Cool Tools

Dina Kaplan is Founder of the The Path, which teaches meditation for the modern mind. The Path has taught thousands of people to meditate around the world and at festivals including SXSW and Sundance.   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/dina-kaplan-founder-of-the-the-path/   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

David Spira is a user experience and product designer, and a general maker of things, as well as the co-founder of RoomEscapeArtist.com.  For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/david-spira-roomescapeartist-com/ 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  

Dan Goods is passionate about creating moments where people are reminded of the gift and privilege of being alive. During the day he leads an amazing team of creatives at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory transforming complex concepts into meaningful stories that can be universally understood. The teams work is seen in public spaces, art museums, and is in outer space. After doing the dishes and spending time with his wife and kids, Dan works on other creative problem solving projects around the world. He recently finished working with the Museum of the Future in Dubai, and is now trying to simulate the feeling of being in a room singing with a million other people. Dan was honored with NASA’s Exceptional Public Service Award. In the past he was selected as “One of the most interesting people in Los Angeles” by the LA Weekly. In 2002 he graduated valedictorian from the graphic design program at Art Center College of Design. Dan currently lives in Altadena, CA with his wife, kids, chickens and a very special Rh

Will Smith is co-host of Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod and a Twitch Streamer, and previously an Editor at Tested.com and Maximum PC. You can find him on Twitter @willsmith.    For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/will-smith-co-host-of-brad-will-made-a-tech-pod/   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  

Robert Stephens is mostly know as the Founder of The Geek Squad and recently he founded his newest company, ChainList — a sort of github for checklists. You can find him on Twitter @rstephens. Website: https://www.chainlist.com   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/robert-stephens-founder-of-chainlist-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  

Robert Stephens is mostly know as the Founder of The Geek Squad and recently he founded his newest company, ChainList — a sort of github for checklists. You can find him on Twitter @rstephens. Website: https://www.chainlist.com   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/robert-stephens-founder-of-chainlist/   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

Rolf Potts is the author of five books, including Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel (Random House, 2003), and The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel (Ballantine, 2022). You can Rolf on Instagram and Twitter @rolfpotts. Website: https://rolfpotts.com/   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/rolf-potts-travel-author/ 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  

Brady Forrest is the Head of Business Development at MobileCoin, a privacy-protecting payment coin that is available worldwide in Signal Messenger. Working with his wife, he runs Ignite Talks, a global talk series which has been held thousands of times around the world including at SXSW, Google, the Gates Foundation and the White House. Brady is on the Board of CAST, a non-profit that buys and manages buildings for arts organizations in SF and Oakland. He's also on the Board of Ideas Beyond Borders, an organization devoted to translating and promoting ideas that foster critical thinking, science and civil rights in the Middle East. Most years you can find him at Burning Man. Previously he was in media at O’Reilly Media and was an investor at PCH/Highway1 and Khosla Ventures. You can find him on Twitter @brady.   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ignite Twitter: https://twitter.com/brady   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/brady-forrest-mobilecoin   If you're enjoying the Cool Tools

Robert Stencel is an emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of Denver, where he taught classes and managed the high altitude observatory atop Mount Evans, Colorado at 14,148 ft elevation. Dr. Stencel previously worked at NASA Houston and Greenbelt centers and at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC, prior to joining Denver University in 1993. His research includes the origin of the elements and light pollution solutions. You can find him on Twitter @epsilon_Aurigae. Website: https://mysite.du.edu/~rstencel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/epsilon_aurigae   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/r-stencel-professor-of-astronomy/   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

Foster Huntington is photographer and filmmaker and lives in a treehouse outside of Portland.  For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/foster-huntington-filmmaker/   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

Paul Jensen is a surfer, wooden surfboard builder, teacher of building wooden surfboards, retired general contractor, remodeler, cabinet maker, stairbuilder, vehicle customizer, consultant/ designer for Homegrown Trailers, husband/father ... Provocateur… Website: www.hollowsurfboards.com Instagram: @paul___jensen   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/paul-jensen-hollow-surfboards   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

Nathan Myhrvold is a scientist, inventor, nature and food photographer, and author of the award-winning Modernist Cuisine cookbooks. After completing a postdoc with Stephen Hawking and serving as Microsoft’s first Chief Technology Officer, he founded Intellectual Ventures, which has spun out more than 15 tech startups. Myhrvold is inventor or coinventor of 899 patented inventions to date. His book and other projects are at his website: NathanMyhrvold.com   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/nathan-myhrvold-inventor/   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  

