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Mr. Burke is a serial entrepreneur. Mr. Burke has over 34 years of enterprise software company management and start-up experience and has worked for 11 software and technology services companies. Mr. Burke is a father of 3 kids and husband to his lovely wife, Irina. WEBSITE TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 0:31 – Leatherman Skeletool 6:13 – Samsung Galaxy Ring 14:26 – Kindle Paperwhite 19:27 – SimpleNote 23:17 – Cognitive Medical Systems For show notes and transcript visit: https://youtu.be/gKYcYmR9Eok To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
Christina K. is a home organizer based out of metro Vancouver area. She helps the neurodivergent to the neurotypical find space and peace in their home whether virtually or in person. She also in a previous life was a marketing coordinator helping small and big businesses in the tech space find their voice in a loud world. When not working you can find her baking, watching educational YouTube or collecting too many squishmallows. WEBSITE INSTAGRAM TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 0:38 – Snackle Box 4:57 – Finch 9:50 – Buy Nothing Facebook Groups 15:21 – Apple Password Manager Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Vy8sEYZLDw8 For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/christina-k-home-organizer/ To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
Data storyteller RJ Andrews is obsessed with data graphics. He helps organizations solve high-stakes problems with visual metaphors and persuasive graphics. He recently produced designs for The White House, Google, and MIT. RJ's newest book is “Info We Trust: How to Create Value with Data Graphics.” He is also author of “Florence Nightingale: Mortality and Health Diagrams” and other works. Learn about all publications at Visionary Press. RJ lives/works in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. Links: Newsletter X Profile Bluesky Profile TOOLS:0:00 – Intro 0:47 – Cheap book cradle (airplane neck pillow) 2:30 – Weighted bookmark 9:00 – Bendable neck reading light 12:58 – Giant desktop bookstand 20:43 – Visionary Press 20:43 – Info We Trust Watch on YouTube For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/rj-andrews-data-storyteller/ To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
Mac Moss is an Idaho based graphic designer who operates his own one man studio known as mm.s. Heavily inspired by science fiction and the American West, his work has naturally drifted into predominantly the outdoor industry. Outside of work, Mac races competitively at ultra marathon distances. TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 1:29 – Solar Awareness / Lumos Sun Tracking App 11:27 – Hori Hori Garden Tool 14:41 – Sodastream Hack 21:51 – Quanta Vinyl Streaming 30:11 – Getty Pacific Standard Time exhibit 30:35 – The Ecology Center LINKS: Instagram: @macmoss.studio Website: macmoss.studio Watch on YouTube For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/mac-moss-graphic-designer/ To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
David Rager is an accomplished Creative Director with over two decades of experience in design leadership, brand building, and environmental experiences. As NASA's current Creative Director, he oversees the agency's visual brand and iconic Graphics Standards Manual and is responsible for reintroducing the NASA Logotype (Worm). Previously, Rager led teams at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Disney, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, and the New Museum, and co-founded Weekends, a design studio operating between Paris and Los Angeles. TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 1:29 – Solar Awareness / Lumos Sun Tracking App 11:27 – Hori Hori Garden Tool 14:41 – Sodastream Hack 21:51 – Quanta Vinyl Streaming 30:11 – Getty Pacific Standard Time exhibit 30:35 – The Ecology Center Watch on YouTube For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/david-rager-creative-director-at-nasa/ To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
Adam Hill (He/Him) is a dad who loves science, cooking, math, engineering, skepticism, espresso, and politics! He has been a teacher, an engineer, and now a software business analyst. Curiosity now and forever! TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 0:46 – Burley Bee Bike Trailer 5:20 – Nanofoamer Pro 12:07 – Magsafe wallet 16:22 – Eat Your Books Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xFTW8E6aSVI For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/adam-hill-software-business-analyst/ To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form.
Mia Coots is a Senior at Nokomis Regional High in central Maine and an amazing presenter for the Student Leadership Ambassadors of Maine for the Department of Education. LINKS: http://SLAMShow.org TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 0:53 – ATEM Mini Switcher 7:50 – Rode Wireless II Mics 15:22 – MuteSync 18:50 – Canva Watch on YouTube For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/mia-coots-student/ To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
Josué Moreno, a Spanish composer and sound artist, has made Finland his home, where he inspires the next generation of musicians as a teacher at the prestigious Sibelius Academy's Music Technology Department. Known for pioneering Urban Sonic Acupuncture, Josué seamlessly blends the vibrancy of live electronic compositions with the innovative realms of Computer-Assisted Composition and Generative Arts. Since 2017, he has been creating interactive soundwalking experiences through cutting-edge phone applications and guided sonic acupuncture exercises broadcasted through engaging radio shows. Josué Moreno's work is an invitation to reshape how we engage with the sounds that surround us. LINKS: Website YouTube TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 1:02 – Roland Mobile Cube 10:39 – Max Music Software 25:08 – Overleaf 33:01 – Ulysses Watch on YouTube For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/josue-moreno-composer-and-sound-artist/ To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form.
