People can’t scale | So what, is that the Web’s fault?

You hear that statement a lot, right? People don’t scale. Whether it’s stories of endless email or having to ‘trim down’ their RSS feeds or Twitter followers, people can’t keep up with it all. So my thought today was to take the contrarian view and ask, “So what, is that the Web’s fault?”
As [...]

Betting on the future – Part 2

This post has been held for quite some time and for the sake of finishing a thought, I’m just going to go ahead and post it. You’ve been warned.
This is a continuation of the first post I was writing about ‘Betting on the future‘ and the question was left of why not [...]

A platform with principles

The stars aligned, it was a ‘God thing’, or maybe I just got damn lucky but no matter what way you call it, I have rock stars as a development team. Mark, Dave, and Lisa each work their tails off for our company and each bring their own unique perspectives to make Banktastic and this [...]

Betting on the future – Part 1

I’ve mentioned in a couple of conversations with friends that I feel like I have just thrown a rock in a pond and I’m waiting to see what kind of splash it’s going to make when hitting the water.
You see the rock there? That rock symbolizes something exciting and scary for me. That rock [...]

One of those (big) weeks…

As most of you know, our company has been putting alot of time and effort into a community that we’re building for the financial services industry.
After going through a semi-private beta and then the release of Banktastic on April 1st we’ve seen some great progress. We always wanted the product to [...]

Get out there, expose yourself!

I’d be curious to see how people would describe me. Would it be more extroverted or introverted? I know there are times when I fall into both categories but if I had to guess, I’d prefer to keep to myself and just observe others.
Over the last couple of years, I have been going [...]

Banktastic.com Major Announcement!

Today, Banktastic made a big announcement. We are going into the hardware business. The water cooler hardware business! We feel strongly that this is going to revolutionize the way way and news are consumed. Prepare to be amazed!

Hehe, in all honesty we did release a complete redesign and added many new features [...]