Tad graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Since then, he's launched a career with a Fortune 10 company in Milwaukee.
Since using his first computer at age 4 (a Mac 512k) Tad has been an enthusiastic technologist. He's been blogging for 5 years and recently started a photography habit.
Fun challenge for our generation : convincing a bureaucratic corporate office culture that wikis and blogs are useful (and fun!).
Less fun challenge for our generation : convincing policy makers that, while marvelous, technology alone will not solve all of our problems.
Tad Johnson's blog is The Vicenarian.
With these three simple steps, you’re preparing for the worst possible situation. Hopefully, you’ll never have to access your “backups” but if you ever do, you’ll thank yourself big time.
Thinking about buying your first home? Be careful where you buy. As we’ve already seen, future home price appreciation (and depreciation) will vary greatly depending on location. With gasoline prices rising and no relief in site, distance from the city center is becoming a crucial determinant for home prices. For years, home size and features (like […]
This is a personal finance hack that you can use at any age. If you’re having trouble tracing down where your money is going, try switching to cash for awhile. You get instant feedback on your spending as you watch your wallet shrink.
I wrote the article below for an internal blog at work. Once I wrote it, I realized that it was pretty much applicable anywhere so I thought I’d try to get a little more press. I’m also posting it over at tadfad.com. Collaboration is all the rage in Corporate America this year. With […]
You may have detected a theme as of late : gasoline is getting really expensive. On these pages, I’ve offered a silver lining to the escalating costs as well as some ideas to keep the costs down. Here’s another that fits into the latter category. Get a credit card that offers at least a 5% rebate […]
With gas prices on the rise, driving alone in your car is an expensive proposition. We’re paying $3.50/gallon here in Milwaukee which works out to $0.15/mile for the average car. (Double that if you’re driving a truck/SUV). With such a cost pressure, the carpool is certainly an attractive alternative to the solo commute. I’m lucky to […]
As anyone who drives regularly is fully aware, gas prices are high. Quite high. Like $3.50 high. This may seem like a real drag when you’re paying $40 or $50 a tank, especially since prices move seemingly arbitrarily. But as with most things, there is a silver lining! After dismantling our national mass transit system in the […]
Your refrigerator is probably the biggest electricity user in your kitchen. With energy costs going up, you don’t want it to work any harder than it has to. Fortunately, there are some very easy ways to keep it running efficiently […]
Replace the ancient model. If you’ve had the same refrigerator for 20 years or more, […]
My employer gives me (and the rest of the IT department) a laptop for work. This decision was made in the hopes that it would make travel easier (we can bring all our work with us) and allow us to work from home. I have my reservations on both claims, but it is what it […]
As a vicenarian, and reader of this site, you’ve heard the same adage before : spend wisely, save money, and you’ll end up rich. This equation works well, but that first point is often the hardest to master. One common mistake in spending wisely is thinking to always spend less. In many cases, spending less is […]
