AS THE GLOBE TURNS The Sunday paper gets smaller

"The Globe, like just about every newspaper across the country, has embarked on some tough downsizing moves driven by a dramatic drop in advertising, rising newsprint prices, and a slow, long-term decline in circulation. The Globe is offering buyouts to veteran employees in the hopes of shrinking its staff of more than 2000 by some 10 percent. The news hole has been cut and, last week, the paper announced that it would shutter New Hampshire Weekly, one of its regional Sunday supplements."

An update about digital storytelling is coming...but first....
MY NEW 802.11b Xircom module for my Visor! Email, chat and the web on my Handspring from anywhere WiFi exists.
Its a little buggy, but it works! This is posted with it.

Digital Storytelling - Day 1

A long first day at the Poynter Institute, but a great day. This was the first full day of a 6 day class for professional visual journalists interested in learning about the digital world of the web.

The Hire. Short films featuring award-winning directors.

A very interesting concept! This is attempting to do for the BMW what the film "Ronin" did for the Audi. Worth watching just for the directors; Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Guy Ritchie, and John Frankenheimer.

Salon.com Technology-Apple's new ibook, born to be dirty.

...Considering that these laptops are at the center of Apple's renewed education program -- Jobs was quick to boast that a Virginia school district had already ordered 23,000 iBooks -- it strikes this reporter that perhaps white wasn't the right color to choose. Perhaps red -- the color of ketchup and spaghetti sauce -- or brown -- the color of Snickers bars and Oreos -- would have been a wiser choice for a laptop intended for children. Or maybe Apple will wise up and ship the iBook with a new must-have laptop accessory: white cotton gloves. -- Janelle Brown

However, Apple ROCKS hardware!!! No wonder 5 out of 5 visual artists prefer Macs.