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In each episode of the Cool Tools Show, Kevin Kelly and Mark Frauenfelder talk to a guest about some of his or her favorite uncommon and uncommonly good tools they think others should know about.

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312: Jeff Waldman

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

 

 

2022-05-06
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311: Jane McGonigal

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.

2022-04-27
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310: Orson Rossetto

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/orson-rossetto-mechanical-engineer/

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

Orson Rossetto is a Mechanical engineer, programmer, and traceur from Carnegie Mellon, and he?s the lead developer for Ethereal Matter, a company translating virtual reality into human physical interaction

 

2021-12-24
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309: Lenore Edman

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/lenore-edman-co-founder-of-evil-mad-scientist-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

Our guest this week is Lenore Edman. Lenore is a co-founder of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. When she?s not building pen plotters, she likes to bake, sew, and make jam for relaxation. You can find Lenore on Twitter @1lenore and @EMSL.

2021-12-17
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308: Meredith Arthur

For show notes and transcript visit:https://kk.org/cooltools/meredith-arthur-founder-of-beautiful-voyager/

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 Meredith Arthur. In 2015, after working at a string of startups, Meredith created the website and podcast Beautiful Voyager for overthinkers, perfectionists, and people pleasers. At Pinterest, where she is a Content Design Lead, Meredith focuses on emotional wellbeing innovation. She?s also the author of Get Out of My Head. You can find Meredith on YouTube, and on Instagram @beyova and on Twitter @mudaba.

2021-12-10
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307: Wendy Frauenfelder

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/wendy-frauenfelder-cocktail-creator/   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 Wendy Frauenfelder. Wendy is the family's handyperson. She also likes to bake wild yeast sourdough. She's obsessive about doing the New York Times Crossword Puzzle and Spelling Bee every day. And she loves to make and share cocktails on her Instagram called oh_happy_hour.
2021-12-03
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306: Windell Oskay

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/windell-oskay-robot-designer/

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 Windell Oskay. Windell is the co-founder of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, where he designs robots for a living. You can find Windell on Twitter @emsl.

2021-11-26
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305: Carol Tilley

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/barbara-dace-autoharpist-and-pharmacist/

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Our returning guest this week is Dr. Barbara Dace, a pharmacist specialist who creates custom compounded prescription medications. She's also an autoharpist and award-winning singer songwriter based in Sacramento, California.

2021-11-19
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304: Barbara Dace

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/barbara-dace-autoharpist-and-pharmacist/

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 returning guest this week is Dr. Barbara Dace, a pharmacist specialist who creates custom compounded prescription medications. She's also an autoharpist and award-winning singer songwriter based in Sacramento, California.

2021-11-12
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303: Sean Bonner

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/sean-bonner-street-photographer/ 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 It's hard to explain what Sean Bonner does exactly. I've known Sean for a long time. I know that he is an author. He's an artist. He's an activist. He's a musician. Entrepreneur is really kind of impossible to describe what he does. He calls himself a misanthropologist. He's been credited with changing the world more than once, and uncredited even more than that. You can find Sean on Twitter @seanbonner.
2021-11-05
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302: Ruben Bolling

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/ruben-bolling-cartoonist-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 Ruben Bolling is the author of Tom the Dancing Bug, the weekly comic strip that appears on websites and newspapers across the country, and premiers every week on BoingBoing. The comic is a Herblock Prize winner, an RFK Journalism Award winner, and was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist in 2019 and 2021. You can Ruben on Twitter @rubenbolling.
2021-10-29
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301: Bonnie Burton

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/bonnie-burton-author-and-games-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 Bonnie Burton is a Los Angeles-based author, games writer, podcaster, YouTuber and journalist. Bonnie Burton writes books about entertainment, pop culture, crafting, drawing, self-help, and humor. Her books range from making-of movie books, crafts, drawing and science books for kids and young adults. Bonnie also writes a number of non-fiction books for licensed properties such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, and DreamWorks. She also writes immersive murder mystery games for Hunt A Killer. You can find Bonnie on Twitter and Instagram @bonniegrrl.
2021-10-22
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300: Leah Zaidi

