Hello.

Richard Gingras, head of Google News, on the future of news
“The pace of technological change will not abate, and to think of our current time as a transition between two eras, rather than a continuum of change, is a mistake”
http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mstem/the-head-of-google-news-on-the-future-of-news
(via Hugh Garry)

453g Snickers bar
http://www.candyblog.net/blog/item/snickers_slice_n_share
(Oh wow. Do want. Not sure about slicing and sharing it though.)

Crap Brapps
“Welcome to the world of crap branded apps”
http://crapbrapps.tumblr.com/
(There are some stinkers in here. via @diemkay)

New York Times: Can You Call a 9-Year-Old a Psychopath?
“Even if accurate, it’s a ruinous diagnosis.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/magazine/can-you-call-a-9-year-old-a-psychopath.html?_r=2

This American Life: the Psychopath Test
Including a lovely section from Jon Ronson
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/436/the-psychopath-test

Leila and I interviewed Jon Ronson for the Shift Run Stop podcast around Christmas. We talked a bit about the psychopath test and a lot more. besides.
http://shiftrunstop.co.uk/2011/12/22/episode-60-christmas-special-–-stefanie-posavec-sound-diaries-jon-ronson-joel-ronson-and-lee-maguire/

“I see Tim Burton’s made his film again.”
http://twitter.com/JoeTheDough/status/201007831481204736

Yours sincerely
Roo

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