Friday, March 26, 2010

Blog assessment chapter 6

1. I typed in Pittsburgh and one of the things it told me to do was under what hotel to go to and it says to go to the spring hill suites. Also, under things to do it says go to the Silver eye center for photography. The recommended restaurant is Shootz Cafe.

2. Twitter is a social network and also acts as a blog. I do not use twitter.

3. It says major credit reporting agencies have to give you a free credit report every 12 months. You should check it to see if anyone has opened you credit account using your name and your social security number. Your FICO score is what lenders look at to see if they should give you a loan or not.

4. Microfinancing is lending money to individuals in countries that are poor. The author recommends you use kiva.org. Kiva combines microfinancing with the internet so people can send money to other people in poor countries. Kiva was built on beliefs such as, people are generous and will help others, The poor can be highly motivated if you help them out, and giving them money can help people come together and have a global community. They promote dignity, accountability and transparency. Two groups giving money are Kiva Christians and Team Europe.

5. It will take 18 months to pay of the debt if it is done correctly. You will pay $381 in interest. It goes up a little and then goes back down.

6. It tells you ways to get rich quick by investing in the market. This is interesting because getting rich would be kick ass.

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