Category Archives: silicon valley

Downturn

Posted on April 30, 2009 by paulmcl

Superficially, the present downturn is similar to the “technology” crash of 2001. I put technology in quotes since very little of that first internet boom involved true technology, and many people who called themselves programmers were writing plain HTML. As … Continue reading →

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Lambda magazine issue #1

Posted on April 13, 2009 by paulmcl

For anyone who would like a copy, Jim Rowson has put up the historic first issue of Lambda magazine (all 36 pages) so it is available through print on demand at  http://magcloud.com/browse/Issue/13162. It is an interesting time capsule of the … Continue reading →

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Visa. Priceless

Posted on April 1, 2009 by paulmcl

It’s April 1st but apart from being an excuse for a lot of weak mildly humorous blog entries, today is also the day that applications for H-1 visas opens. And probably closes based on historical precedent. The current downturn has lead … Continue reading →

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What color is a green card?

Posted on January 23, 2009 by paulmcl

Most American don’t know the answer, which is today off-white. Mine is alongside. Presumably it was green once. I’m an immigrant. I was born and brought up in the UK and came to the US in 1982 on an H-1 … Continue reading →

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Episode XLIV: a new hope

Posted on January 20, 2009 by paulmcl

It’s inauguration day. Never mind how many of his policies I will disagree with, I still think that it is incredible that the US has gone in 40 years from having segregated water fountains and buses to having a black … Continue reading →

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