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/leah-zaidi-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 Leah Zaidi is an award-winning futurist and Research Director at the Institute for the Future. She helps companies and countries design their future. You can find Leah on Twitter @leah_zaidi and at leahzaidi.com.
2021-10-15
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299: Amber Case

For show notes and transcript visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/amber-case-2021-mozilla-fellow/ 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 Amber Case. Amber studies the interaction between humans and computers and how technology is changing everyday life. Amber was named one of Inc. Magazine's 30 under 30, and Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology. She was named the National Geographic Emerging Explorer. She won the Claude Shannon Innovation Award from Bell Labs. She was the co-founder and CEO of Geoloqi, a location-based software company. Right now she's a 2021 Mozilla Fellow and she's working on the future of money, alternative business models for the web, and creator compensation. She's an advisor to Unlock Protocol and Puma Browser. You can follow her work on Medium: https://medium.com/@caseorganic and Twitter: https://twitter.com/caseorganic.
2021-10-08
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298: Austin Kleon

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/austin-kleon-author-of-steal-like-an-artist/ 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 Austin Kleon. Austin is the author of Steal Like an Artist, and other bestsellers about creativity. 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 two sons. The Steal Like an Artist Audio Trilogy collects all three of his books into one audiobook. You can find Austin on Twitter and Instagram @austinkleon.
2021-10-01
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297: Jeff Yang

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/jeff-yang-cultural-critic-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 Our guest this week is Jeff Yang. Jeff is a cultural critic, author and futures thinker whose latest book RISE: A pop history of Asian America from the Nineties to Now, will come out from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in January 2022. He also co-hosts the podcast, They Call Us Bruce. You can find Jeff on Twitter @originalspin.
2021-09-24
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296: Mack Reed

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/mack-reed-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 Our guest this week is Mack Reed. Mack is a veteran startup technologist, recovering journalist, builder of musical instruments, Burner, and hopelessly hacky maker who wouldn't know a close tolerance unless he got his fingers caught in it, which has happened more than once. You can find Mack on Twitter and Instagram @mackreed.
2021-09-17
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295: Jim Louderback

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/jim-louderback-web-video-pioneer/ 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 Jim Louderback. Jim runs events business VidCon at ViacomCBS. Jim joined VidCon in 2014 as editorial director, took over as CEO in 2017 and sold VidCon to Viacom in 2018. He previously built and sold video network Revision3 to Discovery, was editor-in-chief of PC Magazine and helped start cable TV network TechTV. You can sign up for his newsletter "Inside the Creator Economy? on his Linkedin profile page, and find him on Twitter and on TikTok @jlouderb.
2021-09-10
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294: Kelly Sue DeConnick

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/kelly-sue-deconnick-comic-book-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 Our guest this week is Kelly Sue DeConnick. Kelly Sue is a writer best known for comics like Marvel?s CAPTAIN MARVEL, PRETTY DEADLY (with artist Emma Ríos), BITCH PLANET (with artist Valentine De Landro), and DC Comics?s AQUAMAN. DeConnick and her husband, Matt Fraction, also consult on feature films and develop television as Milkfed Criminal Masterminds, Inc. You can find Kelly Sue on Twitter @kellysue and on Instagram @kellysued.
2021-09-03
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293: Stephanie Jaros

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/stephanie-jaros-founder-of-the-threat-lab/ 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 Stephanie Jaros. Stephanie is the Director of Research for the Department of Defense Counter-Insider Threat Program and in 2018, she created The Threat Lab, which is a program dedicated to integrating the social and behavioral sciences into Insider Threat Programs.
2021-08-27
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292: Gina Clarke

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/gina-clarke-malibu-seaside-chef/ 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 Gina Clarke of Malibu Seaside Chef, the go-to chef and catering company known as much for her celebrity clientele as her innovative menus. Based in Malibu, Gina?s clients to date include celebrities and luminaries such as U2, Justin Bieber, Seal, Kid Rock, Barbra Streisand, Josh Broliin, Joe Montana, Dak Prescot and many more. You can find Gina on Instagram @malibuseasidechef.
2021-08-20
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291: Cool Tools Team

