Paleontologist-Futurist Michael Garfield works in mind-jazz across genres to help navigating our world of accelerating weirdness and cultivate the curiosity and play for people to thrived in it. Host of Future Fossils, former Digital Media Strategist for The Santa Fe Institute and host of Complexity Podcast, former Community Manager for The Long Now Foundation and Research Analyst for a stealth Mozilla AI spin out, his latest project Humans On The Loop examines agency in the age of automation through conversation, music, essay, social weaving, and the rearing of bespoke language models.

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TOOLS:
0:00 – Intro
1:01 – Boss RC-505 mkII Loopstation
16:53 – Brunton Transit pocket compass
25:47 – Black Diamond Storm 500-R headlamp
33:17 – FLUXX by Looney Labs
42:14 – Humans on the Loop

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VdHo_mkIAkc

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/michael-garfield-paleontologist-futurist/

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Mr. Burke is a serial entrepreneur. Mr. Burke has over 34 years of enterprise software company management and start-up experience and has worked for 11 software and technology services companies. Mr. Burke is a father of 3 kids and husband to his lovely wife, Irina.

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TOOLS:
0:00 – Intro
0:31 – Leatherman Skeletool
6:13 – Samsung Galaxy Ring
14:26 – Kindle Paperwhite
19:27 – SimpleNote
23:17 – Cognitive Medical Systems

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Christina K. is a home organizer based out of metro Vancouver area. She helps the neurodivergent to the neurotypical find space and peace in their home whether virtually or in person. She also in a previous life was a marketing coordinator helping small and big businesses in the tech space find their voice in a loud world. When not working you can find her baking, watching educational YouTube or collecting too many squishmallows.

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TOOLS:
0:00 – Intro
0:38 – Snackle Box
4:57 – Finch
9:50 – Buy Nothing Facebook Groups
15:21 – Apple Password Manager

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Vy8sEYZLDw8

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/christina-k-home-organizer/

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Based in Texas, Chordophony, is a software engineer by day who moonlights as a music technologist and sound explorer. He has developed innovative devices and software to facilitate sonic creation and streamline production workflows. Chordophony is an avid collector and enthusiast of music-related tools and instruments.

Social Media Links:
Instagram.com/chordophony
Twitter.com/chordophony

TOOLS:
0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Bluetooth MIDI Footpedal
8:18 – iPad Air as musical instrument
13:45 – AUM
20:10 – Custom Hybrid Pedalboards (aka CHyPboards)

Data storyteller RJ Andrews is obsessed with data graphics. He helps organizations solve high-stakes problems with visual metaphors and persuasive graphics. He recently produced designs for The White House, Google, and MIT. RJ’s newest book is “Info We Trust: How to Create Value with Data Graphics.” He is also author of “Florence Nightingale: Mortality and Health Diagrams” and other works. Learn about all publications at Visionary Press. RJ lives/works in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco.

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Newsletter
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TOOLS:
0:00 – Intro
0:47 – Cheap book cradle (airplane neck pillow)
2:30 – Weighted bookmark
9:00 – Bendable neck reading light
12:58 – Giant desktop bookstand
20:43 – Visionary Press
20:43 – Info We Trust

Julian Bleecker, Ph.D., is an accomplished engineer and author with a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, an MSEng from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. from UC Santa Cruz. He founded Near Future Laboratory in 2005 and OMATA, a one-person innovative hardware product design studio, in 2014, which he sold in 2022. Julian has written It’s Time To Imagine Harder and co-authored The Manual of Design Fiction. He also wrote the influential essay, Design Fiction: A Short Essay on Design, Science, Fact and Fiction. His engineering expertise and innovative work in Design Fiction have significantly shaped creative practices worldwide.

