BarcampBankDallas (BCBD) 2008 - my perspective

As my two-year Kate would say after a meal, “All done.” The 1st BarCampBank in Dallas is officially done. Pictures here. Videos coming soon.
It seemed like a whirlwind weekend but I’m thinking that’s the status quo for these things. We ended up having 29 people show up to the event and the [...]

Shifting the media paradigm

I don’t golf.

I don’t golf because I know how I am with other things I love. 100%. Full bore. Entrenched. And I just fear the money and time drain that golf could add to my life. However, I love a good competition and this past Sunday and Monday I watched the U.S. Open [...]

CU versus Bank | Can’t we all just get along…maybe so

Bank. Credit Union. Customer. Member. Not-for-profit. Profit. Taxed. Not Taxed. Twiddle-dee. Twiddle-dum.
Sure, there are differences but really at the end of the day? People are still people, banks and credit unions, operationally, work in many of the same ways, and their IT systems are damn near identical from one another. So why not try to [...]

One of those (big) weeks…

As most of you know, our company has been putting alot of time and effort into a community that we’re building for the financial services industry.
After going through a semi-private beta and then the release of Banktastic on April 1st we’ve seen some great progress. We always wanted the product to [...]

Backup your stuff, offsite!

So I’ve dealt with a couple of experiences recently on people losing data and thought it might be worth while to explain how we are handling all of our data and how it has worked out for our family. This has gone through years of trial and error but I think we have a [...]

An investment worth making…

A good camera.
If you have one person, place, or thing in this world that you love it is a cherished investment.

Photo by roz.garland
We have a Canon Digital Rebel XTi.

Kids and their Toys

Been spending time thinking about the generational differences that we have not only with older folks but there are also significant differences already being assumed by the younger generations. This is a bit of rant on an idea I have been watching with my daughter and how her generation is already taking a lot [...]