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/kevin-mark-claudia-cool-tools-team/ 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 This is a special episode of the Cool Tools podcast, because we have our regular crew of the small Cool Tools team of Claudia, Kevin, and I, and we?re each going to talk about two of our favorite tools.
2021-08-13
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290: Jorge Camacho

For show notes and transcript visit: 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 Jorge Camacho. Jorge Camacho is a strategic designer, foresight strategist, and lecturer based in Mexico City. He?s a research affiliate at Institute for the Future, a co-founder of Diagonal ? a design futures studio based in Mexico City ? and a board member of Plurality University Network. You can find him as @j_camachor on Twitter and Medium.
2021-08-06
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289: Joe Grand

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/joe-grand-hardware-hacker/ 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 Joe Grand. Also known as Kingpin, Joe is a computer engineer, hardware hacker, teacher, daddy, honorary doctor, TV host, member of legendary hacker group L0pht (pronounced ?Loft?) Heavy Industries, and former technological juvenile delinquent. He has been creating, exploring, and manipulating electronic systems since the 1980s.You can find Joe on Twitter and YouTube @joegrand.
2021-07-30
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288: Joe Szuecs

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/joe-szuecs-founder-of-the-maker-music-festival/ Our guest this week is Joe Szuecs, the founder of the Maker Music Festival. Joe is also the president of Chimera Arts maker space located in Sonoma County, California. Joe is a software developer, artist, musician and avid home cook. You can find Maker Music Festival on Instagram @makermusicfest and on Twitter @makerfestival. 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
2021-07-23
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287: Sherry Huss

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/sherry-huss-co-founder-of-maker-faire/ Our guest this week is Sherry Huss. Co-founder of Maker Faire and Innovator in Residence at Freeman. Sherry is all about creating experiences, connecting community, building tribes and having a bit of fun while she's at it! Her latest projects include Decameron Row, Maker Music Festival and Live Team. You can find Sherry on Twitter and Instagram @sherryhuss.
2021-07-16
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286: Marc Wade

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/marc-wade-messermeister/ Our guest this week is Marc Wade. He?s the Director of Business Development for Messermeister, the leading manufacturer of premium handcrafted chef?s knives and culinary tools, is an award-winning kitchen knife designer and developer, best known for his leading role in the development of the Shun brand. A second-generation knife maker, Marc began making knives at the age of 10. His innovative design approach has been highly influential in transforming the kitchen knife industry over his 20+ year professional career. He is credited on multiple international patents relating to knives and knife accessories and is a key figure within the housewares Industry. With a long list of creative accomplishments, Marc has also worked on cutlery projects with major brands including: All-Clad, Wiliams-Sonoma and Milk Street. He has collaborated with well-known personalities within the international food community such as Alton Brown, Michel Bras, Tom Colicchio and Thomas Malzer, to name a few.
2021-07-09
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285: Ian Charnas

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/ian-charnas-engineer/ Our guest this week is Ian Charnas. Ian is an engineer and YouTuber who co-founded Sears think[box], a 7-story makerspace at Case Western Reserve University that is free and open to the public. His YouTube channel features hilarious inventions like a real-life Mario Kart, an Invisibility Shield, and Rollerskating with a Jetpack. You can Ian on Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram @iancharnas.
2021-07-02
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284: Donald Bell

Our guest this week is Donald Bell. Donald is the creator and host of the weekly video series Maker Update. He?s a writer for Autodesk. And you?ve probably seen him on the Cool Tools YouTube channel, where he?s been creating tool review videos for us since 2017. You can find Donald on Instagram and Twitter @makerprojectlab. For show notes and transcript visit:
2021-06-25
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283: Alana Aamodt

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/alana-aamodt-toy-designer/ Our guest this week is Alana Aamodt. Alana is a toy designer and educator from Denver, Colorado. She has a background in physics and art, and a love of Rube Goldberg machines. The combination of the three serve as the inspiration for her company, Momentix Toys, which uses chain reactions to teach design skills through joyful experimentation and hands-on play. You can find Momentix Toys on Instagram @momentix_toys and on Facebook @MomentixToys.
2021-06-18
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282: Mike Senese

