Cool Tools

Cool Tools

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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.
    39 min
  • 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.
    57 min
  • 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.
    32 min
  • 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.
    33 min
  • 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.
    43 min
  • 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.
    43 min
  • 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
    31 min
  • 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.
    38 min
  • 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.
    41 min
  • 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.
    35 min

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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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