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  <title>Robin's blog</title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/"/>
  <updated>2022-01-17 08:59:02 -0800</updated>
  <author>
    <name>Robin Sloan</name>
  </author>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/</id>

<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[A mirror, green and gold]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/mirror-green-and-gold/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/mirror-green-and-gold/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Work and refreshment; a shadowed niche in space.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-12-30T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Robin's 2021 gift guide]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/2021-gift-guide/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/2021-gift-guide/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Old favorites, new treasures.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-11-30T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Notes on Web3]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/notes-on-web3/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/notes-on-web3/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Meager counterweight to the growing hype.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-11-11T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The appreciator]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/sloan-on-tooze-on-malm/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/sloan-on-tooze-on-malm/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Sloan on Tooze on Malm.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-11-07T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Shadow Planet]]></title>
  <link href="https://ooo.ghostbows.ooo/"/>
  <id>https://ooo.ghostbows.ooo/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This is a new album from The Cotton Modules.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-10-26T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The slab and the permacomputer]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/slab/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/slab/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Two directions at once.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-10-25T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The spirit in Vault B]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/vault-b/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/vault-b/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[You can do it any way you want, as long as it works.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-10-24T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[It will think you are crunching bones]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/crunching-bones/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/crunching-bones/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[The marrow of book publishing.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-10-23T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The cutouts]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/cutouts/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/cutouts/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Explaining a chunk of code in a Colab zine.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-10-08T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Fantasy query languages]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/fantasy-query-languages/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/fantasy-query-languages/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Fishing for inspiration.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-09-11T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Whomst styles?]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/whomst-styles/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/whomst-styles/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[A humane touch; a protocol that's not.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-08-20T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Ghost faves in the mystery machine]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/ghost-faves/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/ghost-faves/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Nobody knows anything.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-07-21T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Checkpoints]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/checkpoints/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/checkpoints/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Always read these comments!]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-07-18T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Truthfeel]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/truthfeel/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/truthfeel/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Train trips, publishing guides, handmade maps.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-07-15T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Just link!]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/just-link/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/just-link/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Part of a series called newsletter-thoughts.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-06-20T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Dreams of discord]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/dreams-of-discord/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/dreams-of-discord/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[How could you make a chat room weirder and better?]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-06-09T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[In search of the new]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/in-search-of-the-new/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/in-search-of-the-new/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Mapping the edge of contemporaneity.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-05-31T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Celebrating Alexis]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/voice-across-the-water/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/voice-across-the-water/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Who else would you want to be the voice across the water?]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-05-14T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Defending inflation]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/defending-inflation/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/defending-inflation/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Somebody's got to do it.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-05-11T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Two charms]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/two-charms/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/two-charms/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[A blockquote with death and life in it.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-04-28T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Cold start]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/cold-start/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/cold-start/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Baby hummingbirds and power plants.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-04-26T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Thinking, not replying]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/thinking-not-replying/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/thinking-not-replying/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Part of a series called newer-media.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-04-22T12:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Cloud study]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/cloud-study/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/cloud-study/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Just a couple of notes on cloud functions.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-03-26T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Reading Frank's Corpus]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/corpus/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/corpus/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[An uncommonly interesting piece of writing.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-03-25T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Many subtle channels]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/many-subtle-channels/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/many-subtle-channels/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Part of a series called newer-media.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-03-20T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Withered or seasoned?]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/withered/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/withered/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[The power of a word.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-03-16T17:00:00-07:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Here is your liberal art!]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/here-is-your-liberal-art/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/here-is-your-liberal-art/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Dispatch from the fair days of spring.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-03-07T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[A library demand list]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/library-demand-list/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/library-demand-list/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[A view of the NYT Best Sellers list scaled according to library e-book holds.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-02-11T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[A coat check ticket, a magic spell]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/art-objects/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/art-objects/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Minting digital art in a weird new market.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-02-05T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Programming note]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/society-advisory/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/society-advisory/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Don't miss the new feed!]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-01-28T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Foundation (part two)]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/january-2021/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/january-2021/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[You see the method to my madness.]]></summary>