Davey Rogulich is a Stagehand and Maker from Albuquerque, NM. He has toured internationally with Tricklock Theater Company and throughout the US with “Blue Man Group” and “Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan!”. He is currently the Technical Director of NDI New Mexico at The Hiland Theater in Albuquerque and the owner of Davey Craft & Tools. His hobbies include woodworking, leather working, aircraft restoration, collecting tools, and caring for orchids in his greenhouse. You can find Davey on Instagram @daveycraftandtools. TOOLS: 0:00 - Intro 1:03 - Knipex 12 62 180, Self Adjusting Wire Stripper: https://www.kctool.com/knipex-automatic-wire-insulation-stripper-awg-24-10/ 8:47 - Snap-On TMS4E 1/4" drive Speeder: https://shop.snapon.com/product/Speeders%2C-Chrome-(1-4%22)/1-4%22-Drive-16%22-Speeder-Drive-Handle/TMS4E 17:49 - Titanium AAA Flashlight by Maratac REV 5: https://countycomm.com/collections/aaa-flashlights/products/polished-titanium-maratac-aaa-flashlight-rev-4 25:21 - Volty Switch Keychain Multimeter: https://pcpoodle.com/products/volty-switch-keychain-multimeter-leatherman-compatible Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r9C9Y0rKD1c For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/davey-rogulich-stagehand-and-maker/ To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
David Buxton is a tech founder based in London, UK. He loves making stuff, especially with software. He's also a qualified pilot and a pretty good cook. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmrbuxton/ Website: https://hrharriet.com TOOLS: 0:45 - Workflowy: https://workflowy.com 12:54 - Tern GSD e-bicycle: https://www.ternbicycles.com/uk/bikes/472/gsd 19:47 - Langchain (LLM dev framework): https://python.langchain.com/docs/get_started/introduction.html 27:29 - Leuchtturm Line a Day journal: https://geni.us/v0B7C5k 35:43 - Harriet AI HR assistant: https://hrharriet.com Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dp4IcBImx-U For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/david-buxton-tech-founder/
Asa Hillis is a furniture maker who lives in Silicon Valley. He is known for creating pieces of furniture that have a timeless quality. Asa combines traditional and modern techniques, including CNCs and 3D printers, to craft his furniture from wood and metal. He is currently managing Behind The Tech Labs in Los Gatos, CA. When he is not working in the shop, Asa enjoys spending time with his wife, daughter, and standard poodle. Website: asahillis.com Instagram: @asahillis TOOLS: 1:00 - Wixey digital angle gauge: https://geni.us/f20Hgi 6:42 - Surge leatherman: https://geni.us/a7sz91 14:49 - Festool domino: https://www.festoolusa.com/products/domino-joining-system/domino-joining-machines/576419---df-500-q-plus-us#Overview 25:44 - Shaper Origin: https://www.shapertools.com/en-us/ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MOH98lczKFM For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/asa-hillis-furniture-maker/
Arun is a product designer, engineer, photographer, and writer. Most recently, he was co-founder and product designer at Carrot Fertility. He writes at arun.is. TOOLS: 0:00 - Intro 0:49 - BMI 40b x4 tape measure: http://www.bmitools.com/ads/products/categories/steeltapemeasures/window-tape.html 6:26 - BMI Inklinat level: https://www.bmi.de/en/products-spirit-levels-682-inklinat.php 10:00 - Merco packing tape dispenser: https://mercotape.com/products/merco-dtn 15:00 - Pinecil soldering iron: https://www.pine64.org/pinecil/ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Mu8HC75K78M For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/arun-venkatesan-product-designer/
Jonathan Whitaker is a deep learning researcher and consultant working on generative AI. He also makes and shares tutorials and courses on the latest AI techniques through his YouTube channel and blog, Data Science Castnet. Blog: https://datasciencecastnet.home.blog/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@datasciencecastnet Twitter: twitter.com/johnowhitaker TOOLS: 0:00 - Intro 0:39 - Battery powered jigsaw: https://geni.us/WiFgssh 5:43 - Raynox macro 'lens' adapter: https://geni.us/WiFgssh 13:20 - Roli Seaboard Rise 2: https://roli.com/products/seaboard/rise2 18:22 - Google colab: colab.research.google.com Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XNYi2X0HawQ For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/jonathan-whitaker-data-science-castnet/
Graham Briggs was born in northern England in the fishing town of Grimsby. For most of the last 2 decades he's lived in Japan, both in Tokyo and on the Pacific Coast. Most of his career has been in different engineering fields and currently works for a web marketplace company. Hobbies include motorcycling, snowboarding and photography. Website: https://www.nanikore.net/ TOOLS: 0:00 - Intro 0:43 - Pinlock Motorcycle Visor: https://pinlock.com/ 5:35 - Nelson Rigg motorbike cover: https://www.nelsonrigg.com/motorcycle-covers/defender-extreme-motorcycle-cover-detail 9:36 - Manfrotto Monopod: https://www.manfrotto.com/global/294-aluminum-monopod-4-sections-mm294a4/ 14:05 - Kuriviger Online Map and Route Tool: https://kurviger.de/en Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HhqcRAHR6gE For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/graham-briggs-nanikore-net/
Amber Dohrenwend is an American artist based in Marquette, Michigan. She constructs post-consumer cardboard sculptures, costuming and installations. You can find Amber on Instagram @cardboardcollect. Personal Website: www.amberdohrenwend.com The Cardboard Collective: www.thecardboardcollective.com TOOLS: 0:00 - Intro 1:44 - Bostitch B8 Heavy Duty Stapler: https://geni.us/IV5a9Uk 7:10 - Offset Metal snips: https://geni.us/dEv7fkR 12:54 - Nejisaurus: https://geni.us/IfL8P 15:07 - Awl: https://geni.us/1m43o 17:12 - Art Week 2023 sculpture: https://www.mqtcompass.com/blog/art-week-2023/art-week-2023-community-built-art-installation/ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/42NirmKMUXE For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/amber-dohrenwend-artist/
