What’s on your desk, Kylie Robison?

Kylie Robison is The Verge’s elder newsman covering artificial intelligence. Previously, she worked astatine Fortune, wherever she covered Twitter; earlier that, she covered bundle developer civilization (“a beat,” she says, “I made up and loved”) for Business Insider. “I’ve ever been obsessed with exertion successful an highly online way,” she adds, “and The Verge is filled with radical who are connected the aforesaid wavelength.”

We asked Kylie to archer america a spot astir her location bureau setup.

It looks similar your bureau abstraction is close extracurricular the kitchen.

It is! I unrecorded successful a studio, but erstwhile I archer radical that, they accidental it’s a spot excessively large to beryllium called that, truthful my friends and I gag that it’s a workplace deluxe. My surviving country is besides my bedroom, I person a eating nook that I usage for my office, and my room is close down me.

Could you archer america a spot astir the table itself?

It’s a Mittzon desk from Ikea. I wanted thing adjustable successful a airy oak color, and it has large cablegram absorption worldly successful the back.

And your chair?

It’s a beat-to-death modular Amazon table chair. I should astir apt upgrade soon...

Tell america astir the assorted tech devices you’re using.

I conscionable bought a new MacBook Pro M4 that I adore. I person a Dell Ultra HD 4K Monitor (that’s nary longer available) and an Asus ProArt monitor. I person nary thought however agelong I’ve had either oregon wherever I adjacent got them from. I person a brace of first-gen Apple AirPod Max headphones. I person 2 pairs of Ray-Ban Metas. (One is simply a limited-edition pair.) Last but not least, a Vergecast-mandated Audio-Technica microphone (they told maine my Blue Yeti sucked).

You’ve got an tremendous magnitude of absorbing worldly there. For example, the leafy pad you person nether your keyboard is lovely.

Thank you! I thought the aesthetic was nice, I really person different successful a antithetic colour depending connected my mood. It’s a bully summation to adhd immoderate color.

Who is the smiling pinkish purse?

That’s Kirby! A Nintendo quality that holds each my Micron pens.

Tell america astir that solid accomplishment grant conscionable nether the monitor.

I got that successful college. I was raised by my mom, who didn’t spell to college, which qualified maine arsenic a first-generation student. I got an accomplishment grant acknowledgment to my enactment for my pupil publication, The State Hornet, wherever I wrote astir exertion successful covid times. I deliberation it helped that I had an good GPA, too.

Are those household photos connected the wall?

Yes! The old-school representation is my grandma, aka the emotion of my life. There’s besides my mom’s high-school portrait, wherever she wears a T-shirt that says “girls footwear ass!” — astir apt my favourite photograph up there. There’s my grandpa holding maine arsenic a baby, photos of my friends, my preschool class, my Burning Man ID, and a wood-burned Dril tweet.

And that ample CD-R?

I saw it online, and it was the champion impulse acquisition of my life. So cool.

Sometimes you request immoderate small friends to get you done your days. I conscionable deliberation they’re cute! They’re besides truly fashionable with young women — I unrecorded by Japantown successful San Francisco, truthful they’re casual for maine to buy.

I’m fascinated by each the absorbing worldly you person connected the shelves. Not to notation the neon face….

That look is Majora’s Mask from The Legend of Zelda! There’s a batch of Zelda worldly passim my house, Breath of the Wild mightiness beryllium my favourite video crippled ever. My shelves besides person a 3D-printed Moo Deng, the biting babe hippo; a fewer signed books from the industry; a Lego Nezuko from Demon Slayer; my assemblage degree; a pothos plant; an AI artifact (that has yet to beryllium wide released); the dried flowers from a friend’s solemnisation of life; an crystal pick scoop that’s engraved “Slack scoop” to commemorate each my scoopin’— there’s a batch to emotion up there.

And past but not least, delight present america to your cat!

That’s Fang! My grandpa likes to telephone him Fangster. Fun fact: I named him Fang connected a whim, and 4 years aft I got him, the vet said helium was having teeth problems that would necessitate the removal of rather a few. In the end, the lone teeth helium got to support were his fangs. Weird, huh?

Anything other we didn’t screen that you’d similar to add?

Whoever sees this — don’t outcry astatine maine astir my cord setup. I gave up truthful quickly. Please support maine successful your thoughts and prayers.

Photography by Kylie Robison / The Verge