“A fellowship of secret scholars spent five hundred years on this task. Now we're penciling it in for a Friday morning.” — Robin Sloan Friday morning Copy Share Image
Social systems have values - arguments baked into their design. For example, Twitter's core argument seems to be, 'Everything should be public,… — Robin Sloan Communication Copy Share Image
I sit up straight and do the first thing a person is supposed to do in an emergency, which is send a… — Robin Sloan Emergencies 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
“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick The Secret Meaning of Things, Lawrence Ferlinghetti Fantastic Four #89, Stan Lee and… — Robin Sloan Dreams Copy Share Image
When you're writing for the Internet, you have the analytics, and you know that people are bailing every second. But various people… — Robin Sloan Book Copy Share Image
“When I thought of archives-documents stored and studied-I though of poets, writers, politicians, scientists. But why shouldn't the archives of the eaters… — Robin Sloan Poetry 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
“Have they all bought Kindles? I have one, and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering,… — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
“I feel a pang of pity for the logbook, its secrets are all plucked out in minutes by this whirlwind of light… — Robin Sloan Books Copy Share Image
“Greatest among us are those who can deploy “my friend” to total strangers in a way that is not hollow, but somehow… — Robin Sloan First contact Copy Share Image
When you've biked only on quiet cul-de-sacs and college campuses, the idea of riding in the city, right up there alongside the… — Robin Sloan Absurd 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
When every single piece of media you consume is time-shifted, does that mean it's actually you that's time-shifted? — Robin Sloan Doe Copy Share Image
“All the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain sight.” — Robin Sloan Hiding in plain sight Copy Share Image
“my great weakness: if a task was even mildly challenging, any sense of injustice drained away and I simply worked quietly until… — Robin Sloan Justice Copy Share Image
When I'm using the Internet, I have 25 tabs open, and even if somebody sends me... something interesting, odds are I'll forget… — Robin Sloan Forget Copy Share Image
“we are the children of Hogwarts, and more than anything, we just want to be sorted.” — Robin Sloan Children Copy Share Image
“The suburban mind cannot comprehend the emergent complexity of a New York sidewalk.” — Robin Sloan Psychology Copy Share Image
“Kat is sitting cross-legged on the floor in her underwear and red T-shirt, leaning in to her laptop. I'm on the lip… — Robin Sloan Time Copy Share Image
If I look into my past, I was definitely into inventors. I was into stories of Edison and Tesla and da Vinci… — Robin Sloan Garage Copy Share Image
