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Happy 20th Birthday Dilbert

I can't believe it, it's Dilbert's 20th birthday already. The first strip appeared on April 16th 1989, and since then has made its creator Scott Adams a mint. He now has a very successful website and blog, which ain't bad for a software developer at Crocker National Bank. Scott worked there from 1979 – 1986,…

Happy 20th Birthday Dilbert

I can't believe it, it's Dilbert's 20th birthday already. The first strip appeared on April 16th 1989, and since then has made its creator Scott Adams a mint. He now has a very successful website and blog, which ain't bad for a software developer at Crocker National Bank. Scott worked there from 1979 – 1986,…

Happy 20th Birthday Dilbert

I can't believe it, it's Dilbert's 20th birthday already. The first strip appeared on April 16th 1989, and since then has made its creator Scott Adams a mint. He now has a very successful website and blog, which ain't bad for a software developer at Crocker National Bank. Scott worked there from 1979 – 1986,…

More fake twitterers in banking

I was going to write a long post about the latest goings-on in this year's social network bandwagon, Twitter, but I've already done this a few times, and Christophe Langlois at Visible-Banking along with Bank Innovation give plenty more background on Twitter in banking if you're interested.   I do have more to add but,…

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John Soden III Update

In case you missed it, and I won't post this every day, here's a bit more of John Soden III's Twitters (he's the guy who told everyone to get back to work on Good Friday or go and join Wells Fargo).  Brilliant!

John Soden III Update

In case you missed it, and I won't post this every day, here's a bit more of John Soden III's Twitters (he's the guy who told everyone to get back to work on Good Friday or go and join Wells Fargo).  Brilliant!

John Soden III Update

In case you missed it, and I won't post this every day, here's a bit more of John Soden III's Twitters (he's the guy who told everyone to get back to work on Good Friday or go and join Wells Fargo).  Brilliant!

Get back to work or go to Wells Fargo

Thanks to Valley Wag for the laugh of the day. Apparently John Soden III, esteemed investment banker with Thomas Weisel Partners in San Francisco (who's website is Tweisel which sounds very appropriate), sent this email out on Friday: It didn't go down very well with his erstwhile team however, who set up the John Soden…

Get back to work or go to Wells Fargo

Thanks to Valley Wag for the laugh of the day. Apparently John Soden III, esteemed investment banker with Thomas Weisel Partners in San Francisco (who's website is Tweisel which sounds very appropriate), sent this email out on Friday: It didn't go down very well with his erstwhile team however, who set up the John Soden…

Webby Awards: Financial Nominees 2009

The 13th Annual Webby Awards nominees have just been announced, with Awards presented in June.  The Webbies recognise the best internet sites globally, and there are 70 categories to choose from … far too many to checkout, so checkout the ones that interest us: Banking and Bill Paying Billeo by Billeo; Rudder by Rudder Inc;…

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