Recent Writings
- How to Get Hired at Twitter in 2011Ruminations and useless advice from a stint in Silicon ValleyAug 21, 2015|medium.com
- League of LagersAn ongoing seriesFrom the Emperor of Mexico and his personal brewers, to the Lt. General of Okinawa and his call for more concrete, a history of 5 international lagers that all kind of taste the sameMarch 24, 2016|League of Lagers
- Garbage in, Garbage outThe early computing phrase’s history is rife with bad informationMarch 14, 2016|Atlas Obscura
- Thrill of the ArtsLiner notes written for Vulfpeck’s 2015 albumMarch 3, 2016|lit.vulf
- Through the Sea, 1945Two ensigns consider their own deaths during the Battle of OkinawaFeb 9, 2016|medium.com
- Searching on Interstate 10“We moved westward, downloading obscure Wikipedia articles...”Oct 27, 2015|lit.vulf
- Lossy’s Uncharted WatersUnnecessarily poetic blog post about a piece of audio softwareApr 7, 2015|tonal.goodhertz.co
- Why I Play the Banjo(TL;DR my dad plays the banjo)Jan 30, 2015|medium.com
- VULF0004 (Beastly 45") Liner NotesSemi-fictional liner notes written in 45 minutesApr 4, 2013|vinyl record
- Churches Hidden in Plain TextMining and Mapping the Historiography of Gothic ArchitectureMy senior thesis from collegeApr 5, 2010|academic
- R(o)ygb(i)vHorizontal Color in the New York SubwayA paper I once presented at the TAG conference in 2008Oct 25, 2007|academic
Rob Stenson writes words, code, and clawhammer banjo tunes. He is a partner at Goodhertz, Inc. and a recording artist on the Vulf Records label. Though previously a resident of (in chronological order) Jacksonville, Cleveland, New York, San Francisco, and Boston, Rob currently lives among palm tree emoji in Los Angeles, CA with his fiancée and a dog named Alphonso. He also has a Twitter account.