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Development Feed: Links - PHP Content Management Systems

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:47:14 -0600

Oct 14 2009: What's going on ! Yet another good small CMS emerges from the pack. Added phpSQLiteCMS.
Oct 10 2009: added Zikula CMS framework.
Oct 9 2009: added XMLNuke, XML CMS framework.
Oct 4 2009: discovered gpEasy CMS.

Home Feed: Links - Business Rules Management

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:18:42 -0600

Oct 8 2009: I've neglected the subject but there seems to be growing interest in business rules management.

James Taylor wrote an short article about business rule management ( BRM ) a few days ago, Business Rules Management – the misunderstood partner to process.

Home Feed: Links - Software Patents

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:17:52 -0600

Oct 5 2009: Red Hat Asks Supreme Court To Nix Software Patents. The range of comments is also interesting.

Home Feed: Speaking of Jobs ...

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:32:27 -0600

... the job-search-engine.com job site for Business Rule Engine Architects.

Not all are statutory H1B postings, some are definitely non-H1B agencies. Others say explicitly that they offer no HB1 sponsorships, perhaps because they already have their own H1Bs lined up for the contract ? It's possible.

Development Feed: Links - PHP Wikis and Knowledge Wikis

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:06:35 -0600

Oct 4 2009: Add Wikyblog. Updated WikkaWiki with info about burgeoning project for phpMtEdit package

Updated Jan 25 2009: added Kisimi and DokuWiki

There are several small, fast and powerful open source wikis that can be used as a full-featured CMS to for building small web sites and are fairly easy to extend and customize.

Home Feed: What to Do About the H1B Program

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:17:30 -0600

Sept 17 2009: a work in progress

The Spirit of 1776

"If America so much as considers making a stocking or a horseshoe nail, she shall feel the full weight of British might." - Lord Chatham, 1766

As I see it, the major obstacle to ending the damage wrought on Americans by the H1B program is Americans themselves, especially the estimated 500,000 American techies who have been displaced. Frankly, I'm not sure why.

Home Feed: The Lynchpin in the H1B Process - Labor Condition Applications ( LCA )

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:38:36 -0600

Sept 14 2009:

In some ways, the heavy attention paid to H1B visas misses the most critical element in the process of replacing expensive Americans with cheap foreign workers, that is the Labor Condition Application.

What are LCAs ?

A very good summary of FAQs about Labor Condition Applications at visalaw.com.

Home Feed: FAQS about the H1B Program

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:21:19 -0600

Sept 14 2009: created

Oct 2 2009: See latest H1B news on Digg.

What is the H1B Program ?

A good, no-nonsense description of the often-bewildering H1B program at Wisegeek, with some small clarifications and edits. Note that the description is cast from the H1B employer perspective.