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A platform with principles
The stars aligned, it was a ‘God thing’, or maybe I just got damn lucky but no matter what way you call it, I have rock stars as a development team. Mark, Dave, and Lisa each work their tails off for our company and each bring their own unique perspectives to make Banktastic and this [...]
Vote for my SXSWi 2009 Panel!
I’ve been going to SXSWi for the past three years and it is definitely one of the best conferences I go to every year and was probably one of the biggest influences on me as far as seeing the potential of the Web and this whole social media thing and I’ve always wondered if I [...]
Betting on the future - Part 1
I’ve mentioned in a couple of conversations with friends that I feel like I have just thrown a rock in a pond and I’m waiting to see what kind of splash it’s going to make when hitting the water.
You see the rock there? That rock symbolizes something exciting and scary for me. That rock [...]
Is Personal Branding < Company Branding?
Should your personal brand come before or after your company brand?
Disclaimer: I’m giving this a shot with fear of trailing off in a variety of directions. You’ve been warned!
I had, coincidentally, a few different conversations this past week in regards to personal branding versus company branding. Let me explain those conversations for [...]
iPhone Software 2.0 Review
I couldn’t help myself.
I’m sure there are going to be another thousand reviews on the software but the beauty of the web is that people are also interested in my take. So I did three parts.
1) From a Apple fanboy perspective
2) From a financial services perspective
3) From a private ‘internal only’ to my guys at [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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