Aishwarya Khanduja is the founder of a stealth entity working to solve wicked problems through lenses of complexity, markets, and power. She's spent the majority of her career thus far being a founder or supporting founders. Her companies span biotech, ed-tech, and the future of work. She writes a weekly letter, essays, technical primers, and other musings on . &nbsp; TOOLS: 0:00 - Intro 1:08 - Hero 329 pen:  8:48 - bamboo book stand:  11:06 - tetr app:  16:30 - vestoj: the journal of sartorial matters:  24:20 - The Analogue:  &nbsp; Watch on YouTube:  &nbsp; For show notes and transcript visit:  &nbsp; To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form:

405: Aishwarya Khanduja

ABOUT DANNY KIM: 20+ years of vehicle architecture &amp; prototype development. Inventor w/ 65 issued int’l patents, 22 USPTOs. Focus of HBS case study: Industrial design &amp; sustainable transportation. Former Land Rover mechanic, machinist, woodworker, welder, and vehicle integrator. Reed College, UCB, RISD, &amp; Media Lab. LINKS:     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 –&nbsp; 23:58 –&nbsp; 23:49 –&nbsp;  &nbsp; For show notes and transcript visit:

406: Danny Kim

&nbsp;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 –&nbsp; 11:27 –&nbsp; 14:41 –&nbsp; 21:51 –&nbsp; 30:11 –&nbsp; 30:35 –&nbsp;  &nbsp; For show notes and transcript visit:  &nbsp; To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form:

#407: David Rager

Mac Moss is an Idaho based graphic designer who operates his own one man studio known as mm.s. Heavily inspired by science fiction and the American West, his work has naturally drifted into predominantly the outdoor industry. Outside of work, Mac races competitively at ultra marathon distances. &nbsp;  TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 1:29 –&nbsp; 11:27 –&nbsp; 14:41 –&nbsp; 21:51 –&nbsp; 30:11 –&nbsp; 30:35 –&nbsp; &nbsp;   LINKS:&nbsp; Instagram:  Website:&nbsp;  &nbsp;   &nbsp;  For show notes and transcript visit:  &nbsp;  To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form:

408: Mac Moss

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&nbsp;It’s Time To Imagine Harder&nbsp;and co-authored&nbsp;The Manual of Design Fiction. He also wrote the influential essay,&nbsp;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.    TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 0:34 –&nbsp; 7:43 –&nbsp; 17:08 –&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp; 24:23 –&nbsp;&nbsp;+&nbsp;  &nbsp; For show notes and transcript visit:  To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form:

409: Julian Bleecker

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&nbsp;. RJ lives/works in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. Links:    TOOLS:0:00 – Intro 0:47 –&nbsp;&nbsp;(airplane neck pillow) 2:30 –&nbsp; 9:00 –&nbsp; 12:58 –&nbsp; 20:43 –&nbsp; 20:43 –&nbsp;  &nbsp; For show notes and transcript visit:  &nbsp; To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form:

410: RJ Andrews

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:  TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 0:45 –&nbsp; 8:18 –&nbsp; 13:45 –&nbsp; 20:10 –&nbsp; (aka CHyPboards)  &nbsp; For show notes and transcript visit:  &nbsp; To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form:

411: Chordophony

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.   TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 0:38 –&nbsp; 4:57 –&nbsp; 9:50 –&nbsp; 15:21 –&nbsp; Watch on YouTube:  For show notes and transcript visit:  To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form:

412: Christina K

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.  TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 0:31 –&nbsp; 6:13 –&nbsp; 14:26 –&nbsp; 19:27 –&nbsp; 23:17 –&nbsp; For show notes and transcript visit:  To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form:&nbsp;

413: Doug Burke

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.     TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 1:01 –&nbsp; 16:53 –&nbsp; 25:47 –&nbsp; 33:17 –&nbsp; 42:14 –&nbsp; Watch on YouTube:  For show notes and transcript visit:  To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form:

414: Michael Garfield

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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