Link: NYTimes – photos on the web may reveal your location Cameras may now have GPS and embed geotags in photos. For privacy purposes you may sometimes want to disable that. Mainly a potential issue for users of iPhones.

Link: Daring Fireball: An Ode to DiskWarrior, SuperDuper, and Dropbox One of the first News and Notes articles I wrote for MeyersMoney.com was a reminder to everyone to back up their computer hard drives.  It’s not strictly financial advice, but it’s important advice nonetheless.  Just do it.  Find a backup solution which works for the […]

I’ve made no secret of the fact that I hate the term “financial advisor.”  It has no real meaning and anyone may call himself that.  Most of the folks who call themselves financial advisors are salespeople.  I don’t say this as a slight to salespeople – I’m just not comfortable with what I consider a […]

Link: Forbes.com – Investors Misled By Brokers Masquerading As Fiduciaries Folks who are CFA charterholders are not necessarily abiding by a fiduciary standard in their professional roles.  If folks see the CFA(tm) mark, they may be (incorrectly) assuming a higher level of standard than actually applies – often the soft “suitability” standard that brokers and […]

Link: But Will It Make You Happy? NY Times article on spending and happiness.  No surprises – plenty of folks have studied this and it’s been shown pretty clearly that once basic needs are met, more spending, particularly on stuff rather than on experiences, doesn’t make folks significantly more happy.