Rob Ray is an artist and Associate Professor of Design at California State University, San Bernardino, where he is currently researching the intersections of site-specific mixed-reality technologies and experimental documentary storytelling. He is also a DJ at KDZU, a fictional real radio station possibly based in Goldfield, Nevada. Rob was previously a lead designer for ProtoSpace, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's mixed-reality collaboration platform. Rob has also worked as a technical experience designer building mobile interfaces for Electronic Arts and Industrial Toys. From 1999 to 2008, Rob was the founding curator of the DEADTECH, a proto-hackerspace and electronic arts center in Chicago, IL. Rob's Links: https://post.lurk.org/@shimmeringtrashpile https://www.youtube.com/@shimmeringtrashpile http://shimmeringtrashpile.com http://kdzu.org http://robray.net TOOLS: 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Chessex dice set: https://store.chessex.com:11552/IW_Products.m4p.pvx?;products_no_tree?company=chx 8:45 - Thrift stores: https://www.thethriftshopper.com/ 16:47 - Koala sampling app: https://www.koalasampler.com/ 22:34 - Open Library: https://openlibrary.org 29:10 - Antennaobscura: https://kdzu.org Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wbTCO2z5-Aw For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/rob-ray-artist/
Ben Gold is a product designer based in New York City who has a mild obsession with tools. He's worked on at places like Tumblr, Google, and currently Microsoft. His newsletter is called The Consumerist, a weekly digest of products that you might find interesting or useful. Newsletter: https://consumerist.substack.com/ TOOLS: 0:00 - Intro 0:52 - Swann Morton Retractaway Premium Scalpel: https://www.craftknives.co.uk/product/retractawaypremium 6:50 - Pilot Vanishing Point Fountain Pen: https://geni.us/DA9va8G 14:31 - Woodpecker's Paolini Pocket Rules: https://www.woodpeck.com/ppr-2019.html 18:48 - Knax 8 Wall Coat Stand: https://knaxshop.com/en/accessories/knax-wall-coat-stand Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/k5wCUYaucvY For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/ben-gold-product-designer/
Luke Stein is a financial economist and professor at Babson College. He does research at the intersection of corporate finance and labor economics, and is an award-winning teacher, including as the 2022 “Professor of the Year” as chosen by Babson's graduate students. You can find him on Twitter and YouTube @lukestein and at lukestein.com. TOOLS: 0:00 - Intro 0:41 - Wurkkos-brand flashlights (and modern, rechargeable flashlights more generally): https://geni.us/uD1esdS 11:31 - stagetimer.io: https://stagetimer.io 18:16 - Segway Max electric scooter: https://geni.us/QtDJ 30:09 - Concert sized ukulele (in general, or specifically a Donner solid-top): https://geni.us/GaCrVt Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ryi2-qgHl9U For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/luke-stein-financial-economist/
Linda Tapp works in her “day job” as an occupational safety consultant, author, and speaker. Evenings and weekends, she writes and publishes Dabble, a Substack newsletter dedicated to encouraging others to try new things along with summaries of what she has “dabbled” in during the previous week and suggestions for getting started with the activities. She has 3 children, 2 dogs, and 1 husband who she has been married to for 32 years. Dabble: https://dabblenews.substack.com/ TOOLS: 0:00 - Intro 1:07 - Center Cam webcam: https://thecentercam.com 4:37 - PETBABA Double Dog Leash: https://geni.us/BWRM 7:00 - Amazon Echo frames: https://geni.us/NSLqRr 14:11 - TriPole USB Desk Fan: https://geni.us/BWodaa Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Mm3poolqc7s For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/linda-tapp-occupational-safety-consultant/ To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
Josiah Martens is a builder in Eugene, Oregon where he makes music, analog video art, and custom woodwork. As often as he can, Josiah crews on tallships and canoe-camps the rivers of the Northwest. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/josiah-martens-builder/
Mike Basista is a prop builder and general maker. He's willing to try building or making just about anything. He currently lives in Pittsburgh after stops in Michigan and Southern California. You can find him on Instagram @evilgeniusprops and on YouTube @mikeandsheilamakestuff. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/michael-basista-prop-builder/
Chris Zukowski is a game marketing consultant who helps small indie game developers understand their audience and communicate with them in a more personal way so they can share their art with the world. Website: http://howtomarketagame.com/free For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/chris-zukowski-game-marketing-consultant/
