Jim's Journal
Running with attitude – the right attitude 
Running with attitude – the right attitude 

Running with attitude – the right attitude 

I ran cross country in high school.  In my senior year I was the fastest runner, leading the team. If I knew then what I know today I would have been a better leader and ran even faster. Cross country…

Thoughts on Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman”

Reading the review in the NYT of the lost novel Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee it was obvious to me what was going on, at least in my mind or point of view. In fact I had just…

My recap of TAG Fintech 2015
My recap of TAG Fintech 2015

My recap of TAG Fintech 2015

Some thoughts from this years TAG Fintech 2015 (Technology Association of Georgia). I’ll look back on my tweets to help me: Lots of great analogies during the final session about Bitcoin – in summary it seems that beyond the hype…

New Gig – ACI Worldwide – Farewell TIS
New Gig – ACI Worldwide – Farewell TIS

New Gig – ACI Worldwide – Farewell TIS

So this is my last day at TIS (though I’m on Vacation) and my journey starts with ACI tomorrow morning with “Challenger Training” – then a week of sessions and keynotes and parties at the ACI Worldwide International Sales Conference.…

Hanukah
Hanukah

Hanukah

One of my Christian friends sent an email asking about Hanukah. He is a fraternity brother and I jokingly replied that it was like all holidays “they tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat” He incorrectly thought it was…

About.me – new online biography
About.me – new online biography

About.me – new online biography

So I’ve seen About.me in a few situations, usually among the people in my professional graph that are creative and technical.  I finally put one together and it was an interesting exercise. I tried to take a different approach –…

My Finovate Presentation (Video)
My Finovate Presentation (Video)

My Finovate Presentation (Video)

Stood up there in front of 1,500 people – it was fun and though I wish I had remembered all my lines, it was worth it. I’m demonstrating for TIS an integrated part of multi-channel approach to capturing the necessary…

Finovate – Before the Show

I just had to post because I haven’t posted in so long. Some of you will undoubtably find this weblog after seeing me present at Finovate. At this point I have no idea how I did, I went first at…

Does Mobile have a Place in Lockbox, Integrated Receivables, Payment Reconciliation?

I’ve been thinking a lot about how much Treasury Management has changed since I started in the business just over 25 years ago. Although I’ve been out of the game for at least 4 years, it seems that Lockbox (especially…

Silicon Vally Secessionist Balaji Srinivasan is an arrogant ignorant brilliant chickenshit

I missed Srinivasan’s diatribe back in October 2013 and recently herd of it as the inertia builds among the newly rich people who build the stuff I sell. You can watch it here on YouTube I read a great article…