Robin Bloor

Robin Bloor was born in Liverpool, England in the 1950s, studied Mathematics at Nottingham University and eventually became a computer consultant. Aside from his consultancy work he has established a reputation as an International Speaker on technology topics and he has established a reputation as a writer by virtue of many Magazine articles and technical publications.

In April 1999 he published his first book, The Electronic B@zaar, which was about the dot com revolution. Much to his surprise it was a UK business best seller and was published a year later in the US, just as the dot com boom turned to bust. It received several accolades, being referred to as "a classic" by Publisher's Weekly in the US, but the market for such books had tanked.

In recent years he has turned his attention to writing about The Gurdjieff Work. He has been involved in The Gurdjieff work since 1982 and is widely regarded as an expert on Gurdjieff's writings. His series of books under the common title of "To Fathom The Gist" deal directly with the inner meaning of Gurdjieff's writings. They are gradually being rolled out year by year. Robin is also an attendee and participant in the All&Everything international conference which takes place every year and focuses on Gurdjieff's writings.

Robin emigrated to the US in 2002, settling in Texas. In 2003, for reasons beyond his comprehension, he was awarded an honorary Ph D in Computer Science, by Wolverhampton University in the UK in recognition of 'Services to the IT Industry'. from 2004 to 2007 he participated in writing three Dummies books on technology: Service Oriented Architecture for Dummies, Service Management for Dummies and Cloud Computing for Dummies

In 2009, he turned a hobby into a publishing activity, and published Words You Don't Know, a book that has sold well since then, especially in the Holiday Season.

Currently he writes articles about The Work on ToFathomTheGist.com and, as a technology analyst, also contributes to Medium.com