Joel Rosenberg is part of the Special Projects team at Rewiring America. He is an educator and entrepreneur focused on helping solve the climate crisis for his elementary-age daughter, his amazing partner, and the future of everyone on the planet. He has worked on science and engineering education — especially how to teach about energy systems — at the Museum of Science, Boston; the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany; the Lawrence Hall of Science at U.C. Berkeley; Maker Media; and Otherlab. He is also the co-founder of 3D Fab Light, an industrial laser cutter company. Joel has a mechanical engineering degree from MIT, and a master's from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. Website: rewiringamerica.org Twitter: @learngineer TOOLS: 0:00 - Intro 1:02 - Portable inverter-driven heat pump: https://geni.us/q93npBK 10:45 - Portable induction cooktop: https://geni.us/PfMedBB 17:12 - Community solar: https://neighborhoodsun.solar/ 22:53 - Bookfinder: https://www.bookfinder.com/ 29:52 - Electrify Everything in Your Home: https://www.rewiringamerica.org/electrify-home-guide For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/joel-rosenberg-rewiring-america/
Patrik Reizinger is a Ph.D. student in machine learning at the University of Tübingen and part of the ELLIS and IMPRS-IS doctoral programs. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in electrical engineering from the Budapest University of Technology, where he specialized in control engineering and intelligent systems. His main research interests include designing AI that can understand cause-effect relationships. In his free time, he tries to decrypt sustainable strategies for earning a Ph.D., which he summarizes in his newsletter, The Path to PhD. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/patrik-reizinger-doctoral-researcher-in-machine-learning/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Tristan Duke is transdisciplinary artist known for synthesizing methodologies from disparate fields to create startling inventions, sublime aesthetic experiences, and new modes of inquiry. He is the inventor of the hologram vinyl record ¬and has created original hologram artwork for albums and soundtrack releases ranging from Jack White and Guns ‘n Roses to Star Wars. He is Co-founder of the Optics Division a collective devoted to recontextualizing photography as a land-based medium and social practice. He has lectured widely, including at the MIT Media Lab, Getty Museum, the de Young Museum, the Exploratorium, and others. His work has been exhibited internationally including: The 59th Venice Biennale Collateral Exhibition; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); The Exploratorium, DePaul Art Museum, The George Eastman Museum; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA); Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MoCAD); Les Rencontres d'Arles; and the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum. You can find Tristan on Instagram @duke_tristan. Website: https://www.tristanduke.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/duke_tristan/ For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/tristan-duke-transdisciplinary-artist-part-2/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
John O'Brien is a maker, tinkerer, and father of two. He and his wife founded Revolution Makerspace in 2022. Website: revolutionmakerspace.com For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/john-obrien-revolution-makerspace/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Sam McDonald is a tech enthusiast. Originally from Ireland he has lived in Berlin for almost a decade now. In that time he has worked at a range of startups and currently works as a Technical Writer. An amateur coder, Sam always has multiple projects on the backburner. You can find Sam on Twitter @wsmcd. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/sam-mcdonald-technical-writer/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
As one of the writers of The Carbon Almanac, Paige NeJame wrote the "climate change for rookies" section as well as the free kid's book "Generation Carbon it's time to start." Her motto is "the right tool makes work a dream." She blogs about small business at Paigespage.net and has been a small business owner for 26 years. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/paige-nejame-writer/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Shawn Levin is a data management leader interested in data visualization and behavioral psychology. Shawn works in the tech industry and teaches data visualization in Philadelphia. Shawn blogs about data and psychology at https://typeshare.co/shawnmlevin and on Twitter @shawnmlevin. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/shawn-levin-data-technology-leader/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Alex Marcy is the founder and CEO of Corso Systems, an integration engineering firm that specializes in manufacturing systems and prioritizes building a diverse team prepared to solve complex problems. You can find him on Twitter @alexmarcy. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/alex-marcy-ceo-of-corso-systems/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Chris has spent a lifetime learning and experimenting. He has lived on Jamaica, Mexico, Morocco and most recently the United Arab Emirates. YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@el_flaco For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/chris-walker-lifelong-learner/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Aaron Dignan is the Founder of The Ready and Murmur, author of Brave New Work and a forthcoming book on agreements, co-host of Brave New Work podcast, friend to misfit toys everywhere. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/aaron-dignan-author-of-brave-new-work/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Dina Kaplan is Founder of the The Path, which teaches meditation for the modern mind. The Path has taught thousands of people to meditate around the world and at festivals including SXSW and Sundance. