“But it will make mistakes," she says. "Hadoop will probably get us from a hundred thousand buildings down to, like, five thousand."… — Robin Sloan Automation Copy Share Image
You can go as far back as fifth grade, and you will find me tinkering with media and computers, making things that… — Robin Sloan Computers Copy Share Image
He has the strangest expression on his face- the emotional equivalent of 404 PAGE NOT FOUND. — Robin Sloan Emotional Copy Share Image
“Baking, by contrast, was solving the same problem over and over again, because every time, the solution was consumed. I mean, really:… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“I tell him, and I write it down as I go. It makes me feel better, as if the weirdness is flowing… — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
There's just no escaping it: The half-life of media on the Internet is super short. Tweets flow and fade; pages that look… — Robin Sloan Best Copy Share Image
Imagination runs out. But it makes sense, right? We probably just imagine things based on what we already know, and we run… — Robin Sloan Analogies Copy Share Image
“My limbic system has grown accustomed to a certain (very low) level of human (female) contact. With her standing right next to… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“The shelves were packed close together, and it felt like I was standing at the border of a forest--not a friendly Californian… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“How was New York?' Ashley asks politely. I'm not sure how to respond. Something like: Well, the mustachioed master of the secret… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
We range widely, we readers of fiction, but I think we all need a home. Mine is science fiction. It's my home… — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
“Neel cuts in: "Where'd you grow up?" "Palo Alto," she says. From there to Stanford to Google: for a girl obsessed with… — Robin Sloan Best friend Copy Share Image
Doing research for 'Penumbra,' I read quite a bit about the early history of printing, and the more I did, the more… — Robin Sloan Competition Copy Share Image
“History hinges on such small things. A difference of thirty degrees, and this story would end here.” — Robin Sloan History Copy Share Image
“It is very quiet. I set my chin into my palm and count my friends and wonder what else is hiding in… — Robin Sloan Friendship Copy Share Image
“Hi there...Let me ask you a question...How would you find a needle in a haystack?" The first-grader pauses, pensive, tugging on the… — Robin Sloan Needle in a haystack Copy Share Image
“But when people are past a certain age, you sort of stop asking them why they do things. It feels dangerous.” — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“And then, on a sunny Friday morning, for three seconds, you can't search for anything. You can't check your email. You can't… — Robin Sloan Around the world Copy Share Image
So I switch to my MacBook and make my rounds: news sites, blogs, tweets. I scroll back to find the conversations that… — Robin Sloan Conversation Copy Share Image
(about Kindles) I have one and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering, Traitor! — Robin Sloan Book Copy Share Image
“But, of course, the point of a programming language is that you don't just read it; you write it, too. You make… — Robin Sloan Programming Copy Share Image
'Gone Home' is a game about exploration, and everything you'll experience is tied intimately to the space of the spooky house around… — Robin Sloan Experience Copy Share Image
“That's almost cute: Don't forget your ruler on your first day at cult! But where is 'down below'?” — Robin Sloan First Day Copy Share Image
“Hadoop! I love the sound of it. Kat Potente, you and I will have a son, and we will name him Hadoop,… — Robin Sloan Names Copy Share Image
