Monthly Archives: June 2001

My brother, Steve, who edits XML Magazine, has posted a fascinating interview with Adam Bosworth of Crossgain. Comments

Wall Street Journal: For foreign workers given special visas, dot-com bust hits hard. But in a slowing economy, demand for skilled technology workers is waning. In February, employers applied for 16,000 H-1B visas, compared with 32,000 the previous February. You … Continue reading →

I’m using the terrific Opera Web browser today — hat-tip to Dave — and have a question that someone out there may be able to answer. I would like the browser to create entirely new instances of itself when I … Continue reading →

Starting next week, SiliconValley.com will host a forum on the still-raging debate whether it’s the so-called cancer Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Craig Mundie call it, or whether it’s just one more way of providing needed software to the world. Participants … Continue reading →

Despite the best efforts of the industries that collect, massage and sell your personal data like a commodity — with no regard for the damage to your privacy and finances when crooks misuse the information — California’s legislature may be … Continue reading →

Starting next week, SiliconValley.com will host a forum on the still-raging debate over Microsoft’s new “shared source” initiative and the GPL. Participants will include Microsoft VP Craig Mundie, Richard Stallman and Bruce Perens, among others. SiliconValley.com’s John Paczkowski is currently … Continue reading →

Dave Winer: Integrity in Web-writing. It should be possible to take a Web document, specified through its URL, add comments, creating a new Web document identified by its own URL, and then publish that URL, probably on a weblog, clearly … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s eJournal I fulminated about Microsoft’s often-casual treatment of truth. Among the people who responded was Adam Barr, who said, among other things: Where do you think the alleged lie happened? That is, who knew the truth but said … Continue reading →

Mercury News: 45 percent of customers to avoid PG&E outages. The threat of rolling blackouts that comes with this week’s expected high temperatures means nothing to nearly half of Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s electricity customers. This is going to … Continue reading →

I’ll be at a conference today, and will update this page later. Comments