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/dina-kaplan-founder-of-the-the-path/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Dan Goods is passionate about creating moments where people are reminded of the gift and privilege of being alive. During the day he leads an amazing team of creatives at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory transforming complex concepts into meaningful stories that can be universally understood. The teams work is seen in public spaces, art museums, and is in outer space. After doing the dishes and spending time with his wife and kids, Dan works on other creative problem solving projects around the world. He recently finished working with the Museum of the Future in Dubai, and is now trying to simulate the feeling of being in a room singing with a million other people. Dan was honored with NASA's Exceptional Public Service Award. In the past he was selected as “One of the most interesting people in Los Angeles” by the LA Weekly. In 2002 he graduated valedictorian from the graphic design program at Art Center College of Design. Dan currently lives in Altadena, CA with his wife, kids, chickens and a very special Rhodesian Ridgeback. Website: directedplay.com Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/dangoods/ Instagram: @iamdangoods For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/dan-goods-visual-strategist-at-nasa If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Will Smith is co-host of Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod and a Twitch Streamer, and previously an Editor at Tested.com and Maximum PC. You can find him on Twitter @willsmith. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/will-smith-co-host-of-brad-will-made-a-tech-pod/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Robert Stephens is mostly know as the Founder of The Geek Squad and recently he founded his newest company, ChainList — a sort of github for checklists. You can find him on Twitter @rstephens. Website: https://www.chainlist.com For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/robert-stephens-founder-of-chainlist-part-2/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Robert Stephens is mostly know as the Founder of The Geek Squad and recently he founded his newest company, ChainList — a sort of github for checklists. You can find him on Twitter @rstephens. Website: https://www.chainlist.com For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/robert-stephens-founder-of-chainlist/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Rolf Potts is the author of five books, including Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel (Random House, 2003), and The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel (Ballantine, 2022). You can Rolf on Instagram and Twitter @rolfpotts. Website: https://rolfpotts.com/ For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/rolf-potts-travel-author/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Brady Forrest is the Head of Business Development at MobileCoin, a privacy-protecting payment coin that is available worldwide in Signal Messenger. Working with his wife, he runs Ignite Talks, a global talk series which has been held thousands of times around the world including at SXSW, Google, the Gates Foundation and the White House. Brady is on the Board of CAST, a non-profit that buys and manages buildings for arts organizations in SF and Oakland. He's also on the Board of Ideas Beyond Borders, an organization devoted to translating and promoting ideas that foster critical thinking, science and civil rights in the Middle East. Most years you can find him at Burning Man. Previously he was in media at O'Reilly Media and was an investor at PCH/Highway1 and Khosla Ventures. You can find him on Twitter @brady. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ignite Twitter: https://twitter.com/brady For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/brady-forrest-mobilecoin If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Robert Stencel is an emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of Denver, where he taught classes and managed the high altitude observatory atop Mount Evans, Colorado at 14,148 ft elevation. Dr. Stencel previously worked at NASA Houston and Greenbelt centers and at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC, prior to joining Denver University in 1993. His research includes the origin of the elements and light pollution solutions. You can find him on Twitter @epsilon_Aurigae. Website: https://mysite.du.edu/~rstencel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/epsilon_aurigae For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/r-stencil-professor-of-astronomy/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Foster Huntington is photographer and filmmaker and lives in a treehouse outside of Portland. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/foster-huntington-filmmaker/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Paul Jensen is a surfer, wooden surfboard builder, teacher of building wooden surfboards, retired general contractor, remodeler, cabinet maker, stairbuilder, vehicle customizer, consultant/ designer for Homegrown Trailers, husband/father ... Provocateur… Website: www.hollowsurfboards.com Instagram: @paul___jensen For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/paul-jensen-hollow-surfboards If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Nathan Myhrvold is a scientist, inventor, nature and food photographer, and author of the award-winning Modernist Cuisine cookbooks. After completing a postdoc with Stephen Hawking and serving as Microsoft's first Chief Technology Officer, he founded Intellectual Ventures, which has spun out more than 15 tech startups. Myhrvold is inventor or coinventor of 899 patented inventions to date. His book and other projects are at his website: NathanMyhrvold.com