Comments on: From East Lansing to Silicon Valley http://snarkmarket.com/2009/2756 The stomping grounds of Tim Carmody, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson. It's a long-running conversation about media, journalism, technology, cities, culture, design, books, music, movies, the future and the past. Tue, 14 May 2013 15:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Tim http://snarkmarket.com/2009/2756/comment-page-1#comment-4786 Tim Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:28:30 +0000 http://67.207.132.117/?p=2756#comment-4786 Yes; in 1998, even we crazy futurists knew -- not believed, knew -- that the only people who published literary magazines on the internet were vanity-driven, attention-starved weirdos. Yes; in 1998, even we crazy futurists knew — not believed, knew — that the only people who published literary magazines on the internet were vanity-driven, attention-starved weirdos.

]]> By: Dan http://snarkmarket.com/2009/2756/comment-page-1#comment-4785 Dan Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:29:49 +0000 http://67.207.132.117/?p=2756#comment-4785 How times have changed. Gebhart doesn't mention---perhaps because she doesn't know---that Robin's first start-up at MSU was old-media. Dear _Oats_: the anti-profit literary magazine for the rest of us. Can you imagine a time when a paper-based publication seemed like the right way to go? Yet times also haven't changed. Robin has been pushing the start-up spirit on young MSUers since at least our junior year. When we led the special "leadership" seminar, we argued that best way to get students invested in their education and to enjoy their time at MSU was to make them break out on their own and create something. How times have changed. Gebhart doesn’t mention—perhaps because she doesn’t know—that Robin’s first start-up at MSU was old-media. Dear _Oats_: the anti-profit literary magazine for the rest of us. Can you imagine a time when a paper-based publication seemed like the right way to go?

Yet times also haven’t changed. Robin has been pushing the start-up spirit on young MSUers since at least our junior year. When we led the special “leadership” seminar, we argued that best way to get students invested in their education and to enjoy their time at MSU was to make them break out on their own and create something.

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