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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!

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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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;…

Sad trader

Twitter is for the over 35’s

Interesting statistics in this Times article today, which states that: 20 per cent of all tweeters in Britain are over the age of 55, compared with 12 per cent of Facebook users; 45 to 54-year-olds are 36% more likely to be using the site on average; and the majority of the 10 million Twitter users…

Second Life: I’m not dead yet!

According to some media Second Life is deader than the Dodo, with the Daily Telegraph publishing their death knell last week. “Research for The Daily Telegraph shows just 580,000 people logged on to the game last week.” Actually, that research was just some journo going to the Second Life openly published stats and facts, and…

Second Life: I’m not dead yet!

According to some media Second Life is deader than the Dodo, with the Daily Telegraph publishing their death knell last week. “Research for The Daily Telegraph shows just 580,000 people logged on to the game last week.” Actually, that research was just some journo going to the Second Life openly published stats and facts, and…

Second Life: I’m not dead yet!

According to some media Second Life is deader than the Dodo, with the Daily Telegraph publishing their death knell last week. “Research for The Daily Telegraph shows just 580,000 people logged on to the game last week.” Actually, that research was just some journo going to the Second Life openly published stats and facts, and…

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