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TOOLS:
0:00 – Intro
0:34 – Baofeng 5RM Multi-Band Ham Radio
7:43 – Make Playing Cards
17:08 – Sendy.co and Instructions
24:23 – Astro + Netlify

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David Rager is an accomplished Creative Director with over two decades of experience in design leadership, brand building, and environmental experiences. As NASA’s current Creative Director, he oversees the agency’s visual brand and iconic Graphics Standards Manual and is responsible for reintroducing the NASA Logotype (Worm). Previously, Rager led teams at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Disney, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, and the New Museum, and co-founded Weekends, a design studio operating between Paris and Los Angeles.

TOOLS:
0:00 – Intro
1:29 – Solar Awareness / Lumos Sun Tracking App
11:27 – Hori Hori Garden Tool
14:41 – Sodastream Hack
21:51 – Quanta Vinyl Streaming
30:11 – Getty Pacific Standard Time exhibit
30:35 – The Ecology Center

ABOUT DANNY KIM:
20+ years of vehicle architecture & prototype development. Inventor w/ 65 issued int’l patents, 22 USPTOs. Focus of HBS case study: Industrial design & sustainable transportation. Former Land Rover mechanic, machinist, woodworker, welder, and vehicle integrator. Reed College, UCB, RISD, & Media Lab.

LINKS:
LIT Motors
Wefunder
Flickr
Instagram
YouTube

TOOLS:
0:00 – Intro
1:19 – 48″ Margining steel lead screw shaft Rockwell 52 (AKA Handy File)
7:48 – Spectrum 375 Plasma Cutter (1/2″ lightsaber “Scissors’)
14:35 – Edwards 65 Ton Ironworker
16:07 – Miller MIG Welder
23:58 – Maybe cardboard would be a prototyping tool
23:49 – LIT Motors prototype

Adam Hill (He/Him) is a dad who loves science, cooking, math, engineering, skepticism, espresso, and politics! He has been a teacher, an engineer, and now a software business analyst. Curiosity now and forever!

TOOLS:
0:00 – Intro
0:46 – Burley Bee Bike Trailer
5:20 – Nanofoamer Pro
12:07 – Magsafe wallet
16:22 – Eat Your Books

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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

Kern Kelley is a Technology Integrator at Maine School Unit #19. Starting his teaching career in New Zealand, he has provided support to educators for over two decades and conducted professional development across the globe. He advises a student produced technology show for the Maine Department of Education at MLTI.me and brings his student presenters, the Student Leadership Ambassadors of Maine to numerous conferences around the world and authored the Google Apps Guidebook.

TOOLS:
0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Air Rocket Launcher Educational Kit
9:44 – Creality CR-30 3D Mill Infinite Z Belt Printer
16:33 – GoPro Hero 10 (used with High Altitude Balloon Launches)
21:57 – DJI Mavic Pro 3

Rich Edwards is the CEO of Mindspan Systems, which helps community financial institutions transform themselves with data-driven strategies and technologies. Rich has worked extensively with banking, insurance, and financial services clients worldwide during his career. He has led product strategy in data center automation and artificial intelligence, including the launch of IBM Watson Developer Cloud. Rich has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Masters of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as an engineering officer in the US Army. You can follow Rich on Twitter @richedwards.

TOOLS:
0:00 – Intro
0:35 – Uni Core mechanical pencil
7:05 – Scotch tape runner (extra strength)
14:43 – Making a 1993 factory car phone fully functional today (a triumph in defeating obsolescence)
17:01 – Matter, turn any webpage into an audio book (great Evernote companion)

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Brent Deverman founded and sold a China-based internet startup providing services to tourists and English speakers based in Shenzhen, China. With over 20 years of experience in software development, analytics, digital transformation, and e-commerce development, Brent has also executed technical projects for HSBC, CNN, DFS, and AIA. He graduated from Michigan State University with a dual degree in Computer Science and East Asian Studies.

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TOOLS:
0:00 – Intro
1:22 – Rust
7:20 – Readwise
12:47 – Minaal Carry on Bag 3.0
19:47 – Slate AX Travel Router