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Like Warren Buffett, a new wave of philanthropists are rushing to spend their money before they die.  The Wall Street Journal, July 8-9, ’06 had an interesting article on the subjest. Amoung other things it listed big names and big gifts and a new generation of philanthropists. Those with health related objectives are:Gates and now joined by Buffett, Robert Wood ...

This story about managing the "digital living room" looks interesting in this TechWeb article: "Hollywood is deathly afraid of the possibilities that new technology offers consumers, and this is going to dramatically impact Apple’s ability to deliver the same experience in the living room that it has on the iPod. ‘Companies in dominant positions are generally afraid of disruptive technologies, ...

There’s a great opinion piece on The Huffington Post today about a mind-shift needed about the former roles of information providers and the "audience." Essentially, the author, Jay Rosen, spells-out why that’s over. The people formerly known as the audience wish to inform media people of our existence, and of a shift in power that goes with the platform shift ...

Here’s a good article from NYTimes about new services that enable sharing large files like video files with a restricted audience. It’s aimed at families, but why not work groups? Do-it-yourself broadcasting rolls on,