Hello.
 

“The Awl receives the most pitches from the people who pitch the most—the same people who flood every open submissions box on the internet: dudes. Mostly white ones who are young but not that young, probably already working in the media or possibly in grad school, who have been taught from a very young age that not only do their voices deserve to be heard, but that people are waiting for them to speak.”
www.theawl.com/about

“having his tweets disappear automatically makes Twitter feel more conversational and casual, and less like a professional pressure-cooker”
fusion.net/story/50322/meet-the-tweet-deleters-people-who-are-making-their-twitter-histories-self-destruct

Shift Run Stop – Episode 75: novelty automata and serious snacking
shiftrunstop.co.uk/2015/02/22/episode-75-novelty-automata-and-serious-snacking

"They created an organization that could identify that blue dress, document it, and capture the traffic"
[It’s not blue, by the way]
medium.com/message/yes-to-the-dress-5ec06c06aca4

“When people talk about me, one of the biggest things they say is my generosity”
www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/03/advertising-is-dead-says-saatchi-saatchi-boss-long-live-lovemarks 

The Myth of Multitasking
via @stefness
jamesclear.com/multitasking-myth

BBC’s Tony Ageh and the digital public space
opendemocracy.net/ourbeeb/tony-ageh/bbc-licence-fee-and-digital-public-space
theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/05/digital-public-space-britain-missing-national-institution

My favourite annotation on an FOI request this year
(via @paul_clarke)
whatdotheyknow.com/request/expenses_of_visiting_professor_h

The highlight of SXSW 2008 was @hotdogsladies Worst Website Ever pitch 
(Previously lost thanks to Viddler. I’ve reposted it)
youtu.be/I3qXKmLT7wc
 

Yours sincerely
Roo

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