Robin Sloan Quotes

The tech community has taken the first step by recognizing that diversity is a strength and realizing that many of them have to work on their culture.

My brain has so many qualities that do not work with social media. I'm an overthinker, I'm overly private, and those two personality traits just do not work when it comes to Instagram.

I had an Ultimate jersey on in my first video. I get a lot of comments about it, because a lot of tech people don't know anything about Ultimate.

I would never be able to work on a photo-sharing app or 'Internet startup XYZ.'

I'm always watching. I'm watching everybody. San Antonio, Houston, Golden State, Washington, Boston, I'm watching everything. And my mind is always going: it's always running, and you're always trying to get an advantage somehow.

How many shows on TV do you see young black people, both women and men, really embody a full-fledged human being, flaws and all?

Now it's hard to pick up any copy of 'Wired' that doesn't mention YouTube.

What happens to boys in tech is in many ways different than what happens to girls in tech. it's not that they're facing sexism per se: it's that they don't think it's cool. So I think we really have to change the way we present technology.

One of the issues we face here in San Francisco and Silicon Valley is a sense that the people all around us are as conversant in startup and tech culture as we are. But we need to remember, and remind ourselves repeatedly, that we're a small minority in a larger population.

Silicon Valley loves a good origin story.

Zuckerberg rejected $2 billion for Facebook and has successfully created a company worth nearly $200 billion.

I wouldn't say that I know a lot about 'Silicon Valley'. I live in Boston, for one thing. And I don't live and breathe this stuff the way most of the guys out there do.

I forget what I wore for my first encounter with Mark Zuckerberg. I know it wasn't a suit - that would have seemed out of place in the rigorously casual world of Facebook. I probably wore what I usually wear, a pair of jeans and a Gap T-shirt, maybe my black sneakers.

I watch games a little differently, maybe, than other people do, because I'm constantly asking myself why did that happen, what's really going on here?

In tech-land, no one cares what kind of car you drive, and frankly, they're not going to find out anyway. You're not going to go to lunch together, because you're going to be sitting in your cube with a brown bag eating lunch.

Asian men are sexy, confident, and passionate - and three-dimensional. We want the opportunity to portray roles that reflect who we are in real life.

Facebook is a powerful company, yes, but so was IBM.

There is an often-told story that Silicon Valley is filled with women looking to cash in by marrying wealthy tech moguls. Whether there really is a significant number of such women is debatable.

The culture of tech companies cannot change if women aren't in the room.

As a technology guy, and someone in music, I'm on top of technology and social media.

I love Silicon Valley, but there is a dominant voice of, 'Tech is cool. Tech is geeky. Tech is a guy with a hoodie.'

Good judges develop certain habits of mind. One of those habits of mind is the habit of delaying reaching conclusions until everything has been considered.

My relationship with Silicon Valley and the tech community historically has been really good. Many of these folks are my friends.

I'm asking people to think critically and not to be lazy in their thinking.

For Silicon Valley and its idols, innovation is the new selfishness.