This blog is not primarily financially driven. It was established in 2010 as a technology based community for students. That said, beginning December 1, 2009, the FTC requires bloggers to provide disclosures whenever there could be hidden interests or unspoken biases related to recommendations.

First, the obvious: Softsquatch.com was developed by the same entrepreneurs that created ScholarBuys LLC and VarsityBuys.com.

Second, the less obvious: Per the FTC rules, if we interview someone and they grab the bill for lunch, we would need to specify this. Ditto if we use an Amazon link that gets us 8 cents instead of an Amazon link that gets me 0 cents. If someone gives us a comfy t-shirt with a logo and one of us wears it in a photo, same deal. We would need to add disclaimers all over the place! This would be tedious for us and a continual eye sore for readers. But “the man” has rules and we must obey them!  To cover our Gluteus Maximus and preserve your reading experience, please assume that, for every recommendation, link, and product we use or endorse, the following all hold true:

Please feel free to use the text and images on this page with proper attribution. There is no reason why each blogger should have to reinvent the wheel.

(Content courtesy of Tim Ferriss)

(Illustrations courtesy of Louis Gray and Jeannine Schafer)