Cole's Notes - The Sunday Journalist

From my Buddy MIKE - A Canadian Business for sure, eh?

Some folks are worring about the GUMIT listening in to their brainwaves - so the little article linked to is apropo. But some guys get carried away - to wit: Either that - or don't leave your cubicle alone when your co-workers get the really big roll of foil. Just the place to wear that tinfoil hat

Magnum Photos - Slate A new add in to the SLATE.COM web site. They've teamed with Magnum Photo agency to present some of their fine work in a new section called Today's Pictures. Great stuff - like this shot by Inge Morath. There's a great slide show - which will change on a regular basis and is a great addition to the web. I've always loved the great photgraphs and photographers and it is wonderful to see this stuff out on the web.

Fancy Parking Everything you ever wanted to know about Fancy Parking - including a definition. One of design group Plinko's 3 new sites in 3 days project. (The first of which was their own redesign.)

Saving the Net: How to Keep the Carriers from Flushing the Net Down the Tubes By Doc Searls on Wed, 2005-11-1 Advocating and saving the Net is not a partisan issue. Lawmakers and regulators aren't screwing up the Net because they're "Friends of Bush" or "Friends of Hollywood" or liberals or conservatives. They're doing it because one way of framing the Net--as a transport system for content--is winning over another way of framing the Net--as a place where markets and business and culture and governance can all thrive. Full article Working for a carrier myself - I can see the arguements. But I'm a little less worried about Telcos running the net. They all seem to have a bad case of "Just don't get it". Don't forget - a Telco is the model for the World of Dilbert