categorization of my purchases for years.

I want to know what my Net Worth is and I set goals for my Net Worth each year (increase by x or y this year).

It has been evolutionary, but its crazy easy and you get much more out of Quicken. If you don’t want a desktop app, Quicken has an online version, but I’m paranoid. For 3 years running I have not had a single penny unaccounted for.

]]> By: Richard http://richarddingwall.name/2009/08/06/asbs-new-track-my-spending-feature-is-great/comment-page-1/#comment-8578 Richard Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:59:25 +0000 http://richarddingwall.name/?p=1612#comment-8578 This is true, I can't remember the last time it was offline. Guess I take uptime for granted now :) This is true, I can’t remember the last time it was offline. Guess I take uptime for granted now :)

]]> By: Matt Baseline http://richarddingwall.name/2009/08/06/asbs-new-track-my-spending-feature-is-great/comment-page-1/#comment-8577 Matt Baseline Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:42:03 +0000 http://richarddingwall.name/?p=1612#comment-8577 Oh and bigups cozy cake shop! Oh and bigups cozy cake shop!

]]> By: Matt Baseline http://richarddingwall.name/2009/08/06/asbs-new-track-my-spending-feature-is-great/comment-page-1/#comment-8576 Matt Baseline Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:41:29 +0000 http://richarddingwall.name/?p=1612#comment-8576 The ASB site may be "clunky" but it works. It has incredibly low downtime. I love that about it. In the 18 months that I was at BNZ (supporting the website, I might add), the website went down for a significant period of time at least once a fortnight, if not more. Sure it looked prettier, but give me ugly and working any day. The ASB site may be “clunky” but it works. It has incredibly low downtime. I love that about it.

In the 18 months that I was at BNZ (supporting the website, I might add), the website went down for a significant period of time at least once a fortnight, if not more. Sure it looked prettier, but give me ugly and working any day.

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