Comments on: The Burst - Special Guests (Ep. 32) http://blog.banktastic.com/2008/09/04/the-burst-special-guests-ep-32/ We're just getting started Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:30:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jeffry Pilcher http://blog.banktastic.com/2008/09/04/the-burst-special-guests-ep-32/comment-page-1/#comment-604 Jeffry Pilcher Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:59:44 +0000 http://blog.banktastic.com/?p=103#comment-604 Article 1 - Who doesn't have a debit or credit card in their wallet??? Are these the people still trading furs, pelts and seeds? Article 2 - The fixation with Twitter as some sort of "revolutionary innovation" is bizarre. Twitter is instant messaging (an ancient concept in tech terms), you just don't need to be logged in to get messages. Oh yeah, and you can only have 140 characters (why???). In general, yes, financial institutions could benefit from IM, but I think there would be concerns about employees spending too much time bullshitting with each other. It would probably need to be policed. Article 1 - Who doesn’t have a debit or credit card in their wallet??? Are these the people still trading furs, pelts and seeds?

Article 2 - The fixation with Twitter as some sort of “revolutionary innovation” is bizarre. Twitter is instant messaging (an ancient concept in tech terms), you just don’t need to be logged in to get messages. Oh yeah, and you can only have 140 characters (why???).

In general, yes, financial institutions could benefit from IM, but I think there would be concerns about employees spending too much time bullshitting with each other. It would probably need to be policed.

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