webMethods Archive
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NEW YORK - CitiFinancial, the consumer finance division of Citigroup Inc., said Monday it has begun notifying some 3.9 million U.S. customers that computer tapes containing information about their accounts — including Social Security numbers and payment histories — have been lost.
Citigroup, which is based in New York, said the tapes were lost by the courier UPS Inc. in transit to a credit bureau.
Why were they shipping tapes instead of just having their computers talk to each other?
They should give my former employer, webMethods, a call.
Article source: MSNBC
Yup, I'm not at webMethods anymore. Surprised? Yeah, me too! Disappointed? Well, don't be.
I've decided to work on my own company for as long as my savings can support it. It should be fun, challenging, exiting, and I get to work on projects I've wanted to spend more time on for many years. I already have many ideas I'm working on, such as TeacherReviews and this yet-to-named blogging and photo album software. Now it's just a mater of focusing and making money.
A very brief personal history: At the end of college I turned down an opportunity to stay with Microsoft to join webMethods back when webMethods was less than 100 people because I believed in the vision, loved the people, and I wanted to learn about working for a start-up. Six years later I have a learning experience that can't be beat by any MBA program. Hopefully I've learned the right things at webMethods to be successful at my own venture. Of course I don't know everything, so maybe some day I might be lucky enough to extend an opportunity to a former webMethods coworker or two to come work for me.
I've received a bunch of emails asking if I need anything. Thank you for being so generous. The only thing I can ask is to make sure we're "linked" on LinkedIn.com so that I can continue to keep in touch with you. If you would like, I would greatly appreciate your "endorsement" on LinkedIn as well. Your honest impression of me and my work will go along way as I look for partnerships, funding, or, if my business ideas don't work out, future employment. I will be returning your generosity by posting endorsements of your work as well.
My LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=566313
Thank you everybody at webMethods for the great experience. I've enjoyed working with everyone, I had a great time, and I hope you continue to do great things at webMethods.
Starting now I'm officially working full time on TeacherReviews and my other projects, including this blog and the software that powers it.
A huge exciting change in a short bland blog entry.
Friends are coming over now to celebrate. If you know where I live, come on by!
Readme files. Does anybody actually read them?
What you may not realize is the amount of effort that goes into the creation of these rarely seen beasts.
Link: 28 Steps to Yak Farming
After reading that, you might put a little more thought before skipping the readme.
Tim Wolters, a former webMethods coworker, is blogging the creation of his new startup company.
- Top Ten indicators you've just founded a startup company
- Startup Formation Series
- Startup - The first week
- ....To be continued...
This isn't Tim's first go at starting a company. His last company, Dante Group, was bought by webMethods in 2003, which is how he became a coworker.
Should be interesting.
webMethods, where I am in charge of Usability & Design, announced three acquisitions today: The Dante Group, portal technology formally known as DataChannel, and The Mind Electric.
Something cool to me... I'm not the only webMethods blogger (that I know of) anymore: Our new CTO Graham Glass has a blog. Graham was the founder and CEO of The Mind Electric. Subscribed.
If you work for webMethods, then you'll appreciate these photos. Otherwise, it might just look like a bunch of random people having a little too much fun.