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 Rhodesian Ridgeback. Website: directedplay.com Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/dangoods/ Instagram: @iamdangoods For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/dan-goods-visual-strategist-at-nasa 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

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 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 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