Print books have an amazing superpower because they don't disappear when you're done with them. Books on the shelf remind you that… — Robin Sloan Amazing 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
Baking and coding involve using the same parts of your brain and a lot of the same skills, like being able to… — Robin Sloan Baking Copy Share Image
“Yes, everyone else is smart, everyone else is cool, everyone else is healthy and attractive - but she brought you.” — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“It’s not like we have the same brains as people a thousand years ago.” Wait: “Yes we do.” “We have the same… — Robin Sloan Computers Copy Share Image
“He paused, then added, "Some of them are working very hard indeed." "What are they doing?" "My boy!" he said, eyebrows raised.… — Robin Sloan Reading 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
“I’m really starting to think the whole world is just a patchwork quilt of crazy little cults, all with their own secret… — Robin Sloan Crazy Copy Share Image
Prediction just means you saw where the world might be going: ho-hum. Influence, though - ah. Influence, direct and acknowledged, means you… — Robin Sloan Influence 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 Asks Copy Share Image
But I kept at it with the help-wanted ads. My standards were sliding swiftly. At first I had insisted I would only… — Robin Sloan Ads 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 Border Forest Copy Share Image
When you close a tab or when you finish an article on the web, it's gone unless you go back into your… — Robin Sloan Find Copy Share Image
“You know, old books are a big problem for us. Old knowledge in general. We call it OK. Old knowledge, OK. Did… — Robin Sloan Big problem Copy Share Image
For me, writing in public is actually super energizing and so much fun. Especially when writing can typically be really painful and… — Robin Sloan Fun Copy Share Image
I think I'm one of those people that kind of thinks everybody's got an identity, and maybe that's the core of their… — Robin Sloan Change Copy Share Image
“This is Mat's secret weapon, his passport, his get-out-of-jail-free card: Mat makes things that are beautiful.” — Robin Sloan Card Copy Share Image
“They say Shakespeare invented the internal monologue." Oh, I am very familiar with the internal monologue.” — Robin Sloan Monologue Copy Share Image
“But Ruby, my language of choice since NewBagel, was invented by a cheerful Japanese programmer, and it reads like friendly, accessible poetry.” — Robin Sloan Programming Copy Share Image
You know, I'm really starting to think the whole world is just a patchwork quilt of crazy little cults, all with their… — Robin Sloan Crazy Copy Share Image
“yeast, which is a fungus, and lactobacillus, a bacteria. They eat flour—its sugars—and poop out acid—thus, sour—” — Robin Sloan Yeast 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 Certain age Copy Share Image
“The space is appropriately shoe-boxy and all the shelves are there. I've set them up with a coordinate system, so my program… — Robin Sloan Aisle 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
It turns out you can train a neural network on a big body of text. It can be Wikipedia; it can be… — Robin Sloan Beautiful Copy Share Image
Then: I google "time-series visualization" and start work on a new version of my model, thinking that maybe I can impress her… — Robin Sloan Art work Copy Share Image
“But when people are past a certain age, you sort if stop asking them why they do things. It feels dangerous. What… — Robin Sloan Ageing Copy Share Image
“So I guess you could say Neel owes me a few favors, except that so many favors have passed between us now… — Robin Sloan Favors Copy Share Image
A lot of folks focus on using Twitter as a marketing tool. They'll have a bump that says something like 'Tweet about… — Robin Sloan Focus Copy Share Image
In some ways I grew up in the public library in Troy, Michigan. — Robin Sloan Library Copy Share Image
“He’s dressed like a skater, so I assume he has a PhD in artificial intelligence.” — Robin Sloan Artificial intelligence Copy Share Image
“The internet: always proving that you're not quite as special as you suspected.” — Robin Sloan Individuality Copy Share Image
Books are anchored. You return to books. You don't return to a tweet. — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
