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Robin Sloan quotes: At Google, they eat lunch on graph paper. At Google, they eat lunch on graph paper.
Robin Sloan quotes: The smell!" Penumbra repeats. "You know you are finished when people start talking about the smell. The smell!" Penumbra repeats. "You know you are finished when people start talking about the smell.
Robin Sloan quotes: Our friendship is a nebula. Our friendship is a nebula.
Robin Sloan quotes: I sit up straight and do the first thing a person is supposed to do in an emergency, which is send a text message. I sit up straight and do the first thing a person is supposed to do in an emergency, which is send a text message.
Robin Sloan quotes: I always thought the key to immortality would be, like, tiny robots fixing things in your brain," she says. "Not books. I always thought the key to immortality would be, like, tiny robots fixing things in your brain," she says. "Not books.
Robin Sloan quotes: Hadoop! I love the sound of it. Kat Potente, you and I will have a son, and we will name him Hadoop, and he will be a great warrior, a Hadoop! I love the sound of it. Kat Potente, you and I will have a son, and we will name him Hadoop, and he will be a great warrior, a king!
Robin Sloan quotes: Why do you love books so much? Why do you love books so much?
Robin Sloan quotes: We were looking at the sequence, not the shape. We were looking at the sequence, not the shape.
Robin Sloan quotes: This is no library. This is the Batcave. This is no library. This is the Batcave.
Robin Sloan quotes: Its a museum's job to keep things for posterity,"Tabitha sniffs. "We have a temperature-controlled storage unit full of Christmas sweaters. Its a museum's job to keep things for posterity,"Tabitha sniffs. "We have a temperature-controlled storage unit full of Christmas sweaters.
Robin Sloan quotes: We need James Bond with a library science degree. We need James Bond with a library science degree.
Robin Sloan quotes: Once told, stories take on a life of their own. Once told, stories take on a life of their own.
Robin Sloan quotes: Our friendship is a nebula. Now Our friendship is a nebula. Now
Robin Sloan quotes: What do you seek in these shelves? What do you seek in these shelves?
Robin Sloan quotes: That's almost cute: Don't forget your ruler on your first day at cult! But where is 'down below'? That's almost cute: Don't forget your ruler on your first day at cult! But where is 'down below'?
Robin Sloan quotes: The way he says it, I can hear the capital letters. The way he says it, I can hear the capital letters.
Robin Sloan quotes: This sounds very interesting to me, but mostly because this girl is very interesting to me. This sounds very interesting to me, but mostly because this girl is very interesting to me.
Robin Sloan quotes: If this sounds impressive to you, you're over thirty. If this sounds impressive to you, you're over thirty.
Robin Sloan quotes: But when people are past a certain age, you sort of stop asking them why they do things. It feels dangerous. But when people are past a certain age, you sort of stop asking them why they do things. It feels dangerous.
Robin Sloan quotes: At first I thought I had a crush on her, but then I realized she's an android. At first I thought I had a crush on her, but then I realized she's an android.
Robin Sloan quotes: But Ruby, my language of choice since NewBagel, was invented by a cheerful Japanese programmer, and it reads like friendly, accessible poetry. But Ruby, my language of choice since NewBagel, was invented by a cheerful Japanese programmer, and it reads like friendly, accessible poetry.
Robin Sloan quotes: He has the strangest expression on his face- the emotional equivalent of 404 PAGE NOT FOUND. He has the strangest expression on his face- the emotional equivalent of 404 PAGE NOT FOUND.
Robin Sloan quotes: The outer perimeter of the facility is like a highway; this must be where all the popular artifacts hang out. The outer perimeter of the facility is like a highway; this must be where all the popular artifacts hang out.
Robin Sloan quotes: America pays defense contractors to build aircraft carriers. Google pays brilliant programmers to do whatever the hell they want. America pays defense contractors to build aircraft carriers. Google pays brilliant programmers to do whatever the hell they want.
Robin Sloan quotes: Maybe his big build isn't a linebacker's after all; maybe it's a librarian's. Maybe his big build isn't a linebacker's after all; maybe it's a librarian's.
Robin Sloan quotes: He's like a storybook spirit, a little djinn or something, except instead of air or water his element is imagination. He's like a storybook spirit, a little djinn or something, except instead of air or water his element is imagination.
Robin Sloan quotes: Sometimes, you're stuck with a system too complicated to model completely. Sometimes, you're stuck with a system too complicated to model completely.
Robin Sloan quotes: There is no immortality that is not built on friendship and work done with care. There is no immortality that is not built on friendship and work done with care.
Robin Sloan quotes: My name is Clay Jannon and those were the days when I rarely touched paper. My name is Clay Jannon and those were the days when I rarely touched paper.
Robin Sloan quotes: Immortality in a book-lined catacomb down beneath the surface of the earth, or death up here, with all this? I'll take death and a kebab. Immortality in a book-lined catacomb down beneath the surface of the earth, or death up here, with all this? I'll take death and a kebab.
