Interesting thought, Tristan, but how do you see it as a "bad thing" in marketing? My team is developing a product that that MIGHT use a little bit of gamification. Our purpose is to make dry but useful topics more interesting. Thanks in advance for any insights, tips, or ethical matters you would like us to think…

As a CPA I am happy to read this. Filing near the extension deadline has definite benefits. Years ago I had two clients that co-owned restaurants. One was always super anxious to file by April 15, the other always filed at the last minute. They overlooked the Tax Tip Credit from their restaurants. I was able to get…

a family friend recommended an estate/will/whatever-you-want-to-call-it lawyer they knew very well. One of his recommendations was that my mother turn her deposit (checking and savings) accounts into joint accounts with me (her only child).

I had that in stereo. On on side I had a corporate attorney who had almost nothing to do. I bet he didn't work 30 minutes out of a week. To bide his time he would make personal calls ALL day long. Since he didn't have much to sat he would cover the awkwardness with a forced nervous laugh every other sentence.

I've been the CFO of a few companies and a CPA in public practice. I've seen this a lot. ParanoidGeezer's experience is typical and UncleWalty is right on points 1-3 but I disagree with him about being discreet. I would be straightforward with your supervisor even though he will lie to you. He has probably been subtly…

Will a tablet work effectively as a VPN to your desktop? I use Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe products, and tax programs that are CPU and memory intensive.

No more Linksys or Cisco for me since they did the sneaky firmware update that forced users to lose features and use a cloud-based router management interface on the Linksys models EA3500 and EA4500. I abandoned Linksys and bought a Netgear router on principle..