I’ve been calulating how much I spend on technology a year.
- O’reilly Safari Books Library $439.99/year
- Joyent (hosting and backup) Startup plan $99/year
- Backpack Plus plan $9/month
- Japanese magazine yearly subscription
- WEB+DB PRESS — ¥9324/year (approximately $80/year)
- Web Site expert — ¥9324/year (approximately $80/year)
- Web Designing — ¥15369/year (approximately $130/year)
- MacPeople — ¥8580/year (approximately $74/year)
I also buy iWork and iLife almost yearly, although their production cycle is no longer one release a year. I’m thinking about starting .mac if it gets interesting. That’s $99.95/year. Needless to say, I spend $129 for a new OS biyearly.
Reading Japanese magazines is very important to know what’s on among Japanese web users and web engineers. Spending $440 for the online bookshelf is, eventally, a cut back since getting Engligh books in Japan via Amazon is often more expensive than in US.
Time and money is a trade-off. A lot of resorce I get from books are likely avaiable free on the web, but not with the same quality and ease-of-avaiablity.
This is a lot. Do I need to cut back? How much does average Joe spend a year?