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I'm at a New America event on Microplace -- an eBay-backed venture that facilitates microloans -- which we're webcasting live -- go to http://www.newamerica.net/events/2008/can_online_investing_end_poverty.

Cool stuff -- both New America's experiments with live-streaming and using chat for remote questions, and the social change that's being attempted by Microplace and others. To learn more about these policy ideas, go to GlobalAssetsProject.org

A belated reminder for a panel discussion I'm moderating tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 26) at Google's DC offices.

A quick summary and list of the panelists follows. It looks to be a full house, but last-minute attendees are welcome.

Much like their mass-market cousins, publishers that target DC decision-makers are scrambling to adapt to a rapidly changing digital landscape - trying to capitalize on "web 2.0" trends while also protecting their existing reader bases and business models.

GrandCentral.com -- the Google-acquired service that offers "one number for life" and a host of call forwarding /screening/management tools -- is tiptoeing out of private Beta and effectively giving out numbers to anyone who wants one. (Well, anyone in 46 of the 48 continental United States, anyway.)

Indiana Alumni Magazine -- November/December 2007

The profile I wrote on former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., is available below as a PDF. I'll add the full text here in the page as soon as I can dig up a file with the final edits.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who's long been on the New America board of directors, will succeed Jim Fallows as chairman later this year.

The full release is here, but for me the key passages are these:

Clearly, I haven't been posting here lately. Lots of reasons for that, but one that's worth mentioning publicly is all the work that's gone into revamping and expanding NewAmerica.net.

The new site went live today -- much cleaner, IMO, thanks to Mike Jones' design, and a much-needed shift in emphasis to topics and timeliness.

"Media Future Now" is an informal group that I've been helping to get started. The focus is on bringing together DC media types for monthly discussions to compare notes and share insights on the rapidly changing world of publishing -- especially when it comes to online and the insider politics & policy market.

The next meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 15, at the New America offices. Details are below, and at http://mediafuturenow.blogspot.com/ . All are welcome -- just please RSVP!

Tuesday, Jan. 15 -- 12:15pm to 1:45pm

The hard-copy cards are in the mail. Really.

Look kids, it's the hybrid HEMI:

(via Jalopnik)

Stan Collender's new blog -- CapitalGainsandGames.com -- is officially up and running.