Hello.

Do you want to be in the IT Crowd Special?
“…expect very little remuneration, possibly (definitely) even as little as none”
http://whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/do-you-want-to-be-in-the-it-crowd-special/

Microsoft’s E3 press conference
“Their default mode is to address a demographic caricature who was born in a marketeer’s binder … the substance of Sony’s riposte to Microsoft is almost less important than the fact that they made all these announcements with humor and swagger…”
http://gameological.com/2013/06/xbox-e3-2013-recap

Why should I care about surveillance if I have nothing to hide?
“People hide many things from even their closest friends and family” … “we do nothing wrong when we sing in the shower.”
http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-national-security/plenty-hide

Emiland De Cubber: Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides
http://www.slideshare.net/EmilandDC/dear-nsa-let-me-take-care-ou

Billie Jean - Michael Henry & Justin Robinett Dueling piano / drum cover
(This is amazingly good)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qJW0CgP-bA

Tube maps made of LEGO at Tube stations
“Deep in Transport for London’s headquarters, someone drew a Venn diagram of ‘things that make geeks happy’ - and then decided to make one of the overlapping segements into an Actual Thing That Exists”
http://usvsth3m.com/post/52780520218/tube-maps-made-of-lego-at-tube-stations

PS: if you’ve ever wondered what I do all day, here are three quick glimpses inside the office:

Guardian: How geeks opened up government - video
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/video/2013/jun/13/geeks-opened-up-government-video

BBC: Inside the UK Government Digital Service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22860849

How we’ve been improving site search on GOV.UK
http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2013/06/11/improving-site-search-on-gov-uk/

Yours sincerely
Roo

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