Cool Tools
Summary: 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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Our guest this week is Claudia Dawson. Claudia works with Kevin in his studio in Pacifica, California. She manages the Cool Tools website and produces and co-writes Recomendo, our weekly newsletter that gives you six brief personal recommendations of cool stuff. For show notes visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/claudia-dawson-cool-tools
Our guest this week is Ruben Bolling. Ruben is the author of the award-winning comic strip, Tom the Dancing Bug, which premieres each week on Boing Boing. For show notes visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/ruben-bolling-cartoonist
Our guest this week is Jane Frauenfelder. Jane was born and raised in Southern California, she co-hosted a podcast called Apps For Kids for two and a half years, and now attends a robotics academy at her high school. In her off time, she designs video games and she aspires to be a video game designer when she's older. For show notes visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/jane-frauenfelder-techie-teenager
Our guest this week is Gareth Branwyn. Gareth has been writing about DIY technology, media and culture for over three decades. He's the former senior editor of "Boing Boing," a founding contributing editor to "Wired," and the former editorial director of "Make." He's the author of eight books, including his most recent, "Borg Like Me," a memoir and best-of collection. He's currently writing two books, a shop tip books for Make, and a book on magic and role-playing games, which he's co-authoring with author Peter Bebergal. For show notes visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/gareth-branwyn-diy-technology-author
Our guest this week is Dr. Barbara Dace. Barbara has been a compounding pharmacist for 32 years, creating custom medications, educating pharmacy students as well as the public, and improving health and quality of life for hundreds of patients. She loves to sing and play the autoharp, and has become an award-winning songwriter.
Our guest this week is Andreas Antonopoulos. Andreas is an acclaimed author, speaker, educator, and one of the world's foremost Bitcoin and open blockchain experts. Andreas makes complex subjects accessible and easy to understand. Andreas is also the author of one of my favorite books about bitcoin and blockchain technology called The Internet of Money. For show notes visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/andreas-antonopoulos-bitcoin-expert-and-author
Our guest this week is Carol Tilley. Disguised as a mild-mannered Midwestern library and information science professor, Carol Tilley is actually the Comics Crusader, whose 2013 research debunked evidence used by 1950s anti-comics advocate Fredric Wertham. A 2016 Eisner Award judge, Carol is also president-elect of the Comics Studies Society and an in-demand speaker on comics history. For show notes visit http://kk.org/cooltools/carol-tilley-information-science-professor/
Our guest this week is Norm Chan. Norm is the co-founder and editor of Tested.com, a website and YouTube channel celebrating the interesting intersections of technology, science, art and the maker community. Norm's been a technology journalist for 10 years and produces shows on Tested including Adam Savage's costume builds and his weekly podcast Still Untitled. For show notes visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/norm-chan-editor-of-tested-com/
Our guest this week is Jennifer Pahlka. Jennifer is the Founder of Code for America, a nonprofit dedicated to proving that government can work for all people in the digital age. She served as the U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer under President Obama, and founded the United States Digital Service dedicated to the same idea. For show notes visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/jennifer-pahlka-founder-of-code-for-america
Our guest this week is A.J. Jacobs. A.J. is the author of four New York Times best sellers including The Year Of Living Biblically, and The Know-It-All. CBS will be airing a sitcom based on The Year Of Living Biblically this winter. He is a contributor to Esquire and NPR.
Our guest this week is Matt Velderman. He's a DYIer, an engineer, inventor, and he leads Stanley Black & Decker's Breakthrough Innovation Group.
Our guest this week is Jim Beloff. Jim is the author of The Ukulele : A Visual History, and with his wife Liz publishes the popular Jumpin' Jim's series of ukulele songbooks, including The Daily Ukulele, one of the best selling ukulele songbooks ever published.
Our guest this week is David Lang. David Lang is an entrepreneur, writer, and National Geographic Fellow. In 2012, along with Eric Stackpole, he co-founded OpenROV to create a low-cost robot to explore an underwater cave. Since then, OpenROV has raised over $900,000 on Kickstarter and become one of the largest underwater drone manufacturers. The team also created OpenExplorer as a digital field journal to empower and connect citizen scientists and explorers. Lang is the author of Zero to Maker — part memoir and part guidebook for participating in the growing maker movement.
Our guest this week is Andrea James. Andrea is a writer, director, producer, and activist. Her last film, Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy, aired on SHOWTIME. She's developing a talk show called Conversations with Coco and will direct the film Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps in 2018.
Our guest this week is Simon Quellen Field. Simon is a chemist and former Google software engineer and is the author of over a dozen books, including Gonzo Gizmos, Return of Gonzo Gizmos, Culinary Reactions, Why is Milk White, Elements Vault, Why There’s Antifreeze In Your Toothpaste, Electronics for Artists and, most recently, Boom!: The Chemistry and History of Explosives. He’s the author of the science toy website SciToys.com and several novels.
