Xeeban’s Musings

I spent a few hours this weekend finishing up my taxes. I am always suprised each year at how much a pain in the butt the whole process is. Luckilly I’ve been using Turbo Tax for the web. Its saved me literally hours of frustration and hassle. Its a nifty web-based program that pretty much walks you through all the details of doing your taxes. It even checks for errors, gives suggestions for missed deductions, and is all around a very cool thing to use.

It just takes a few minutes to get all the various W2, 1099 and other forms you have, log into the website, and a while later you’re all done. Highly recommended. Even better, you can then file electronically and ask that any refunds be sent via direct deposit. No fuss, no mess. We live in glorious times that even tax time is easier.

There is an interesting link via Slashdot this morning called A Manifesto for Collaborative Tools.

This essay is a manifesto about software for collaboration — why the world’s future depends on it, why the current crop of tools isn’t good enough, and what programmers can and must do about it.

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