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/mike-senese-executive-editor-of-make/ Our guest this week is Mike Senese. Mike is the executive editor of Make: magazine. He?s worked as a DIY journalist and TV host throughout his career, with roles at Wired and ReadyMade magazines, and on Discovery and Science channels. You can find Mike on Twitter and Instagram @msenese.
2021-06-11
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281: Seth Raphael

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/seth-raphael-hi-tech-magician/ Seth Raphael is a modern day Robert Houdin, combining cutting edge technology with age-old magic techniques to push what?s possible and elicit wonder. He studied magic and technology at MIT and companies like Disney and Google hire him to help envision the future. You can find Seth on Twitter and Patreon @magicseth.
2021-06-04
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280: Rusty Blazenhoff

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/rusty-blazenhoff-social-artist/ Our guest this week is Rusty Blazenhoff. Rusty is a social artist who aims to bring surprise and delight to everything she does. She publishes an inbox zine (a term she coined), blogs for Boing Boing, and makes magic for Pee-wee Herman, Children's Fairyland and Burning Man. You can find Rusty on Twitter @Blazenhoff.
2021-05-28
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279: Paul Boswell

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/paul-boswell-educational-toy-maker/ Our guest this week is Paul Boswell. Paul is co-founder of Turing Tumble. He?s been an analytical chemist, a software engineer, a professor at the University of Minnesota, and a healthcare researcher. Four years ago, he progressed to the next obvious step in his career: becoming a toymaker. His Kickstarter for Spintronics, a puzzle game where players discover electronics in a tangible way, using the first physical representation of electronic circuits, launches on May 20 here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/upperstory/spintronics-build-mechanical-circuits
2021-05-21
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cooltools278

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/dug-north-maker/ Our guest this week is Dug North. Dug is a maker, best known for his mechanical wooden sculptures. He spent five years running an antique clock restoration business. These days he enjoys outdoor bushcraft activities. He is the founder of Whiz-bang Projects ?an online source for inspiring vintage project plans. You can find Dug on YouTube @dugnorth, and on Instagram @dug.north, and on Facebook @DugNorthCreations.
2021-05-14
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277: Randy Regier

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/randy-regier-artist/ Our guest this week is Randy Regier. Randy is an artist living and working in Kansas City, Kansas. Randy has lived on both coasts over his life but has settled in the middle because it?s a good place to live on the least amount of money in order to make the most amount of things. You can find Randy on Instagram @rand.regier, @tipo_american_art, and @the_gongfarmer_cartoon
2021-05-07
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276: Lawrence Lazare

Our guest this week is Lawrence Lazare. After a 25-year career as an ecommerce product leader, Lawrence recently retired due to the loss of his central vision from a genetic eye disease. In his retirement, Lawrence is concentrating on his infrared landscape photography practice, as well as launching a podcast about maintaining a life-long creative practice. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/lawrence-lazare-photographer/
2021-04-30
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275: Nicole Harkin

Our guest this week is Nicole Harkin. Nicole?s an award-winning writer and photographer based in Washington, D.C. Her first book, Tilting, A Memoir was released in 2017 and since then she?s been working on a true-life novel about her grandmother. In addition to writing, Nicole is also the founder of the DC Family Biking Facebook page. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/nicole-harkin-writer-and-photographer-2/
2021-04-23
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274: Tyler Winegarner

Our guest this week is Tyler Winegarner. Tyler is a maker, media producer, and filmmaker. He's the editor of the weekly video series, Maker Update. He's the technical director for the Empire State Maker Faire and he's the former video director at Maker Media. You can find Tyler on Instagram and Twitter @tylerwinegarner. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/tyler-winegarner-maker/
2021-04-16
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273: Ken Goldberg

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/ken-goldberg-artist-and-roboticist/?preview=true Our guest this week is Ken Goldberg. Ken is an artist, inventor, and roboticist. He is William S. Floyd Jr Distinguished Chair in Engineering at UC Berkeley and Chief Scientist at Ambidextrous Robotics. Ken?s artwork involving robots such as the Telegarden has been exhibited internationally and he founded the Art, Technology, and Culture public lecture series in 1997. He co-founded the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. As Director of UC Berkeley?s AUTOLab, Ken and his students have published 300 peer-reviewed papers and 9 US patents. He has presented over 600 invited lectures worldwide. You can find out everything about Ken at goldberg.berkeley.edu.
2021-04-09
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272: Gioia Palmieri

