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    403: Mia Coots

    403: Mia Coots

    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/
     
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    402: Josué Moreno

    402: Josué Moreno
    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

     

     

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    396: Davey Rogulich

    396: Davey Rogulich
    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/
     
    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

    387: David Buxton

    387: David Buxton
    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.
     
     
    TOOLS:
    0:45 - Workflowy: https://workflowy.com
    27:29 - Leuchtturm Line a Day journal: https://geni.us/v0B7C5k
    35:43 - Harriet AI HR assistant: https://hrharriet.com
     
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/david-buxton-tech-founder/
     

    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/

    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/

    380: Graham Briggs

    380: Graham Briggs
    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.
     
    TOOLS:
    0:00 - Intro
    0:43 - Pinlock Motorcycle Visor: https://pinlock.com/
    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/

    379: Amber Dohrenwend

    379: Amber Dohrenwend
    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
     
    Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/42NirmKMUXE
     
    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/amber-dohrenwend-artist/

    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/

    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/

    374: Luke Stein

    374: Luke Stein
    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
    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/

    372: Linda Tapp

    372: Linda Tapp
    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.
     
     
    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/
     
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    367: Michael Basista

    367: Michael Basista
    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/

    365: Joel Rosenberg

    365: Joel Rosenberg
    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. 
     
    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/

    364: Patrik Reizinger

    364: Patrik Reizinger
    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.
     
     
    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

    361: Tristan Duke (Part 2)

    361: Tristan Duke (Part 2)

    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

     

    359: John O’Brien

    359: John O’Brien
    John O’Brien is a maker, tinkerer, and father of two. He and his wife founded Revolution Makerspace in 2022.
     
    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
     
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