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    Explore "cool tools show and tell" with insightful episodes like "400: Rich Edwards", "398: Chris Butler", "397: Bud Thorpe", "395: Mike Harris" and "394: Casper Kelly" from podcasts like ""Cool Tools", "Cool Tools", "Cool Tools", "Cool Tools" and "Cool Tools"" and more!

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    400: Rich Edwards

    400: Rich Edwards

    Rich Edwards is the CEO of Mindspan Systems, which helps community financial institutions transform themselves with data-driven strategies and technologies. Rich has worked extensively with banking, insurance, and financial services clients worldwide during his career. He has led product strategy in data center automation and artificial intelligence, including the launch of IBM Watson Developer Cloud. Rich has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Masters of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as an engineering officer in the US Army. You can follow Rich on Twitter @richedwards.

    TOOLS:
    0:00 – Intro
    0:35 – Uni Core mechanical pencil
    7:05 – Scotch tape runner (extra strength)
    14:43 – Making a 1993 factory car phone fully functional today (a triumph in defeating obsolescence)
    17:01 – Matter, turn any webpage into an audio book (great Evernote companion)

     

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    398: Chris Butler

    398: Chris Butler
    Chris Butler is a chaotic good product manager, writer, and speaker. He has extensive experience in product management leadership at Microsoft, Waze, KAYAK, Facebook Reality Labs (aka Meta), and Cognizant. He is now Group Product Manager in Google’s Core Machine Learning team. He is also the co-founder of The Uncertainty Project a community focused on decision making and strategy.
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    397: Bud Thorpe

    397: Bud Thorpe
    Bud Thorpe is a long time photographer, a life long educator, and former paramedic. He and his wife specialize in creating artwork of dogs (and their well behaved families). They run the Dog Art Gallery in historic Portsmouth New Hampshire. He teaches studio lighting for photographers online at The Master Lighting Course. His website is BudThorpe.com.

    TOOLS:
    0:00 – Intro
    1:03 – Knipex 12 62 180, Self Adjusting Wire Stripper
    8:47 – Snap-On TMS4E 1/4″ drive Speeder
    17:49 – Titanium AAA Flashlight by Maratac REV 5
    25:21 – Volty Switch Keychain Multimeter

     
    Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BSZNulvab54
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/bud-thorpe-photographer/

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    395: Mike Harris

    395: Mike Harris
    Mike Harris legal assistant, bookworm and amateur photographer who likes the surreal and the silly. Mike writes a newsletter called ThinkTrove, where he wrangles the week's wonders.
     
    TOOLS:
    0:00 - Intro
    11:46 - Inoreader: https://www.inoreader.com
    22:11 - ThinkTrove: https://www.thinktrove.org
     
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/mike-harris-legal-assistant/

    394: Casper Kelly

    394: Casper Kelly
    Casper Kelly is a writer/director of weird TV and movies including the viral short Too Many Cooks and the 2023 horror movie Adult Swim Yule Log. His website is casperkelly.com and he's on Twitter and Instagram @heycasperkelly.
     
    TOOLS:
    0:00 - Intro
    0:43 - Chromadepth glasses: https://geni.us/cbvJf
    4:53 - Mage.space: https://www.mage.space
    25:04 - Focusmate: https://www.focusmate.com/
     
    Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mQ-ynOLZNgg
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/casper-kelly-writer-director/
     
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    393: Marc Payne

    393: Marc Payne
    Marc Payne is an IT specialist working for the Federal Government. My passion is flipping items via thrift stores, yard sales and retail arbitrage on Ebay and Amazon. You can find Marc on Twitter @houseofpayne.
     
    TOOLS:
    0:00 - Intro
    2:24- Index cards: https://geni.us/Jc1f7
    7:54 - Box resizer: https://geni.us/xGGHI
    12:34 - Scotty peelers: https://geni.us/qUEr9Dy
    17:12 - 3” packing tape dispenser: https://geni.us/fBjclC6
     
    Watch on YouTube: 
    https://youtu.be/uVCwU78XimE
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/marc-payne-it-specialist/

    391: Tom Robertson

    391: Tom Robertson
    EDITOR NOTE: Due to technical audio issues, this episode might sound better for those listening at 1.5x or 2x speed.
     
