For those of you who know me in person, have spent any amount of time listening to me speak, or follow my conversation via other Social Media outlets, you will (quite likely) have heard my reference my daughter. What can I say, I’m a proud father? For those of you who don’t know…I am blessed [...]

Innovation is one of those words. It inspires, it frustrates, it challenges, it depresses, it engenders a whole host of emotive response.  I’ve written, somewhat frequently, about the word.  If you are interested in my past perspective, the search utility to the right is incredibly useful. While reading a post on The BankWatch I was [...]

Having just recently moved back into our house after a major renovation, I have spent the last few days sidelined with a back injury.  A hint for those considering a self move, don’t think carrying a chair up the stairs on your head is a good idea.  In fact, it is a very very bad [...]

Periodically, when I’m in the middle of a blog post, I will poke through my various interfaces to the world of social media to see if anything interesting (or perhaps sufficiently distracting) is happening.  Just minutes ago, a twitter post caught my attention.  In fact, it was sufficiently compelling that I’ve taken the post I [...]

One of the challenges of providing an integrated payments software solution is activation. For those not familiar with the vagaries of the payments industry, the process of being approved to process payments is lengthy and frequently confusing.  Typically, the experience involves either downloading or being e-mailed an application form.  This is filled out by hand* [...]