{"id":564,"slug":"irobot","name":"iRobot","type":"organization","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:36:59.502537+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"8497a532-9970-42bd-acd5-41fa11ec6b37","slug":"s12e47-domestication","subject":"s12e47: Domestication","title":"Domestication","publish_date":"2022-08-08T23:15:42.341749+00:00","year":2022,"month":8,"season":12,"episode":47,"episode_label":"s12e47","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s12e47-domestication/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1546,"context":" … How are you?\n\nBest,\n\nDan\n\nAmazon to acquire Roomba robot vacuum maker <mark>iRobot</mark> for $1.7 billion\n, John Gruber, Daring Fireball, 5 August, 2022\n↩︎","reading_minutes":8},{"id":"e68a0198-8eb4-47e6-9d8d-6443a36071ff","slug":"s12e46-irobot-havent-been-involved-in-packbot-for","subject":"s12e46: iRobot haven't been involved in PackBot for at least 6 years, Dan","title":"iRobot haven't been involved in PackBot for at least 6 years, Dan","publish_date":"2022-08-05T23:38:19.099625+00:00","year":2022,"month":8,"season":12,"episode":46,"episode_label":"s12e46","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s12e46-irobot-havent-been-involved-in-packbot-for/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1104,"context":" … 1.0 Some Things That Caught My Attention\n\nI'm tired so while I could go on and on about Amazon acquiring <mark>iRobot</mark> for $1.7 billion, which … ","reading_minutes":6},{"id":"3f9567a1-ed4f-4a88-8aa7-e9c3fc39096e","slug":"s07e01-the-inevitable-and-possibly-ill-advised","subject":"s07e01: The Inevitable And Possibly Ill-Advised Reboot","title":"The Inevitable And Possibly Ill-Advised Reboot","publish_date":"2019-09-12T06:46:42.767000+00:00","year":2019,"month":9,"season":7,"episode":1,"episode_label":"s07e01","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s07e01-the-inevitable-and-possibly-ill-advised/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2661,"context":" … In 1990, she co-founded <mark>iRobot</mark> with two other guys. One of which I’ve heard of, but for some reason, I’d never heard of Greiner. I … ","reading_minutes":13},{"id":"2fd73f3c-7768-404f-bfd2-9686260c3093","slug":"episode-eighty-seven-robots-smart-things-college","subject":"Episode Eighty Seven: Robots; Smart Things; College; Wintermute","title":"Robots; Smart Things; College; Wintermute","publish_date":"2014-05-24T00:00:00+00:00","year":2014,"month":5,"season":null,"episode":87,"episode_label":"episode 87","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-eighty-seven-robots-smart-things-college/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1646,"context":" … Why is this? Is there a reason why <mark>iRobot</mark> *don't* want to sell lots of Roombas? Is it because they're like a hobby to <mark>iRobot</mark> (who … ","reading_minutes":8},{"id":"92208af1-e916-4117-a027-dace200fc958","slug":"episode-thirteen-the-auto-show-learning-to-code","subject":"Episode Thirteen: The Auto Show, Learning to Code and Niggling Thoughts","title":"The Auto Show, Learning to Code and Niggling Thoughts","publish_date":"2014-02-10T00:00:00+00:00","year":2014,"month":2,"season":null,"episode":13,"episode_label":"episode 13","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-thirteen-the-auto-show-learning-to-code/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1594,"context":" … cable?\n\n3.2 I don't understand what it is that's preventing <mark>iRobot</mark> and their Roombas from taking over the world. Young people these days, they'd … ","reading_minutes":8}]}