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5 comments about The Budget Kit : The Common Cents Money Management Workbook.

1. I love this book! It's well organized and easy to use. Although budgeting may involve things you already know this is a clear way to really follow through with your budget.



2. This kit really helped me turn my overspending around, simply by laying it all out helpfully on a page. I've used copies of this book for seven years; for the first few years I filled out the budget-planning worksheets and all that, but for the past few years I've only been using the monthly expenditures worksheets, which are worth their weight in gold. They tell you where the money actually went, helpfully broken down into a lot of categories. There's a double spread in the back where you can track your expenses in each category across the year (and I've added in my averages from the previous 6 years, so I can really track across time). This alone is such a great motivator! So I think this is an incredibly useful book even for those who don't want or need the various specialty worksheets on debt, assets, and so forth. It makes managing money easy and, dare I say it, fun.



3. I got this for my husband and I...we have not put it to use. I thought it would be an easy read, but it's just not up our alley. I wanted something more for the simple minded...LOL.



4. I've used other budget books before, but this was much more extensive. I really liked the catagory breakdowns, I thought they were much more realistic for my lifestyle. To really use this book fully would take a bit of time, but that's probably good if your looking for budget help anyway.



5. When your trying to set up a budget the last thing you want is a bunch of worksheets, and numbers. That's all this book is, worksheet after worksheet, that you end up half using since there are so many spaces that you don't need to use. My recommendation to those that want to set up a simple budget, add all up of your bills for the month, than divide by four. You'll get the total of how much you need to set aside a week to pay your bills. Than add your weekly expenses to that number, such as groceries, gas, and so on. You'll end up with the amount you need to make weekly to make ends meet.

1 comments about Introduction to SIP IP Telephony Systems: Technology Basics, Services, Economics, and Installation.

1. This book tries to dumb-down SIP. It looks like it wants to be a training manual for a "Learning SIP" course, but doesn't provide any real technical detail. It is poorly written and a tedious read.
   
   This is the first sentance:
   
   "SIP is a standardized technology that allows for the sending of voice, data, and video between communication devices on public (e.g. Internet) or private (e.p. local area networks) data networks."
   
   ... and it doesn't get any better after that.
   
   SIP Demystified by Gonazlo Camarillo is a much better read. It is engaging and well written, providing useful information for IT engineers, managers and technologists.