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Craigslist for Kidney Transplants?
January 20, 2011 – 12:41 pm | 8 Comments
Craigslist for Kidney Transplants?

Patients can find or request the care they need at a price that is fair… Doctors and medical facilities list their services, select from the requests that are made, and acquire new patients willing to pay a fair price for their services.

Addicted to the dopamine rush of e-mail?
June 11, 2010 – 1:47 pm | 5 Comments
Addicted to the dopamine rush of e-mail?

He’s been making the media rounds, so I’m guessing that by now you’ve heard of Nicholas Carr and his new book, “The Shallows: What The Internet is Doing to Our Brains.” Carr says that the nature of the Internet – hyperlinks, pages of search results, constant updates – is making it harder to pay attention [...]

White House trades health care tweets with Dooce
May 18, 2010 – 6:47 pm | 7 Comments
White House trades health care tweets with Dooce

You’ve heard of Heather Armstrong, aka Dooce, right? Blogger, author, No. 26 on Forbes ‘ list of “The Most Influential Women in Media,” outranking Soledad O’Brien and Andrea Mitchell? This week she talked about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with Nancy-Ann DeParle on Twitter. Dooce  posted questions to @whitehouse and DeParle, the Director [...]

BET’s Proposal: Make the Internet More Accessible
April 22, 2010 – 12:20 pm | 5 Comments
BET’s Proposal: Make the Internet More Accessible

Had a really interesting meeting yesterday with BET, where we heard more about their new proposal to close the digital divide and expand African American broadband access, usage and literacy. The proposal is currently in the hands of the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications Information Administration, and BET is hoping for a grant so they [...]

Al Gore May Not Have Invented the Internet, But the FCC Appears to Have Favored It
March 16, 2010 – 3:31 pm | 5 Comments
Al Gore May Not Have Invented the Internet, But the FCC Appears to Have Favored It

There are a multitude of reasons why, rather than celebrating victory, Internet marketers should be wary when viewing Hundt’s comments.