    Tom Robertson is an IT professional, currently leading IT at FreshBooks out of Toronto, Canada. Tom has a background in theatre, and has written and produced several shows in the Toronto area. In his spare time, he enjoys computer related hobbies, and has built a retro arcade cabinet, a kitchen display, and during Covid wrote an automated newsletter summarizing Covid numbers for his home province of Ontario. His website is tommertron.com.
     
    TOOLS:
    0:00 - Intro
    15:26 - Dakboard: https://dakboard.com/site
     
    Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uw1vvpwFeHI
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/tom-robertson-it-professional
     
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    390: Miles Hunter

    390: Miles Hunter
    Miles Hunter is a UX researcher, based out of Seattle but originally a Brit. Learning to woodwork. I enjoy restoring things, everything from old tools to video and photos.
     
    LinkedIn:
     
    TOOLS:
    0:00 - Intro
    0:53 - Evaporust rust remover: https://www.evapo-rust.com/evapo-rust-remover/
    5:29 - Incogni - personal information removal service: https://incogni.com/
    10:17 - Japanese 'paper clam' for clipping together papers more securely than a paperclip: https://geni.us/siEAg0
    14:34 - Topaz Video AI - video enhancement tool for slow resolution video: https://www.topazlabs.com/topaz-video-ai
    22:35 - Miles Hunter’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/aboutmiles
     
    Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XpUiFkeUGCY
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/miles-hunter-ux-researcher/

    389: Will Walker

    389: Will Walker
    Will Walker is a lead human interface designer at Google, working on wearables, digital assistants, generative AI and conversational controls. His design career has spanned across interfaces for hybrid digital maps, 3d printers and volumetric scanners to leading the design of exotic running shoes. He paints, hikes, plants and rennovates a victorian with his daughter, partner and shiba in San Francisco and sunny Oakland CA. You can find him on Instagram @wr_walker and on Twitter @walkerwill. 
     
     
    TOOLS:
    0:00 - Intro
    2:00 - Supercritical dryer for making aerogels: https://www.tousimis.com/critical_point_dryers/MEMS_drying_system.html
    13:40 - Paint shaver pro for historic plaster restoration: https://paintshaver.com/paintshaver-pro/
    23:18 - Abacus for finite element analysis for design of structural gels or foams:
    32:49 - Form 3 resin printer for biohacking or making ceramic slip cast molds: https://formlabs.com/store/refurbished-3d-printers/refurbished-form-3-package/
     
    Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MitjxPvqF6s
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/will-walker-lead-designer-at-google/
     
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    387: Asa Hillis

    387: Asa Hillis
    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
    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/

    385: Arun Venkatesan

    385: Arun Venkatesan
    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
    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/

    384: Joseph Wright

    384: Joseph Wright
    Joseph Wright is a fullstack software engineer and data sensemaker in Pittsburgh. You can find Joseph on Twitter @joegle. His website is joegle.com.
     
    TOOLS:
    0:00 - Intro
    0:44 - Benchmade Mini Bugout 533 Folding Knife: https://geni.us/kh2DivE
    10:31 - Snow Peak double walled mugs (for seasoning with coffee): https://geni.us/gGOd
    16:24 - Analog chess clock (my fav is Seiko BZ361L): https://geni.us/9jfbJ
     
     
     

    383: Ethan Stone

    383: Ethan Stone
    Ethan Stone has been a business lawyer for over twenty-five years, practicing in large and small firms and in-house. He has been a solo practitioner since 2011. He has represented clients in raising angel and venture capital, selling and acquiring businesses, technology licensing, executive hirings and departures and a wide variety of strategic partnerships, joint ventures, revenue sharing, service outsourcing and technology development agreements. He and his four parrots live in Berkeley, California.
     