Our guest this week is Gioia Palmieri. Gioia was born in Boston in 1967. She is co-editor & publisher of Mineshaft, a small art, comics & literary mag that was started in 1999. Gioia lives in Durham, NC with her daughter Irena & Mineshaft partner Everett Rand. She is currently working on a novel. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/gioia-palmieri-publisher-of-mineshaft/
2021-04-02
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271: David Yoon

Our guest this week is David Yoon. David is the New York Times bestselling author of Frankly in Love, Super Fake Love Song, and Version Zero. He?s also co-publisher of Joy Revolution, a Random House imprint dedicated to love stories starring people of color. David lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Nicola Yoon, and their daughter. You can find David on Instagram @davidoftheyoon and Twitter @davidyoon. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/david-yoon-nyt-bestselling-author/
2021-03-26
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270: Alberta Chu

Our guest this week is Alberta Chu, Founder of the boutique digital content production company ASKlabs in Boston MA. Alberta is a cultural producer, independent curator, digital content creator, and filmmaker. ASKlabs engages communities around art, science, technology, and innovation. Alberta is Co-Founder of the Facetopo project, an app that helps you discover what?s in your face. You can find Alberta on Twitter @asklabsalberta and Instagram @albertaaalberta. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/alberta-chu-founder-of-asklabs/
2021-03-19
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269: Charles Platt

Our guest this week is Charles Platt. Charles used to write science fiction, was a senior editor for Wired magazine, and is the author of several books about electronics, one of them an Amazon bestseller in its field. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/charles-platt-author/
2021-03-12
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268: Spencer Wright

Our guest this week is Spencer Wright. Spencer is the founder of theprepared.org, where he edits a widely read newsletter about engineering, manufacturing, and other meaningful work in the physical world. His career has spanned construction project management, bicycle framebuilding, consumer electronics, and generative design software. He also co-organizes the New York Hardware Meetup and spends a lot of time trying to get his four-year-old daughter excited about hanging out in his Brooklyn workshop. You can find Spencer on Twitter and Instagram @pencerw. For show notes and transcript visit:https://kk.org/cooltools/spencer-wright-founder-of-the-prepared/
2021-03-05
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267: Jordan Calhoun

Our guest this week is Jordan Calhoun. Jordan is the deputy editor of Lifehacker and author of the upcoming book Piccolo Is Black: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Pop Culture. You can find Jordan on Twitter and Instagram @JordanMCalhoun. For show notes and transcript visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/jordan-calhoun-deputy-editor-at-lifehacker/
2021-02-26
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266: Travis McElroy

Our guest this week is Travis McElroy. Travis is a podcaster, a best selling author and a really cool person. You can find Travis and The McElroy family on Youtube and on Twitter @travismcelroy. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/travis-mcelroy-podcaster
2021-02-19
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265: Seth Godin

Our guest this week is Seth Godin. Seth is a 20-time bestselling author, a blogger, an internet pioneer, and a teacher. Find out more at seths.blog. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/seth-godin-author
2021-02-12
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264: Neil Day

Our guest this week is Neil Day. Neil been writing software for over 40 years, and loves coffee, making things and outdoor adventures. He?s led technology teams at Walmart.com, Shutterfly, Blue Bottle Coffee and Dr. Consulta, as well as having started a number of companies. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/neil-day-cto-at-rzero-systems/
2021-02-05
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263: Lloyd Dangle

Our guest this week is Lloyd Dangle. Lloyd is a business strategist who works with senior leaders from major companies to help them design their strategies for the future. He works for Amazon Web Services and has led strategy sessions with leaders from over 150 companies in 69 industries. He?s unusual for a business strategist in that he?s also a professional cartoonist. His comic strip, Troubletown, ran for decades in the alternative press, he designed the original packaging for Airborne health formula, and, most famously, he drew a comic strip for the first issue of Wired Magazine. You can find Lloyd at lloyddangle.com. For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/lloyd-dangle-strategic-consultant/
2021-01-29
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