  <updated>2021-01-27T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Fresh from Ganymede!]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/fresh-from-ganymede/"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/fresh-from-ganymede/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[I want to end this year by going back to the basics.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-12-23T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Advice for newsletter-ers]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/newsletter-seasons/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/newsletter-seasons/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Part of a series called newsletter-thoughts.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-11-26T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Orthographic media]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/orthographic/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/orthographic/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[A view without perspective.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-08-28T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[POTO diary: the Perimeter League]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/perimeter-league/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/perimeter-league/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[There was a band of heroes, all with different backgrounds, different skills.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[POTO diary: the storefront conundrum]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/storefronts/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/storefronts/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Where do you sell an indie video game? Where do I sell THIS indie video game?]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-06-21T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The Conspiracy Museum]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2020/05/conspiracy-museum/610984/"/>
  <id>https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2020/05/conspiracy-museum/610984/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This is a piece written for the <i>Atlantic</i>.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-06-18T20:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[A newspaper serial!?]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/newspaper-serial/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/newspaper-serial/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Can you believe it!]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-06-09T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[POTO diary: inky]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/8/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/8/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[An introduction to Ink, the scripting language that controls this game's branching story.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-05-24T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[POTO diary: paused]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/7/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/7/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[A couple of other works that are relevant to the interests and goals of this newsletter.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-05-17T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[POTO diary: mechanism or bust]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/6/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/6/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This past Tuesday was probably the most important day in the lifetime of this project so far.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-05-10T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Two nice databases for Ruby]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/ruby-databases/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/ruby-databases/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[YAML::Store and Daybreak: both underrated!]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-05-04T20:23:48+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[POTO diary: imagination engine]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/5/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/5/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Exploring thousands of imaginary cities.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-05-03T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[POTO diary: ladder of abstraction]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/4/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/4/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Worldbuilding, voice, and writing lessons.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-04-26T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[POTO diary: oblique]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/3/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/3/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Soldierly perspective and sketchy shaders.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-04-19T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Chasing a ghost]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/optical-printing/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/optical-printing/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[What causes this particular vintage optical printing effect?]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-04-15T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[POTO diary: barnyard]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/2/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/2/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This one's all about text and typography!]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-04-12T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[POTO diary: overworld]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/1/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/week/1/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[I'll begin in the most basic way: why make a video game?]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-04-05T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[An integration loop]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/integration-loop/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/integration-loop/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Its origin is a mystery. All we know is how it sounds: stately and nostalgic.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-03-29T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The thing about blogging is]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/things-you-love/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/things-you-love/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[you can just write about the things you love.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-03-24T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Reframing inflation]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/inflation/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/inflation/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[People need money; let's exorcise the ghost of the 1970s.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-03-21T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Notes from a week]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/notes-from-a-week/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/notes-from-a-week/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[I never imagined a world without cafés.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-03-18T19:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The master tapes]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/master-tapes/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/master-tapes/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Part of a series called newer-media.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-03-04T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Writing and lightness]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/writing-and-lightness/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/writing-and-lightness/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Every way of writing can work, and every reason for writing can work.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-03-01T16:00:00-08:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[An app can be a home-cooked meal]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[I made a messaging app for my family and my family only.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-02-14T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[But/and]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/but-and/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/but-and/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[An essential new conjunction.]]></summary>
  <updated>2020-02-10T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The origin of the double dagger]]></title>
  <link href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/origin"/>
  <id>https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/origin</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Why ‡?]]></summary>
  <updated>2019-11-16T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Rosegarden]]></title>
  <link href="https://platforms.fyi"/>
  <id>https://platforms.fyi</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[A thread from a fictional social network.]]></summary>
  <updated>2019-09-01T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Proposal for a book, etc.]]></title>
  <link href="/proposal-for-a-book/"/>
  <id>/proposal-for-a-book/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This is my proposal for a book to be adapted into a movie starring Dwayne&#160;The&#160;Rock&#160;Johnson. It&rsquo;s very serious.]]></summary>
  <updated>2018-09-18T23:26:34+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Expressive temperature]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/expressive-temperature/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/expressive-temperature/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Documenting a machine learning technique.]]></summary>
