Hello.

I’m going quiet for a couple of weeks after this. Hope you have a lovely Christmas.

Radio Roundabout - 3-5pm today
http://www.radioroundabout.com/

iOS game: Spaceteam
Collaborative multiplayer game (2-4 people in the same room). The most fun I’ve had on the iPhone.
https://itunes.apple.com/uk/app/spaceteam/id570510529?mt=8

Matthew Sheret on ambient intimacy, photography and baking
http://matthewsheret.com/2012/12/18/pixels-and-baking/

At Flickr, your photos are always yours
http://blog.flickr.net/en/2011/05/13/at-flickr-your-photos-are-always-yours

21 Brilliant British People Problems
“Highlights from the politest and most apologetic subreddit of all time, /r/britishproblems”
http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/british-people-problems

Ryanair: the worst job in PR?
http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/ryanair-s-stephen-mcnamara-to-join-the-irfu-as-ryanair-advertises-the-worst-job-in-pr

Mood Classification for iPlayer
“an R&D experiment that aims to classify programmes on iPlayer based on their mood”
http://moods.ch.bbc.co.uk/
more info at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/researchanddevelopment/2012/01/an-interface-for-mood-based-navigation.shtml

Facebook will let people pay to send messages to your inbox
“In 2010 we introduced the Other folder, where less relevant messages go … Today we’re starting a small experiment to test the usefulness of economic signals to determine relevance … This test will give a small number of people the option to pay to have a message routed to the Inbox rather than the Other folder of a recipient that they are not connected with”
http://newsroom.fb.com/News/558/Update-to-Messaging-and-a-Test

The Economist: Marketing information offers insurers another way to analyse risk
“the boss of … an underwriting-technology consultancy … has begun to forgo his supermarket loyalty-card discount on junk food and pay for his burgers in cash”
http://www.economist.com/node/21556263

Lego quadrocopter
via @ceejay
http://www.suasnews.com/2012/12/20276/drone-made-of-lego-takes-flight/

Yours sincerely
Roo

Roo Reynolds
@rooreynolds
http://tinyletter.com/rooreynolds