Cool Tools

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/

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/

Our guest this week is John Park. John is a professional maker. He builds creative technology projects, tutorials, and videos for Adafruit Industries. John hosted the Emmy-nominated Make: Television show on American Public Television. Prior to joining Adafruit, John worked in computer graphics, including twelve years in animation at Disney. John is an amateur circus aerialist, and a synthesizer enthusiast. You can find John on Twitter and Instagram @johnedgarpark. For show notes visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/john-park-maker-at-adafruit/

Our guest this week is Billie Ruben. Billie is a maker of many kinds. She has a background in theatrical costume making, and has helped run some of the largest 3D printing communities around. She likes blending unexpected materials and techniques in her work, which she shares via her posters, workshops, and a shiny new YouTube channel. You can find Billie on Twitter @billierubenmake. For show notes visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/billie-ruben-maker/

Our guest this week is Todd Lappin. Todd is a writer, photographer, occasional journalist, and full-time geek with a particular interest in transportation, infrastructure, and Chinese and Japanese culture. For show notes visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/todd-lappin-content-designer/

Our guest this week is Shoshana Berger, the author of A Beginner's Guide to the End with Dr. BJ Miller. She's also a senior director at the global design firm IDEO, where she's worked on projects ranging from the end of life to re-imagining modern Judaism to school lunch. You can find Shoshana on Twitter @shoshanaberger. For show notes visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/shoshana-berger-senior-director-at-ideo/

Our guest this week is Claudia Dawson. Claudia is part of the Cool Tools team, the producer of Recomendo and the editor of the weekly What’s in my Bag? newsletter. You can find her on Twitter @clauddaws and her digital garden at claudiadawson.blog. For show notes visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/claudia-dawson-producer-of-recomendo/

Our guest this week is DL Cade. DL is an art, science and technology writer, and the former Editor in Chief of the photography blog PetaPixel. When he’s not writing, he works in the Neitz Lab at the University of Washington, studying color vision. You can find DL on Twitter and Medium @dlcade. For show notes visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/dl-cade-former-editor-in-chief-of-petapixel/

Our guest this week is Colin Marshall. Colin previously hosted the podcasts The Marketplace of Ideas and Notebook on Cities and Culture. Now living in Seoul, he writes for publications like Boing Boing, Open Culture, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, and the New Yorker. You can find Colin on Twitter @colinmarshall. For show notes: https://kk.org/cooltools/colin-marshall-essayist/

Our guest this week is Kurt Kohlstedt. Kurt writes and talks about design and cities at the popular podcast 99% Invisible. He has been covering design, art and urbanism professionally across various platforms since completing his master’s degree in architecture in 2007. You can find on Twitter and Instagram @kurtkohlstedt. For show notes: https://kk.org/cooltools/kurt-kohlstedt-99-invisible/