Archive for the ‘Random’ Category

In transit to Forum’s Partnership Symposium

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Airports with free wifi are cool.  Portland has it and apparently Vegas has it.  I've been gone all this past weekend and now I'm getting to catch on the blogosphere. Flying Southwest today for the first time and it is pretty interesting the different demographic that flies on Southwest.  They seem ...

Dinosaurs teaching finance

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

One of my coworkers who recently sold his soul to a bank sent me this comic today.  I got a pretty good laugh. Source: http://www.qwantz.com/

I only wish I was here for this…

Sunday, September 16th, 2007



Conference Call for an Open Source Core Processor

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

For the past few months, a small group of people have continued discussing the opportunities in the core processor marketplace and the merits of doing a project like that in the open source space vs closed source.  We are having another conference call later this week, on Friday, September 7th, ...

We need a .NET developer!

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Pretty self explanatory title, but... FiLinx, a subsidy of MaPS Credit Union, is looking for a developer to help build and deliver cutting edge financial web applications to credit unions across the nation. Must have a BS/CS degree or at least 4 years experience with .net (vb/c#), ajax, css, etc. Must ...

Off to vacation I go…

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Heading off for a nice week-long waterski vacation at Dworshak Reservoir. Where in the world is that you say? Right here. The weather will be up in the 90's all week and the water is going to be pretty darn warm to.  No cell service, so no posts next week!  ...

BarCampBankSeattle is coming up!

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

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Gen Y financial status

Monday, June 18th, 2007

According to this recent MSN article, the average Gen Y'er (age 20 to 29) has a median household income of $28,000. and a median net worth of $7,900. I suddenly don't feel quite as bad about my "credit union" salary.