     
    TOOLS:
    0:00 - Intro
    1:02 - Voter registration (and other information) cards: https://www.vistaprint.com/business-cards
    4:11 - Reusable can tops: https://geni.us/l0AvG
     
    Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B_AnicSbn_U
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/ethan-stone-business-lawyer/

    382: Jason Swihart

    382: Jason Swihart
    Jason Swihart is a freelance digital product strategist with 30 years of experience developing sites and products for the internet. He specializes in providing product development leadership for clients who need guidance and advocacy through the product development life-cycle. Jason works in wood, metal, and plastic, making furniture and other objects for the home as well as collecting and restoring mid-century furniture; he is a champion swing dancer, event organizer, and founder of Pacific Swing Dance Foundation; he is also a vintage menswear enthusiast and lifelong skier. He lives in Altadena, CA with his wife, Shana, two dogs, Hampton and Benny, and entirely too many unfinished projects.
     
     
    TOOLS:
    0:00 - Intro
    0:51 - FastCap Laminate Tape: https://geni.us/wHcLu
    8:19 - Milwaukee M12 Fuel Drill/Driver Kit: https://geni.us/ZGTz
    40:14 - Automobile vinyl wrap: https://geni.us/LHlbH
    42:35 - Verity Workshop: https://verityworkshop.com
     
     
    Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QnuYyqsC_k4
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/jason-swihart-mobilhomme-com/

    381: Jonathan Whitaker

    381: Jonathan Whitaker
    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.
     
     
    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/

    378: Rob Ray

    378: Rob Ray
    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:
     
    TOOLS:
    0:00 - Intro
    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/

    377: Joe Richards

    377: Joe Richards
    Joe Richards is a Summer Camp Director, Maker and thinker on the future of summer camps. Joe speaks on Creativity, Leadership, and Life. Joe has spoken across North America with a variety of youth, camping, and corporate organizations. Joe has been the Executive Director at Pearce Williams Summer Camp & Retreat Facility, in Fingal, Ontario, for 19 years – doing what needs to be done to make sure campers have the most amazing experience. You can find him on TikTok @campyoyojoe.
     
     
    TOOLS:
    0:00 - Intro
    0:48 - Picquic screwdriver: http://picquic.ca/
    24:55 - Gridded Cutting Mat for workshop Table: https://www.joann.com/36x59-cutting-mat/2622033.html
     
    Watch on YouTube: 
    https://youtu.be/SNbFSphP5N0
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/joe-richards-summer-camp-director/

    376: Ben Gold

    376: Ben Gold
    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
     
    Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/k5wCUYaucvY
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/ben-gold-product-designer/

    375: Jeremy Shorr

    375: Jeremy Shorr

    Jeremy Shorr is a STEM education and workforce consultant and futurist who is passionate about innovating the instructional experience for learners of all ages. Jeremy has been recognized as one of the National School Boards Association’s “20 to Watch”, as the Ohio Technology Administrator of the Year, the Ohio Educational Leader Innovator, one of the Center for Digital Education’s “Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers”, as one of the Crain’s Cleveland Business “Forty under 40”, ISTE’s Making It Happen award, and was recognized by Ohio Governor John Kasich for service to Ohio’s students. Jeremy is a Certified Educational Technology Leader (CETL), a Google Certified Innovator, an Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE), a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator, and received his MBA in Executive Leadership. Jeremy was an Educational Policy Fellow with the Institute for Educational Leadership in 2015-2016. Jeremy, his wife Kimberly, and his daughters Lila, Lucy, and Luna live in Twinsburg, Ohio. You can find him on Twitter @JeremyShorr and on LinkedIn @jshorr.

    TOOLS:
    0:00 - Intro 
    0:41 - Problem solving cards: Designers Critical Alphabet: https://www.etsy.com/listing/725094845/, Pip Decks, Storyteller Tactics: https://geni.us/saPM,  Creative Whack Pack: https://geni.us/Bjn7x
    14:47 - EXPLR Classroom: https://www.explr-media.com/
    25:46 - Anker USB charger: https://geni.us/ORfA
    31:45 - Elgato USB-C Stream Deck: https://geni.us/zbxo
     
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/jeremy-shorr-stem-education-consultant/

    373: Nabhan Islam

    373: Nabhan Islam
    Nabhan Islam is a Medical Science Liaison (MSL) in the biotech industry, based in beautiful Vancouver, BC. As a perennial traveller and outdoor gear nut, Nabhan always has an eye for durable, well-designed gear that makes his life easier and more enjoyable.
     
    TOOLS: 
    0:00 - Intro
     

    Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gSmKDOkODsM

    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/nabhan-islam-medical-science-liaison/

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