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[30 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 711 views]
Why the Founders Visa could suck

If you have been following blogs of people associated with the technology and entrepreneurship industry (yes, entrepreneurship is also an industry) with any level of intent, you MUST have heard of the Founders Visa movement.

In this post, I express my opinions about the whole movement. To me, it’s just a disaster from the get go. Unless it’s modified to actually make permanent residency easier to obtain, the Founders Visa would be just another failed attempt by the industry to reform America’s immigration system.

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[22 Jul 2008 | No Comment | 61 views]

Writing this on my iPhone using the just-released WordPress app. I am impressed!

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[22 May 2008 | No Comment | 50 views]

Just heard on the news about a free gas card promotion that was sponsored by Verizon Yellow Pages at 25 locations in the US. The first 200 cars to line up at each of these locations received a free $40 gas card today.
People started lining up at around 10 PM last night to be able to receive the free gas money. In an age where people camp out for hours to get hold of a gaming console, why I am not surprised?

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[24 Mar 2008 | One Comment | 76 views]
नमस्ते !

अभी अभी पता चला कि OSX में हिन्दी में लिखना कितना अासान है। यह पूरी एन्ट्री मेरे साधारण कीबोर्ड के द्वारा लिखी गयी है।
इतना अासान होगा कभी सोचा न था!
- सौरभ

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[1 Jan 2008 | No Comment | 16 views]

The year 2008 is here, finally. Even though a lot of significant things happened in 2007, here’s how I would remember it:
1. India got her first female President.
2. Television got some really great new shows.
3. The US still tried to force-feed its way of life and governance to countries worldwide, only at the cost of national pride, credibility, and the economy.
4. Lots of school shootings, including one in India.
5. The resurgence of Apple Inc. as a dominant force in the computing industry.
6. The year of the iPhone. (This needed special …