> - First name: 
William 
  
> - Last name: 
Bland 
  
> - Email address: 
I prefer to keep it private, as I don't yet have good spam filtering 
software installed. 
  
> - Home page: 
http://www.abstractnonsense.com/ 
  
> - Phone number(s): 
>   
> - Postal code: 
>   
> - City: 
Palo Alto. 
  
> - Country: 
America. 
  
> - Organization(s) you work for or study at 
>   (please supply the name and city for each organization): 
> - Fields of interest 
>   (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, 
>   medicine, bioinformatics): 
AI, Artificial Life. 
  
> - Have you written any Lisp-related papers? If so, please supply 
>   bibliographical references (and URL's, if possible). 
Not yet! 
  
> - Have you developed or participated in the development of any 
>   Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL, 
>   if possible. 
Schemix:  http://www.abstractnonsense.com/schemix/ 
But I'm not currently working on it. 
  
> - Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): 
Common Lisp and Scheme 
  
> - Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the 
>   near future: 
Common Lisp 
  
> - Lisp implementations you have used 
>   (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp): 
CMUCL, SBCL, CLISP 
  
> - Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use 
>   in the near future: 
SBCL 
  
> - Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: 
Linux 
  
> - Number of years of experience with Lisp: 
About 15 years in an on-and-off semi-serious way.  Only a year or so in 
a more serious way. 
  
> - Do you use Lisp: 
>   - at work (if so, how much) 
>   - for study (if so, how much) 
>   - as a hobby (if so, how much) 
As a hobby, around a couple of hours a week. 
  
> - Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? 
>   If not, why not? 
No.  At the place I work any language other than Java is considered 
"bad".  I am working to try to change this. 
  
> - Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what 
>   is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? 
Java's world domination, and peoples' misconceptions of what Lisp is. 
  
> - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? 
Potentially. 
  
> - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? 
I wish! 
  
> - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? 
>   If so, where and how often? 
Not right now, but I used to attend SchemeUK meetings, when I lived 
in the UK. 
  
>   If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
Yes.