For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/nathan-myhrvold-inventor/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Survival Research Laboratories was founded by Mark Pauline in November 1978 in San Francisco. Since its inception, SRL is made up of creative technicians dedicated to re-directing the tools of industry, science, and the military. Each performance is a unique interaction between machines and special effects in socio-political satire. Humans are present only as audience or operators. Website: srl.org Instagram: @markpauline5 YouTube: @survivalresearchlabs Facebook: @survivalresearchlabs For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/mark-pauline-survival-research-laboratories/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Tim O'Reilly is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of O'Reilly Media, and a partner at early stage venture firm O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV). He is also on the boards of Code for America, PeerJ, Civis Analytics, and PopVox. His book, WTF: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us, explores what technology advances teach us about the future economy and government as its “platform.” He is a Visiting Professor of Practice at University College London's Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, where he is researching a new approach to regulating big technology platforms by limiting their ability to extract economic rents. Twitter: twitter.com/timoreilly Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/timo3 For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/tim-oreilly-oreilly-media/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Ryan Phelan is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Revive & Restore, with a mission to enhance biodiversity through the genetic rescue of endangered and extinct species. Ryan works with some of the world's leading molecular biologists, conservation biologists, and conservation organizations to envision and develop pioneering genetic rescue projects using cutting-edge genomic technologies to solve seemingly intractable wildlife conservation challenges such as those posed by inbreeding, exotic diseases, climate change, and destructive invasive species. Prior to her conservation work, for two decades she was a leader in patient-oriented health care and was the Founder and CEO of two innovative healthcare companies focused on empowering the healthcare consumer: DNA Direct and Direct Medical Knowledge. Current Projects: https://reviverestore.org/projects/ Revive & Restore Twitter: @Revive_Restore Personal Twitter: @Ryanphelan6 For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/ryan-phelan-co-founder-of-revive-restore/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Howard Rheingold is author of Tools For Thought, The Virtual Community, and Smart Mobs, Net Smart; editor of Whole Earth Review, and Millennium Whole Earth Catalog; Lecturer, Social Media Literacies, Stanford. You can find Howard on Twitter @hrheingold and Patreon @howardrheingold. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/howard-rheingold-author-of-tools-for-thought/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Alan Greene, MD, FAAP practices at Crescendo MD, a membership-based medical practice located in Silicon Valley, California. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of California at San Francisco. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Greene and his wife Cheryl helped shape online health through their involvement with many health and health tech ventures starting in 1995 when they founded DrGreene.com, which was cited by the AMA as “the pioneer physician website” and has had over 125 million unique visitors. He is a highly respected speaker and author including his books Feeding Baby Green, Raising Baby Green, and From First Kicks to First Steps. Website: DrGreene.com Twitter: @DrGreene For show notes and transcript visit:https://kk.org/cooltools/alan-greene-practicing-physician-and-author/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Larry Keeley has worked for over four decades as an innovation scientist. He helped pioneer the specialized field of innovation effectiveness and has taught thousands of Masters and PhD innovators both at Kellogg's MMM Program and at Chicago's highly regarded Institute of Design. He is now an independent innovation researcher, working on pioneering new tradecraft. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/larry-keely-innovation-scientist/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Paul Saffo is a technology forecaster based in Silicon Valley. An Adjunct Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, Saffo teaches courses on the future of engineering and the impact of technological change on the future. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/paul-saffo-technology-forecaster/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
A.J. Jacobs is an author, journalist, lecturer and human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help. Among his books are The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All. He has given several TED talks that have amassed over 10 million views. His latest book is “The Puzzler,” which Booklist called “ridiculously entertaining,” and The New York Times called “A romp, both fun and funny.” He was the answer to 1 Down in the March 8, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle. He is owner of the world's hardest and most time-consuming puzzle ever made. Website: https://ajjacobs.com/ For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/a-j-jacobs-author/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Charles Platt lives in the Arizona wilderness where he writes books about electronics and builds rapid cooling devices for the cryonics community. