Interesting discussion on UrbanPlanet about the direction of the Triad economy. Some think that going after the "aerotropolis" idea via the Heart of the Triad project, the FedEx hub, etc. is most promising. Others discuss the Piedmont Triad Research Park and think Winston-Salem's future in particular is closely tied to that, and others think the best bet is kind of "all of the above." Some concerns about the burgeoning interstate network as well. Good, even-handed, online discussion with no snark. I like it.

This page has a nice graph showing mainstream media sites' linking habits. Seems there's a correlation between outbound links and inbound links. In other words if you show the link love it's returned.

Lest we think that Google just rolls out of bed and launches a product without much thought, we see through these series of screenshots the evolution of the Gmail design before it was launched. It really is true that designing something that's simple for the user is very hard.