Hello.

“It is now very clear that substantial change is what RIM needs” - Thorsten Heins, CEO
(Substantial change like hoping someone buys you?)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb111316-79df-11e1-9900-00144feab49a.html

A fairly interesting interview with Marc Pritchard, global marketing and brand building officer at P&G
http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletin/brandrepublicnewsbulletin/article/1124149/marc-pritchard-interview-p-g-cracked-social-roi/?DCMP=EMC-CONBrandRepublicdailynewsbulletin

Ben Goldacre asks why we don’t have a CTO for the UK
http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/the-uk-needs-a-chief-technology-officer

“…six Federal departments and agencies today announced more than $200 million in new commitments that, together, promise to greatly improve the tools and techniques needed to access, organize, and glean discoveries from huge volumes of digital data”
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/big_data_press_release_final_2.pdf

TacoCopter: Flying Robots Deliver Tacos To Your Location
(I, for one, welcome our quadrocopter overlords)
http://tacocopter.com/

I’m watching The Apprentice. Here’s what a recruitment agency thinks of this year’s candidates.
(Spoiler: as usual, most of them are toe-curlingly awful)
http://www.the-works.co.uk/blog/candidates/the-apprentice-–-a-recruiter’s-thoughts/

YouTube: The Stack Boys - Snapbacks
“Haters wanna hate, all day. But that’s cool cos there’s no delay.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7_78nWnYsg
I feel a bit sorry for these kids. I’ve just watched some of Ian Stacks other productions and frankly, I wouldn’t recommend them. The comments are quite telling; nobody is sure whether to take him seriously. He’s either an idiot or he’s Florida’s answer to Goldie Lookin Chain (though much less funny). One highlight: ‘Mouth Full of Gold’ is redeemed by the immortal lyric “I’m flier than a seagull”.

Yours sincerely
Roo

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