Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
I just remembered something this morning. Starting October 7, 2006, I will be officially a man without a Visa. My final H1-B renewal expires on October 6, 2006, and although they have applied for an extension, and I am at some indeterminate point supposed to get a Green Card, I will be of no status [...]
In: Life
21 May 2006When I got to the London office, I started talking about how I had an addiction to sexy GSM phones, and showed off my collection. I then noted that the Motorola Razr seems to be a pretty hot commodity these days in London. My colleagues laughed, and one of them pulled his old Razr out [...]
In: smp
12 Aug 2005#### Start Rant
I have an online resume. I can get you it in several forms.
However, if you are hiring me because of what you see in that piece of paper…
I DON’T WANT TO WORK FOR YOUR COMPANY!
Lisa Haneberg posted a great article on this today.
The problem with me and my resume is that there is [...]
In: smp
20 May 2005In his usual eloquent way, Mini-Microsoft sums up the hiring of new dev folks at Microsoft:
# High quality people don’t want to work for Microsoft.
# Low quality people are swelling our interview loops to the degree I’m really worried some of them are slopping up on deck and joining the crew.
# The good quality people [...]
In: smp
27 Apr 2005Bill:
Now Bill, I almost sent you to go join Steve in the Bad Boy Billionaire Box (B3 Box) because I thought you wanted to cut back on H1-B visas. [here]
Then I re-read the article, and realized that C|Net was making it seem like you wanted to bar smart folks like me from coming to the [...]
In: smp
16 Mar 2005Jeremy Wright of Ensight, and other fine blogging sites, had a nightmare run-in with the Department of Homeland Security at a border crossing.
I have never had an encounter like the one he had, but as a Canadian living in the US for the past six years (with valid TN-1 and H1-B visaa) I still get [...]
In: smp
29 Jan 2005If you want some very cool dance tunes with a 60’s Bond-ish theme, get DecksAndDrumsAndRockAndRoll by the Propellerheads. Someone at my former company lent this CD to me 3 years ago, and I still fire up BIGGER whenever I need to escape from the evil uber-villian.
Heh.
Ok, History Repeating with Dame Shirley Bassey rocks too.
Immigration: Thoughts on the Green Card Process – A Personal Story
In: Canada| Commentary| Immigration
26 Aug 2008Being a Canadian in the United States for the last nine years has been an interesting adventure, to say the least. Although our nations are neighbours, there can be two more different approaches to the same problem so close to each other.
I can’t claim to be an expert on how Canada processes new immigrants, but [...]