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/charles-platt-author-2/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Austin Kleon is the New York Times bestselling author of a trilogy of illustrated books about creativity in the digital age: Steal Like An Artist, Show Your Work!, and Keep Going. He's also the author of Newspaper Blackout, a collection of poems made by redacting the newspaper with a permanent marker. His books have been translated into dozens of languages and have sold over a million copies worldwide. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and sons. Website: https://austinkleon.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/austinkleon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinkleon/ For show notes and transcript visit:https://kk.org/cooltools/austin-kleon-author-of-steal-like-an-artist-2/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Diego Rodriguez has had a career spanning business, design, and technology. He served as Intuit's Chief Product & Design Officer, a Senior Partner at IDEO, and as a member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers. He is a founding faculty member of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (aka "the d.school"). Over the last several years he has been an investor, advisor, and member of several corporate, startup, and nonprofit boards. He earned bachelor's degrees in engineering and humanities with honors from Stanford University, and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. Among Diego's accolades is a Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award. Fortune named him one of “The Smartest People in Tech” and Fast Company called his writing “a must-read for anyone who wants to incorporate design thinking into their work.” He holds multiple patents. Twitter: https://twitter.com/metacool LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diegorodriguez/ Website: www.metacool.com For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/diego-rodriguez-former-cpo-at-intuit/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Our guest this week is Robert Stephens. Robert is the founder of The Geek Squad and former CTO of Best Buy. The Geek Squad will turn 30 in 2024 and employs over 24,000 people. His newest company launching soon, is ChainList, a platform for re-usable checklists and was inspired by CoolTools. A native of Chicago, he now lives in the Bay Area. Robert's newest company, ChainList will enter public beta soon. It was inspired by his time building Geek Squad - which is still powered by checklists. Chainlist let's you find, make, remix, and subscribe to checklists. With NFC and QR codes — you can even store this info onto physical objects like homes and equipment. Just like CoolTools, ChainList hopes to offer everyone access to useful processes. Website: Chainlist.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rstephens For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/robert-stephens-founder-of-the-geek-squad-2/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Brian Lam is the Founding Editor of The Wirecutter. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/brian-lam-founding-editor-of-the-wirecutter/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Charles Lindsay is an artist-adventurer whose work synthesizes ideas about time, technology, eco-systems and semiotics. You can find out more at charleslindsay.com or follow him on Instagram @charles_lindsay_. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/charles-lindsay-artist-adventurer/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Gary Wolf is a writer and journalist and co-founder of Quantified Self, as well as the Director of Article 27, a non-profit organization which supports the human right to participate in science through education, advocacy, and the development of open tools for self-research. You can find him on Twitter @agaricus or visit https://quantifiedself.com. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/gary-wolf-co-founder-of-quantified-self/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
James Home is a designer and technologist living aboard a forty-foot sailboat called Rejoice. You can follow him on Twitter @jameshome, or visit his website at jameshome.com For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/james-home-designer-and-technologist/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
James Cham is a Seed Stage VC at Bloomberg Beta. You can follow him on Twitter @jamescham. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/james-cham-vc-at-bloomberg-beta/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
John Markoff was (once upon a time) New York Times technology reporter and is the biographer of Stewart Brand — Whole Earth - The Many Lives of Stewart Brand. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/john-markoff-technology-writer-and-stewart-brand-biographer/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools
For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/jeff-waldman-designer-and-builder/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools Jeff Waldman is a designer, builder and author of Tools: The Ultimate Guide. Website: https://www.elevatedspaces.ca/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/jeffreywaldman
For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/jane-mcgonigal-game-designer-and-futurist/ If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools Jane McGonigal is a game designer and futurist, and the author of Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today. She is also Director of Game Research and Development for the Institute For The Future. Follow Jane on Twitter @avantgame, or visit her websites: janemcgonigal.com and urgentoptimists.org.