Robin Sloan quotes: Magic is not the only power in this world. Magic is not the only power in this world.
Robin Sloan quotes: Penumbra [...] produces another e-reader - it's a Nook. Then another one, a Sony. Another one, marked KOBO. Really? Who has a Kobo? Penumbra [...] produces another e-reader - it's a Nook. Then another one, a Sony. Another one, marked KOBO. Really? Who has a Kobo?
Robin Sloan quotes: Go deeper. More iterations. Don't hold back. Go deeper. More iterations. Don't hold back.
Robin Sloan quotes: It's not like we have the same brains as people a thousand years ago."Wait: "Yes we do.""We have the same hardware, but not the same software. It's not like we have the same brains as people a thousand years ago."
Wait: "Yes we do."
"We have the same hardware, but not the same software.
Robin Sloan quotes: I sip something called the Blue Screen of Death, which is in fact neon-blue, with a bright LED winking inside one of the ice cubes. I sip something called the Blue Screen of Death, which is in fact neon-blue, with a bright LED winking inside one of the ice cubes.
Robin Sloan quotes: The thinnest tendrils of dawn are creeping in from the east. People in New York are softly starting to tweet. The thinnest tendrils of dawn are creeping in from the east. People in New York are softly starting to tweet.
Robin Sloan quotes: Of course, of course. Drugs, music, a new age dawning ... and you came for an old book. Of course, of course. Drugs, music, a new age dawning ... and you came for an old book.
Robin Sloan quotes: None of this represented the glorious next stage of human evolution, but I was learning things. I was moving up. None of this represented the glorious next stage of human evolution, but I was learning things. I was moving up.
Robin Sloan quotes: I feel crazy, but in a good way. I feel crazy, but in a good way.
Robin Sloan quotes: Oh, I am very familiar with the internal monologue. Oh, I am very familiar with the internal monologue.
Robin Sloan quotes: Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines it's hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits. Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines
it's hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits.
Robin Sloan quotes: Penumbra's cult runs on egregious licensing fees Penumbra's cult runs on egregious licensing fees
Robin Sloan quotes: Our books still do not require batteries. But I am no fool. It is a slender advantage. Our books still do not require batteries. But I am no fool. It is a slender advantage.
Robin Sloan quotes: Hello, nice to meet you, I sell unreadable books to weird old people - want to get dinner? Hello, nice to meet you, I sell unreadable books to weird old people - want to get dinner?
Robin Sloan quotes: I loved The Chronicles of Narnia. I loved The Chronicles of Prydain. Basically, 'Chronicles of' - I was in! I loved The Chronicles of Narnia. I loved The Chronicles of Prydain. Basically, 'Chronicles of' - I was in!
Robin Sloan quotes: Thank you, Teobaldo. You are my greatest friend. This has been the key to everything. Thank you, Teobaldo. You are my greatest friend. This has been the key to everything.
Robin Sloan quotes: he saw that Gerritszoon was a searcher, too. he saw that Gerritszoon was a searcher, too.
Robin Sloan quotes: Kat bought a New York Times but couldn't figure out how to operate it, so now she's fiddling with her phone. Kat bought a New York Times but couldn't figure out how to operate it, so now she's fiddling with her phone.
Robin Sloan quotes: I see it now. You cheated - would that be fair to say? And as a result, you have no idea what you have accomplished. I see it now. You cheated - would that be fair to say? And as a result, you have no idea what you have accomplished.
Robin Sloan quotes: Neel's model might match the store's volume but never its density Neel's model might match the store's volume but never its density
Robin Sloan quotes: Stuff that used to be hard just isn't hard anymore! Stuff that used to be hard just isn't hard anymore!
Robin Sloan quotes: At best, the fellowship is founded on a false hope, and at worst, it's founded on a lie. At best, the fellowship is founded on a false hope, and at worst, it's founded on a lie.
Robin Sloan quotes: Girl Talk, produced by Andy Warhol. Girl Talk, produced by Andy Warhol.
Robin Sloan quotes: All the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain sight. All the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain sight.
Robin Sloan quotes: But down below, Penumbra is shouting, "Lean, my boy! Lean!" And wow, do I ever want this job. But down below, Penumbra is shouting, "Lean, my boy! Lean!"
And wow, do I ever want this job.
Robin Sloan quotes: They are developing a form of renewable energy that runs on hubris. They are developing a form of renewable energy that runs on hubris.
Robin Sloan quotes: It turns out Dungeons & Dragons is much better on paper than it is in reality. It turns out Dungeons & Dragons is much better on paper than it is in reality.
Robin Sloan quotes: I feel a little whirl of dislocation the trademark sensation of the world being more closely knit together than you expected I feel a little whirl of dislocation
the trademark sensation of the world being more closely knit together than you expected
Robin Sloan quotes: There are plenty of people who, you know - people who still like the smell of books. There are plenty of people who, you know - people who still like the smell of books.
