John R. Roberts

Swami Roberts is the alter-ego of John R. Roberts, a long-time technologist and aspiring writer. In 2009 during a period of unemployment Roberts discovered Twitter, the perfect combination of technology and concise writing. The attraction was instant if the inspiration was not. What then to tweet? There are plenty of Twitterers who post every mundane aspect of their life, but what about someone reflecting on the higher meaning of life and the paradoxes we encounter every day. This was the inspiration for writing something that someone else might want for read, even if only in 140 characters or less. Kind of a new form of graffiti, more transient, more ordered, but that same quality of random human expression. Yet with those constraints can something profound or funny or profoundly funny emerge? That is the idea of Swami Roberts. On August 23, 2010 the first psychic tweet of @swamiroberts emanated out into the ether. The Swami has been emanating ever since.