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Bank avoids job hunters

Another year, another TradeTech, Europe’s largest technology exhibition and conference focused upon the investment markets for the buy and sell side. I love TradeTech. The smell of money, the buzz of aggressive trading strategies, the master of the universe swagger as you walk round the exhibit hall, the sound of ‘buy, buy, buy’. More like…

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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…

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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,…

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!