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This Gallup poll on race and the 2008 presidential election is revealing. It shows a slight bias toward Obama because of his race. But more interesting than that, the impact of race on Obama and McCain is statistically the same.

This is the most depressing, and most realistic, approach to climate change I can imagine. I certainly hope this is not the future we and our children will face. But it makes you think: if it were shown that climate change will proceed and there is indeed nothing we can do about it, how does that change the way we live our lives? I'm not saying that I agree with this view, but it is an interesting question to ponder (maybe after a couple drinks).

Figures!

Interesting look at how the UI designer for Gmail, and now FriendFeed, approaches user experience.

Blogger Erica Smith from the St. Louis Dispatch tracks job cuts at newspapers on a Google map. Depressing, but interesting. This is why I'm now focusing on social-media innovation in print: the business model needs to move drastically or this map will get bigger.