Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for September 29th from 06:58 to 12:00:

• Lane Collins on Twitter: “Wearing my official @SlackHQ socks for my first day on the job. http://t.co/T1RoMOrBPb” – Wearing my official @SlackHQ socks for my first day on the job.
• Editorial: We Need The BBC In Videogames | Rock, Paper, Shotgun – Videogames need the BBC; a public service broadcaster to improve games and discussion of games for all:
• A story about Jessica. – I want you to imagine someone for me. Her name is Jessica and she is 17 years old. She lives in a two bedroom apartment with her mother and uses an old laptop…
• Parkinson’s Law – IT is a commonplace observation that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. Thus, an elderly lady of leisure can spend the entire day…
• The many faces of Mr. Cameron – By FRANCIS ELLIOTT and JAMES HANNING
  Last updated at 22:22 17 March 2007
  On the day a young unknown called David Cameron was due to attend a job interview at…