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A kid in a candy store
Life is crazy. I’ve got a lot of cool projects coming down the pipe that I can’t wait to share with everyone. I’ve got a super-sweet secret project going with the great Brent Dixon, some kick butt online banking stuff that nobody is doing, and a few other little tricks up my sleeve. I was [...]
Read moreWhen Google/Microsoft/BofA/Wamu enters your market
Bank of America is still building out branches and their ATM structure like crazy. Wamu is every where. We even have super tough competition coming in from CU’s that historically have been in other cities and are 5 times our size. What is a credit union to do? Google just stepped into the browser marketplace [...]
Read moreJoin the Conversation (Book Review)
It took me a while to finally get around to it, but on my vacation this summer I had the opportunity to read Joseph Jaffe’s Join the Conversation. For those of us already embedded into social media at our various organizations, much of the content of the book will be a review for you. But [...]
Read moreI 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
Read moreThe joys of disaster recovery
After moving from the CU to the CUSO, I’ve had the opportunity to interact with many more CU people across the nation. One thing I’ve noticed is the massive amount of resources (time and money) spent on disaster recovery and business continuity. Obviously, getting a credit union back up and running after a disaster is [...]
Read moreIf only email was more like…
Take a short trip back in time with me… I think that email should only be controlled by a selected group of companies around the United States. Heaven forbid that anyone could send an email! Then each of those companies could charge money for every email sent across Al Gore’s internet. Nothing big, just a [...]
Read moreWhich BarCampBank?
If I can only go to one BarCampBank, which one should it be? Vote in the comments! San Francisco New England
Read moreNames and Age
When I’m bored, I randomly snoop through 5300 data to find interesting things. If you go through the list, you’d be really surprised what you can find. Namely, no pun intended, the names of the CEO’s. They all seem like "old" names. Yes, that’s a gross generalization, but Kenneth, Millard, Wendell, Gerald, and Richard all strike me [...]
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