Notes from the field: Not even Robert X. Cringely can deny being a sucker for damsels — in distress or not — and in this instance he’s making googly eyes at, well, iGoogle. But just what does that little i stand for? “How about intolerant?” Cringe snaps, no longer as smitten as he once was. Other possibilities he poses: incompetent, in your face. Bitter, Cringe is, at least while All i’s are on Google. “Listen, I like Google. But I think 2007 will be remembered as the year the G-men jumped the shark and lost their G-magic.’Best of the blogs: “Citizen journalism is one thing. But now we see this idea taken to its illogical conclusion,” Ephraim Schwartz writes in Beware the mob — What happened to Digg could happen to you. “Instead of praising this as a victory of the people … we should consider the bigger issue of what keeps a democracy intact.”Columnist’s corner: Last week’s Enterprise Insight sparked a fire about Kaiser Permanente’s HealthConnect patient records megaproject hot enough for the company to come calling senior contributing editor David Margulius. “Would I like to come tour a Kaiser facility and see how the system is working?” the Kaiser folks wanted to know of Margulius. His counteroffer is “let’s put it all on the table. How about a follow-up appointment, doctor?” And for all to watch on InfoWorld TV. This is one to keep an eye on. Kaiser wants a second opinion. Technology Industry