In transit to Forum's Partnership Symposium

Airports with free wifi are cool.  Portland has it and apparently Vegas has it.  I’ve been gone all this past weekend and now I’m getting to catch on the blogosphere. Flying Southwest today for the first time and it is pretty interesting the different demographic that flies on Southwest.  They seem to be very similar [...]

Dinosaurs teaching finance

One of my coworkers who recently sold his soul to a bank sent me this comic today.  I got a pretty good laugh. Source: http://www.qwantz.com/

I only wish I was here for this…

Conference Call for an Open Source Core Processor

For the past few months, a small group of people have continued discussing the opportunities in the core processor marketplace and the merits of doing a project like that in the open source space vs closed source.  We are having another conference call later this week, on Friday, September 7th, from 10AM to 11AM Pacific [...]

We need a .NET developer!

Pretty self explanatory title, but… FiLinx, a subsidy of MaPS Credit Union, is looking for a developer to help build and deliver cutting edge financial web applications to credit unions across the nation. Must have a BS/CS degree or at least 4 years experience with .net (vb/c#), ajax, css, etc. Must have strong proficiencies with [...]

Off to vacation I go…

Heading off for a nice week-long waterski vacation at Dworshak Reservoir. Where in the world is that you say? Right here. The weather will be up in the 90′s all week and the water is going to be pretty darn warm to.  No cell service, so no posts next week!  Maybe I’ll come back with [...]

BarCampBankSeattle is coming up!

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Gen Y financial status

According to this recent MSN article, the average Gen Y’er (age 20 to 29) has a median household income of $28,000. and a median net worth of $7,900. I suddenly don’t feel quite as bad about my "credit union" salary.