Archive for: February, 2010
a non-active Finextra member | 23/02/2010 | 2357 views
"If there are any Mattel engineers in the audience, the astronaut Barby's space suit is not crash proof" (loose paraphrasing on Will Wright's keynote)Yep, the keynote was entertaining and Engage brought a lot of vendors to snowy New York's Javits center. The two day event, though a bit low on developers, had a few interesting sessions and some inte...
Tags: Payments, Risk & regulationGroup: Innovation in Financial Services
a non-active Finextra member | 14/02/2010 | 2274 views
A scientist was conducting an experiment with a fly. He pulled off one of its legs and set it down to see if it could fly. Conclusion: a fly without one leg can still fly. He pared off a second leg and set it down, saying "Fly!" Conclusion: a fly without two legs can still fly. He removed all the legs and set the fly on the palm of his hand, shouti...
Tags: Payments, Risk & regulationGroup: Innovation in Financial Services
a non-active Finextra member | 10/02/2010 | 2190 views | 1 comment
When something happens for the first time - it's avantgarde.If you see it twice - it's original.On the third time - it's plagiarism.On the fourth - it's pastiche.But when it happens for the fifth time - it's a genre...(Anonymous)In the never ending discussion on innovation vs. execution (see Sara Lacy's great post here) I tend to be an avid support...
Tags: Payments, Risk & regulationGroup: Innovation in Financial Services
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