Survival Research Laboratories was founded by Mark Pauline in November 1978 in San Francisco. Since its inception, SRL is made up of creative technicians dedicated to re-directing the tools of industry, science, and the military. Each performance is a unique interaction between machines and special effects in socio-political satire. Humans are present only as audience or operators. Website: srl.org Instagram: @markpauline5  YouTube: @survivalresearchlabs Facebook: @survivalresearchlabs   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/mark-pauline-survival-research-laboratories/   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

Tim O’Reilly is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of O’Reilly Media, and a partner at early stage venture firm O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV). He is also on the boards of Code for America, PeerJ, Civis Analytics, and PopVox. His book, WTF: What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us, explores what technology advances teach us about the future economy and government as its “platform.” He is a Visiting Professor of Practice at University College London’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, where he is researching a new approach to regulating big technology platforms by limiting their ability to extract economic rents. Twitter: twitter.com/timoreilly Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/timo3   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/tim-oreilly-oreilly-media/   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

Ryan Phelan is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Revive & Restore, with a mission to enhance biodiversity through the genetic rescue of endangered and extinct species. Ryan works with some of the world’s leading molecular biologists, conservation biologists, and conservation organizations to envision and develop pioneering genetic rescue projects using cutting-edge genomic technologies to solve seemingly intractable wildlife conservation challenges such as those posed by inbreeding, exotic diseases, climate change, and destructive invasive species. Prior to her conservation work, for two decades she was a leader in patient-oriented health care and was the Founder and CEO of two innovative healthcare companies focused on empowering the healthcare consumer: DNA Direct and Direct Medical Knowledge. Current Projects: https://reviverestore.org/projects/ Revive & Restore Twitter: @Revive_Restore Personal Twitter: @Ryanphelan6   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/ryan-phela

Howard Rheingold is author of Tools For Thought, The Virtual Community, and Smart Mobs, Net Smart; editor of Whole Earth Review, and Millennium Whole Earth Catalog; Lecturer, Social Media Literacies, Stanford. You can find Howard on Twitter @hrheingold and Patreon @howardrheingold.   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/howard-rheingold-author-of-tools-for-thought/   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

Christopher Michel is the inaugural Artist-in-Residence at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. His appointment is focused on leveraging visual storytelling to elevate the work of scientists, engineers and medical professionals in society. Previously, Chris founded and sold two technology companies. He is also the founder of Nautilus Ventures, a seed venture fund. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Chris flew for the Navy as a Navigator and Mission Commander aboard P-3C patrol aircraft. Chris graduated from the University of Illinois and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and an honorary Doctorate from Tiffin University. Chris serves on the board of Dale Carnegie and Catchlight, a non-profit focused on supporting photographers and innovative leaders in the field of visual storytelling. Chris is also an advisor to the Union of Concerned Scientists, a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, and a member of the Explorers Club. You can fin

Alan Greene, MD, FAAP practices at Crescendo MD, a membership-based medical practice located in Silicon Valley, California. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of California at San Francisco. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Greene and his wife Cheryl helped shape online health through their involvement with many health and health tech ventures starting in 1995 when they founded DrGreene.com, which was cited by the AMA as “the pioneer physician website” and has had over 125 million unique visitors. He is a highly respected speaker and author including his books Feeding Baby Green, Raising Baby Green, and From First Kicks to First Steps. Website: DrGreene.com Twitter: @DrGreene   For show notes and transcript visit:https://kk.org/cooltools/alan-greene-practicing-physician-and-author/   If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, avail

Larry Keeley has worked for over four decades as an innovation scientist. He helped pioneer the specialized field of innovation effectiveness and has taught thousands of Masters and PhD innovators both at Kellogg's MMM Program and at Chicago's highly regarded Institute of Design. He is now an independent innovation researcher, working on pioneering new tradecraft.   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/larry-keely-innovation-scientist/   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

Paul Saffo is a technology forecaster based in Silicon Valley. An Adjunct Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, Saffo teaches courses on the future of engineering and the impact of technological change on the future.   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/paul-saffo-technology-forecaster/   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