Clever Dude founded CleverDude.com in June 2006 while working as a technical analyst in the Washington, D.C. area. A Penn State graduate, he built the site as a side project alongside a white-collar career that included earning a master’s degree and multiple promotions.
In five years he wrote nearly 1,300 articles on personal finance and life lessons drawn from his own experience. The blog grew from a hobby into a recognized early voice in the personal-finance community and generated meaningful revenue. He sold the site in 2010, continued as a guest contributor through 2015, and returned in 2023 after further career advances, paying off his home, and extensive travel.
Back in early March, I posted about how our free digital cable was worthless as we only got a few extra channels (mostly PBS). To refresh your memory, Comcast offered us 12 months of free digital cable just for being basic cable subscribers. We … [Read more...] about Ok, the free digital cable isn’t totally worthless
We've found the first stupid person in the iPhone sales comedy: Watch the stupid lady spend $1,300 for an iPhone If you can't watch the video, here's the short of it: Lady brings $16,000 cash to buy up all the iPhones at an AT&T store … [Read more...] about Read the Fine Print: Paying $1300 for a single iPhone
Yep, I'm divesting of my college guitar collection. First to go is my beloved 5-string Washburn XB925 Bass Guitar that I bought for a little over $1100 (marked down from $2000) back in college.I'm selling it for $900, and that includes my 50 watt … [Read more...] about For Sale: Washburn XB925 5-String Bass Guitar and Amp
Shadox from Money and Such wrote up an excellent article about 401k Matching Pitfalls. After waiting for a year before my employer began matching contributions, I finally began contributing to my 401k this past May (my 1 year anniversary at my … [Read more...] about 401K Matching and Vesting
LuLuGal from HowISaveMoney.net tagged me to write up 8 random things about myself. I don't mind writing random personal things, but for goodness sake, don't make me pass the chain post along! Anywho, here's 8 random things about me: My favorite … [Read more...] about 8 random things about me
As you may know, my wife Stacie and I are training for the Marine Corp Marathon again this year. You may also know that I hate running, but I chose to do this to myself again (last year I did it for my wife). Lastly, you may know that I'm about … [Read more...] about Money and Marathons: Guess what, they’re related
You know, I wrote a guest post for Nickel (of FiveCentNickel.com fame) on his Raising4Boys site, and I totally forgot to mention it here! I did an extensive write-up of what we found so far while doing our adoption investigation. I highlight the … [Read more...] about Guest Article: Adoption Costs and Decisions
I just wanted to give you all the heads-up that I may not write much in the next few days (it's the weekend anyway) because my sister-in-law is due to have her first baby tomorrow, June 30th. We joke that since she's always late for everything … [Read more...] about New addition to Clever Dude family pending
