Being a front end developer by trade, I’m a sucker for a great user interface.  I’ve been using Mint.com as a financial management tool for a few months now and I must say I really like this application.   The application pulls in multiple accounts from my various financial institutions and provides me with a beautiful interface to see all my data.  There are tools that allow you to budget, run reports, search all accounts at once and categorize your transactions but the UI is the real winner for me.   If you haven’t given Mint.com a look you should.  Their user base has been growing rapidly [ http://tinyurl.com/c7p5gb ] and it’s no surprise.  They have created a great application over there at Mint.com and I am happy to support them.

Mint.com [ the best free way to manage your money online ]

As I approach my 31st birthday I find myself having more and more of that backwards facing perspective.  Some call it “hindsight”…  Looking at the following list of the Top 20 Internet Millionaires under 30 makes me a bit more motivated to get myself on the next list. You know the Top 20 Internet Millionaires under the age of 40.  Here’s to your success!

And the list:

1. Mark Zuckerberg [ Facebook ] 23 years old | $700M
2. Andrew Gower [ Runescape ] 28 years old | $650M
3. Blake Ross and David Hyatt [ Mozilla ] 22 years old | $120M
4. Chad Hurley [ Youtube ] 30 years old | $85M
5. Angelo Sotira [ Deviant ART ] 26 years old | $75M
6. John Vechey [ PopCap Games ] 28 years old | $60M
7. Alexander Levin [ WordPress ] 23 years old | $57M
8. Jake Nickell [ Threadless ] 28 years old | $50M
9. Sean Belnick [ Biz Chair ] 20 years old | $42M
10. Kevin Rose [ Digg ] 30 years old | $31M
11. Ryan Block [ Engadget ] 25 years old | $20M
12. Aodhan Cullen [ Stat Counter ] 24 years old | $18M
13. Tom Fulp [ Newgrounds ] 29 years old | $15M
14. Rishi Kacker and Matt Pauker [ Voltage ] 24 years old | $12M
15. Markus Frind [ Plenty of Fish ] 29 years old | $10M
16. Catherine and David Cook [ My Year Book ] 17 & 19 years old | $10M
17. Fredrik Neij [ The Pirate Bay ] 28 years old | $10M
18. David Hauser & Siamak Taghaddos [ GotvMail ] 24 years old | $8M
19. Jermaine Griggs [ Hear and Play ] 23 years old | $5M
20. Jay Westerdal [ Domain Tools ] 29 years old | $5M

[ originally compiled by Top Young Entrepreneur ]

Introducing Bespin from Dion Almaer on Vimeo.

During my daily feed reading I came across a new code editor with some very promising features and a refreshing take on authoring code.  As a professional developer I can tell you that choosing a favorite code editor is a daunting task.  One editor will do a few things you just love but fall short in other areas.  Another editor will provide the power and stability you desire but leave a lot to be desired in UI and usability.  At first look, new code editor Bespin seems to provide stability, speed, power and clean presentation coupled with a forward thinking ideology about development in the clouds.  What do I mean by “development in the clouds”?   I’m talking about using software as a service.  Rather than the software being local to your machine, the software is accessed as a service over the Internet making it available to any machine with an Internet connection.  Imagine having access to your development environment from many machines without having to install the appropriate software on each one.  Bespin takes a stab at providing you with a code editor that is readily available to you as you move from one machine to the next without skipping a beat.

Bespin is currently in beta mode and I’ve only given it a quick run, but I like what’s going on so far and it’s an open source application so we can all make it better.  Follow the link below to give it a try yourself and let me know what you think?  Once I’ve had a chance to work with this new application in depth I will write another post with more details.

Try Bespin now.