Our guest this week is Larry A. Larry is a longtime subscriber to Cool Tools and an occasional contributor. He's an engineer who loves technology, and who sees things differently and in more depth than the average consumer. Kevin and I picked Larry as a guest for the Cool Tools Show because he's active in the comment boards. He has great things to say: questions, assumptions, interesting opinions. For show notes visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/larry-a-engineer
Craig and Lars welcome 2017 and discuss Amazon Echo Vs. Google Home, some killer app, and great tunes. Plus Lars talks about writing his new book Employer Branding for Dummies available now on Amazon!
This podcast is a follow-up to an article Craig Wrote for SHRM prior to the 2016 annual conference about how background checking can challenge your candidate experience. Gerry Crispin and I talk with Richard Seldon at Nick Fishman of Sterling Talent Solutions to discover just what is the right approach to the background screening process to ensure a great experience for job candidates.
Craig and Lars dish tech on this mid-summer 2016 episode of The Cool Tools Show featuring mobile text scanning apps CTRL-F, Scannable, and more reviewing which are the best and features of each as well as blog and research paper writing apps WriteWell and Grammarly. We mix in a great website forum tool called Muut as well as an email helper called MixMax. As usual we have lots of fun and silliness with some cool tunes at the end. Can you say Yacht Rock? Join us, won't you?
Marcus Buckingham chats with Craig Fisher at the 2015 SHRM annual conference about his research that shows performance management is broken and that we determine promotions and raises in the workplace based on bad data. He also discusses how he rebuilt his company, TMBC, to better address these issues at a team leader level by strategically combining technology and coaching to help organizations know and grow.
Craig Fisher is CEO of TalentNet, a social business strategy firm. His digital branding methods have been adopted as best practices by companies like Linkedin, Zappos, YUM! Brands, Hootsuite, + many more. Craig created the first Twitter chat for recruiters, and partnered in the first Linkedin certified training company in N. America. He’s been detailed in the Wall Street Journal, Mashable, NBC News, and The Huffington Post; and was recently listed among the most engaging conference speakers by Bizzabo. Craig co-hosts the Cool Tools Show on Soundcloud.com/CoolTools with Lars Schmidt, and tweets @fishdogs. Most recently Craig and Lars have launched Evolver, a social business strategy consultancy at www.evolverco.com Ready to build your brand? Get your 15 Free Videos RIGHT NOW http://goo.gl/oDCqdL
Meddle™ is a content marketing tool for subject matter experts What if you could become an industry influencer by simply offering perspectives on content you read, without quitting your day job? Or even better, what if your entire workforce became influencers and ambassadors for your company? Imagine the reach and impact you would have; the market share you would win. Cool Tools Show hosts, Craig Fisher and Lars Schmidt talk with Meddle founder Vidar Brekke and CMO Ted Coine in this fun exploration of the tool, plus much more. We end as always with more cool tool recommendations plus some cool tunes as well. And in this one there is some bonus material you won't want to miss.
Tom Merritt's tool selections emphasize streamlining complex or time consuming tasks for maximum efficiency. If you are interested in tools that will shave precious minutes off your schedule, Tom's suggestions are worth the time it takes to listen to this episode of the Cool Tools Show.
In this week's episode of the Cool Tools Show, Gary Wolf, Co-founder of Quantified Self, shows us how his favorite Quantified Self inspired apps help him stay consistent, motivated and aware about his most important daily routines. If you're struggling to keep your healthy habits in check, this week's episode may help you diagnose where those dips in motivation are coming from.
Lifehacker founder and ThinkUp co-founder, Gina Trapani introduces us to a few web based apps that offer elegant design and features well worth their minuscule price-points. Fans of an uncluttered web experience will rejoice to hear what Gina offers up in this installment of the Cool Tools Show.
Cool Tools Show hosts Craig Fisher and Lars Schmidt discuss the latest changes on Linkedin affecting apps like Rapportive, Nimble, Card Munch, and more. They also discuss the new Linkedin premium features like the banner background.Also on this show are tips about how to track your links out of Instagram, ways to measure your influence on Google+ with CircleCount, productivity app Mynd, and ideas on recruiting with traffic app WAZE.Learn more about Craig and Lars and the Cool Tools Show atwww.Evolverco.com.This episode is brought to you by www.Candarine.com and the Recruiting Daily Network: www.RecruitingBlogs.com, www.RecruitingDaily.com, andwww.RecruitingTools.com