  <updated>2018-08-28T21:36:58+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Fortnite and the Fermi paradox]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/i-played-fortnite-and-figured-out-the-universe/559940/"/>
  <id>https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/i-played-fortnite-and-figured-out-the-universe/559940/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This is a piece written for the <i>Atlantic</i>.]]></summary>
  <updated>2018-05-11T01:45:39+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Voyages in sentence space]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/voyages-in-sentence-space/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/voyages-in-sentence-space/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[A new machine learning project.]]></summary>
  <updated>2018-03-02T16:16:27+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Making the music of the Mazg]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.mcdbooks.com/features/sourdough"/>
  <id>https://www.mcdbooks.com/features/sourdough</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This is a story posted on the MCD Books website.]]></summary>
  <updated>2018-01-13T15:37:59+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[How to think (dangerously)]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/how-to-think-dangerously/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/how-to-think-dangerously/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Describing a standard.]]></summary>
  <updated>2017-10-21T22:09:14+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Writing with the machine]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/writing-with-the-machine/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/writing-with-the-machine/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s like writing with a deranged but very well-read parrot on your shoulder.]]></summary>
  <updated>2016-05-05T16:40:39+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[How to end on the internet]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/how-to-end/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/how-to-end/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[All the conventions of print feel false: the neat summary, the mild prediction, the kicker quote.]]></summary>
  <updated>2016-04-18T16:48:55+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Julie Rubicon]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/robin-sloan/julie-rubicon/985697811525170"/>
  <id>https://www.facebook.com/notes/robin-sloan/julie-rubicon/985697811525170</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This is a story posted on Facebook.]]></summary>
  <updated>2016-03-17T02:30:18+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Shmuplations across space and time]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/shmuplations/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/shmuplations/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Translations across languages and through decades.]]></summary>
  <updated>2016-02-17T19:54:11+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[In praise of the serious playground]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/in-praise-of-the-serious-playground/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/in-praise-of-the-serious-playground/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Remembering a wonderful tool.]]></summary>
  <updated>2016-01-29T20:24:22+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Typographical tune-up]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/em-dash-drama/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/em-dash-drama/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Fixing some small problems.]]></summary>
  <updated>2016-01-08T20:23:48+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Whispering about virtual reality]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/whispering-about-vr/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/whispering-about-vr/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[A brief era is coming to a close and I&rsquo;ll miss it when it&rsquo;s gone.]]></summary>
  <updated>2016-01-08T19:17:52+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[In praise of Josephine]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/the-food-delivery-start-up-you-havent-heard-of/414540/"/>
  <id>http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/the-food-delivery-start-up-you-havent-heard-of/414540/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This is a piece written for the Atlantic.]]></summary>
  <updated>2016-01-07T19:04:23+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The Decagon House Murders]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/decagon-house-murders/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/decagon-house-murders/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This was a weird one. I loved it.]]></summary>
  <updated>2016-01-05T19:18:54+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The Counselor]]></title>
  <link href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-counselor"/>
  <id>http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-counselor</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This is a story posted on <i>Motherboard</i>.]]></summary>
  <updated>2015-05-25T19:00:52+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Pictures and vision]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/pictures-and-vision/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/pictures-and-vision/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Okay, I&rsquo;m going to argue that the futures of Facebook and Google are pretty much totally embedded in these two images.]]></summary>
  <updated>2015-05-24T19:00:05+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Alien signals]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/alien-signals/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/alien-signals/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Memories of long-ago Sunday nights on the road.]]></summary>
  <updated>2015-01-01T20:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Dancing the flip&nbsp;flop]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/flip-flop/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/flip-flop/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[A particular creative and technical process that fascinates me.]]></summary>
  <updated>2014-12-01T20:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The primes of the story]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/primes-of-the-story/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/primes-of-the-story/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This is an idea I swiped from Zachary Mason.]]></summary>
  <updated>2014-12-01T20:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The secret of Minecraft]]></title>
  <link href="https://medium.com/message/the-secret-of-minecraft-97dfacb05a3c"/>
  <id>https://medium.com/message/the-secret-of-minecraft-97dfacb05a3c</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This is a piece posted on Medium.]]></summary>
  <updated>2014-06-01T19:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Return to Nib's Knoll]]></title>
  <link href="https://aeon.co/essays/before-minecraft-or-snapchat-there-was-micromuse"/>
  <id>https://aeon.co/essays/before-minecraft-or-snapchat-there-was-micromuse</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This is a piece written for <i>Aeon Magazine</i>.]]></summary>
  <updated>2014-03-01T20:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Making culture for the internets]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/making-culture-internets/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/making-culture-internets/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[It’s us, the internet culture makers, who are behind.]]></summary>
  <updated>2013-02-01T20:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The prime mover]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/james-naughton/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/james-naughton/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[One of the people we lost in 2012 was Jim Naughton. He had an outsized influence on me.]]></summary>
  <updated>2012-12-01T20:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[The wiggle of least resistance]]></title>
  <link href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/the-wiggle-of-least-resistance/"/>
  <id>http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/the-wiggle-of-least-resistance/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[This is a piece written for the <i>New York Times</i>.]]></summary>
  <updated>2012-08-02T19:00:38+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Making progress, sure and steady]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/making-progress-sure-and-steady/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/making-progress-sure-and-steady/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[An encounter in the fog.]]></summary>
  <updated>2012-05-01T19:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Penumbra has a posse]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/penumbra-posse/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/penumbra-posse/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[You know those heist movies, where half the fun is watching the team come together?]]></summary>
  <updated>2011-06-01T19:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Inventing the book]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/inventing-the-book/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/inventing-the-book/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[Notes on <i>The Book in the Renais­sance</i> by Andrew Pettegree.]]></summary>
  <updated>2011-05-01T19:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[Further reading for Penumbra fans]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/further-reading-for-penumbra-fans/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/further-reading-for-penumbra-fans/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[So you read <i>Mr. Penumbra&rsquo;s 24-Hour Bookstore</i>, and now you want something similar.]]></summary>
  <updated>2011-05-01T19:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>
<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[One-man ILM]]></title>
  <link href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/one-man-lucasfilm/"/>
  <id>https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/one-man-lucasfilm/</id>
  <summary><![CDATA[&ldquo;You&rsquo;re the direc­tor, you&rsquo;re the spe­cial effects coor­di­na­tor, you&rsquo;re the cos­tume depart­ment, and you don&rsquo;t have to worry about a budget.&rdquo;]]></summary>
  <updated>2011-04-01T19:00:00+00:00</updated>
</entry>

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