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@craiggav I am totally with you re: gavinjcraig.com/2012/05/24/col… — and that Kevin Conroy video is sorta hilarious. about 9 hours ago via web
@thomashouston I almost cannot believe how great this piece looks: theverge.com/2012/5/24/3040… That's some CMS! (Yo @tcarmody thanks for RTing it.) about 9 hours ago via web
@rogre Whoa I didn't know she had a new album coming out tomorrow! about 10 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to rogre
@jess It's a different muscle ;-D about 11 hours ago via web in reply to jess
@hoverbird Dude don't retweet @greenberg's tweet! He's already at like 0.05 BFTEs… you want him to beat your Ghostbusters tweet?! about 12 hours ago via web
@yayitsrob @atrubek @dancohen "the old, big blogs"—I like that. Sound like an old-growth forest. about 12 hours ago via web in reply to yayitsrob
@sbondioli See, here in SF that is not so strange. In DC… strange. about 15 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to sbondioli
@amishshah @isaach OBVIOUSLY THE ANSWER IS YES about 16 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to amishshah
@mikemccaffrey Never! I'll check it out. about 17 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mikemccaffrey
@mikemccaffrey But I mean isn't it just so NICE? Not cool. Nice. about 17 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mikemccaffrey
@mikemccaffrey I'll take what I can get ;-D about 17 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mikemccaffrey
@TwitterBooks Egannn! <shakes fist> about 23 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to TwitterBooks
@keithrhernandez Sure but I've seen great (effective!) stuff get shot down b/c it was hard to reconcile it w/ preexisting budgets & models. 8:17 PM May 23rd via web in reply to keithrhernandez
@doingitwrong @alexismadrigal Gotta admit my (uncharacteristically) curmudgeonly reaction was <ul><li>do I really need this tool?</li></ul> 8:12 PM May 23rd via web in reply to doingitwrong
@loisbeckett @alexismadrigal I totally can't figure out which of these things you're talking about: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTB 8:07 PM May 23rd via web in reply to loisbeckett
@alexismadrigal I won't hijack your thread & take it to a rival media platform, Alexis. But I will def use this invite—thanks @branchinc! 8:05 PM May 23rd via web in reply to alexismadrigal
@Clayman @alexismadrigal My first-gen iPad has been collecting dust for too long—I gotta charge it up & see what you guys have been up to. 8:03 PM May 23rd via web in reply to Clayman
@alexismadrigal @loisbeckett The battle is for those spreadsheets. The ground to be gained is a single new cell. Think trench warfare. (2/2) 8:01 PM May 23rd via web in reply to alexismadrigal
@alexismadrigal @loisbeckett The replies you've been getting about spreadsheets aren't glib. Marketing runs on spreadsheets. (1/2) 7:59 PM May 23rd via web in reply to alexismadrigal
@loisbeckett @alexismadrigal P&G rep: "Why is every ad… a picture of… Alexis Madrigal's… mus… tache?" Sloan: "WHY DO YOU HATE THE FUTURE?" 7:57 PM May 23rd via web in reply to loisbeckett

Name Robin Sloan
Location San Francisco
Web http://robinsloan...
Bio Writer × media inventor. First novel coming in October from @FSG_Books. Mostly tweets about books, writing, media, technology & things seen on city streets.