Humour

Apr 22, 2009

A Blankety-Blank Cheque Book and Pen!

I am so, so, so, sooooooo saaaddddd! My wife actually accuses me of being a banking geek junkie, which shows just how sad I am. How sad am I? Well, there was a classic old gameshow in Britain that ran through the 1980's and 1990's called Blankety Blank. It was a cheap BBC show that…

Apr 17, 2009

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,…

Apr 17, 2009

Happy 20th Birthday Dilbert

Apr 17, 2009

Happy 20th Birthday Dilbert

Apr 17, 2009

Happy 20th Birthday Dilbert

Apr 16, 2009

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,…

Apr 16, 2009

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!

Apr 16, 2009

John Soden III Update

Apr 16, 2009

John Soden III Update

Apr 15, 2009

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…