Archive for July, 2008

Lemmings

Credit unions are lemmings.  Nobody ever wants to be the first one to do something.  Then, slowly, as some credit unions adopt the new technology/process/whatever more CU’s start to follow.  Pretty soon it is a mad rush because nobody wants to be the last. From Wikipedia: …groups will reach a cliff overlooking the ocean. They [...]

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Gen Y Entrepreneurs

Chris Saad, of Data Portability fame, posted this video on his blog.  It clearly demonstrates what Gen Y’ers think about when they build a company.  I also think that many other Gen Y’ers look for environment like the ones described when they are looking for employment.  And if credit unions can’t attract Gen Y employees, [...]

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Distributed computing at CU's?

Our CU has a ratio of three employees to one server.  Astronomical.  Barely any of those servers get used all day long and rarely do their resources get maxed out.  To me, it seems like a wonderful opportunity to use credit union resources for the better good: distributed computing projects.  While there are many projects, [...]

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I lost a little respect

Have you ever had one opinion of someone and then you met them in person, or in this case, saw a video of them and had your opinion changed?  Just the first 15 seconds did it for me. Link

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