Robin Sloan quotes: People want things to be real. If you give them an excuse, they'll believe you. People want things to be real. If you give them an excuse, they'll believe you.
Robin Sloan quotes: Are there sexual fetishes that involve books? There must be. I try not to imagine how they might work. Are there sexual fetishes that involve books? There must be. I try not to imagine how they might work.
Robin Sloan quotes: This is Mat's secret weapon, his passport, his get-out-of-jail-free card: Mat makes things that are beautiful. This is Mat's secret weapon, his passport, his get-out-of-jail-free card: Mat makes things that are beautiful.
Robin Sloan quotes: Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in. Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in.
Robin Sloan quotes: Yes, everyone else is smart, everyone else is cool, everyone else is healthy and attractive - but she brought you. Yes, everyone else is smart, everyone else is cool, everyone else is healthy and attractive - but she brought you.
Robin Sloan quotes: It is very quiet. I set my chin into my palm and count my friends and wonder what else is hiding in plain sight. It is very quiet. I set my chin into my palm and count my friends and wonder what else is hiding in plain sight.
Robin Sloan quotes: But I think the writers had their turn," she says, "and now it's programmers who get to upgrade the human operating system. But I think the writers had their turn," she says, "and now it's programmers who get to upgrade the human operating system.
Robin Sloan quotes: I for one welcome our new android overlords. I for one welcome our new android overlords.
Robin Sloan quotes: Books: boring. Codes: awesome. These are the people who are running the internet. Books: boring. Codes: awesome. These are the people who are running the internet.
Robin Sloan quotes: Typographers are designers; designers are my people. Typographers are designers; designers are my people.
Robin Sloan quotes: I will admit that I just want an excuse to put all my favorite people in a room together. I will admit that I just want an excuse to put all my favorite people in a room together.
Robin Sloan quotes: The whole economy suddenly felt like a game of musical chairs, and I was convinced I needed to grab a seat, any seat, as fast as I could. The whole economy suddenly felt like a game of musical chairs, and I was convinced I needed to grab a seat, any seat, as fast as I could.
Robin Sloan quotes: Let me give you some advice: make friends with a millionaire when he's a friendless sixth-grader. Let me give you some advice: make friends with a millionaire when he's a friendless sixth-grader.
Robin Sloan quotes: Don't forget your ruler on your first day of cult! Don't forget your ruler on your first day of cult!
Robin Sloan quotes: Rosemary, why do you love books so much?"( ... )"Well, actually, I love books because books are my best friends. Rosemary, why do you love books so much?"
( ... )
"Well, actually, I love books because books are my best friends.
Robin Sloan quotes: Ometimes discipline is the truest form of kindness. Ometimes discipline is the truest form of kindness.
Robin Sloan quotes: The suburban mind cannot comprehend the emergent complexity of a New York sidewalk. The suburban mind cannot comprehend the emergent complexity of a New York sidewalk.
Robin Sloan quotes: A fellowship of secret scholars spent five hundred years on this task. Now we're penciling it in for a Friday morning. A fellowship of secret scholars spent five hundred years on this task. Now we're penciling it in for a Friday morning.
Robin Sloan quotes: We all come to life and gather allies and build empires and die, all in a single moment. We all come to life and gather allies and build empires and die, all in a single moment.
Robin Sloan quotes: I didn't realize wizards were going to walk among us and we'd just call them Googlers. I didn't realize wizards were going to walk among us and we'd just call them Googlers.
Robin Sloan quotes: This cult seems like it might have been designed specifically to prey on bookish old people - Scientology for scholarly seniors. This cult seems like it might have been designed specifically to prey on bookish old people - Scientology for scholarly seniors.
Robin Sloan quotes: The measure of a bookstore is not its receipts, but its friends," he says, "and here, we are rich indeed. The measure of a bookstore is not its receipts, but its friends," he says, "and here, we are rich indeed.
Robin Sloan quotes: San Francisco is a good place for walks if your legs are strong. San Francisco is a good place for walks if your legs are strong.
Robin Sloan quotes: Why do organizations need to mark everything with their insignia? It's like a dog peeing on every tree. Google is the same way. So was NewBagel. Using Why do organizations need to mark everything with their insignia? It's like a dog peeing on every tree. Google is the same way. So was NewBagel. Using
Robin Sloan quotes: (about Kindles) I have one and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering, Traitor! (about Kindles) I have one and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering, Traitor!
Robin Sloan quotes: I'm sorry, but I just don't believe in your ... religion, I'm sorry, but I just don't believe in your ... religion,
Robin Sloan quotes: To tell you the truth, I hate audiobooks.But an audiobook is like a fizzy knit cap pulled down over your - To tell you the truth, I hate audiobooks.
But an audiobook is like a fizzy knit cap pulled down over your -
Robin Sloan quotes: Its circumference was tiny, but he had a life, and he would not give it up. Its circumference was tiny, but he had a life, and he would not give it up.

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