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Book Freak #30: Simple Ways to Be a Better Communicator
Book Freak is a weekly newsletter with cognitive tools you can use to improve the quality of your life. Leil Lowndes is an expert in techniques for better communication. Here are four pieces of advice...
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What’s in my bag? — Jen Schachter
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Jen Schachter is a maker and mastermind of big, collaborative builds — light-up letters for the Obama White House, an enormous...
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9 Volt Snap Lights
Transcript Tools (Recommended): Lixada Blocklite PAK-LITE Super Glow LED Flashlight Tools (Other): Blocklite 2.0 -- Sean Michael Ragan[Cool Tools has a YouTube channel with many more tool reviews]
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Milwaukee Fastback Flip Utility Knife with Blade Storage
I propose the Fastback Flip Utility Knife with Blade Storage ($24), from Milwaukee, is the best folding utility knife. The good: It literally falls open. When the blade release button is pressed, the...
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Mark Krawczuk, Creative Instigator
Our guest this week is Mark Krawczuk. Mark works as a freelance producer/project manager, who leads teams of developers and creatives to make digital stuff for big companies. In his free time, Mark...
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Absolute Black Chocolate/Talk to Transformer/Kevin’s gift picks
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Awesome unsweetened chocolate bar I’ve long been a fan of Montezuma’s Absolute Black chocolate bars, which are made from 100% chocolate and...
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Cool Tools 2019 Holiday Gift Guide: Readers’ picks
The editors of Cool Tools have curated a number of gift suggestions selected from our website, newsletters, videos, and podcasts. This week: reader suggestions! Bramble Mini Baby Quilt Kit ($54) –...
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Industrial Ice Cream Scoop
Tool: Thrifty “square” ice cream scoop ($50) Guest: Rusty Blazenhoff Blog Newsletter Instagram Twitter “I have an ice cream scoop that is kind of special. It’s from Thrifty, which many people know...
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Book Freak #31: Getting Things Done
Book Freak is a weekly newsletter with cognitive tools you can use to improve the quality of your life. David Allen’s productivity system, described in his book Getting Things Done, has helped me get...
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What’s in my bag? — Nelson Dellis
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Nelson Dellis is 4x USA Memory Champion and one of the leading memory experts in the world, traveling around the world as a competitive...
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EDC Organizer Pouch “Go Bag”
I’ve been using a EDC organizer type pouch for a while now as a sort of travel “go bag.” Maxpedition are the name most associated with this type of gear (and that is what I link to) but I use a generic...
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Jane Friedman, Publishing Consultant
Our guest this week is Jane Friedman. Jane is a full-time freelancer who reports on the publishing industry for outlets like Publishers Weekly, as well as her own newsletter, The Hot Sheet. She’s...
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Learn to draw/Evolution of Trust/World Time Buddy
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Learning to draw This hand-drawn book is the best course on art and drawing I’ve seen. The cartoonist Lynda Barry has been teaching non-artists...
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Casio W-86 Wristwatch
While the (in)famous $10 Casio F-91W may well be the world’s most popular watch, for me it suffers a couple of fatal flaws. Firstly it is only water resistant, which means you can splash it when you...
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Waterproof Notebooks
Show notes and transcript Tools (Recommended): Rite in the Rain All-Weather Side-Spiral Notebook – Yellow Cover (No. 393) Rite in the Rain All-Weather Durable Clicker Pen – Blue Ink (No. 93B) -- Sean...
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Book Freak #32: How to Achieve Optimal Experiences
Book Freak is a weekly newsletter with cognitive tools you can use to improve the quality of your life. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s 1990 book, Flow, describes the mental state we experience when deeply...
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What’s in my bag? — Daniel Slaski
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Dan Slaski designs products with hundreds of components that go into the world’s harshest environments. He also blogs about all things...
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Pixelmator
I’ve been using Pixelmator ($30) on my Mac for photo editing for many years. It is a fantastic alternative to Photoshop, and it is and amazing value at only $30. It can do all of the things you’d...
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Mark Crilley, Illustrator
Our guest this week is Mark Crilley. Mark has written and illustrated more than 35 books and graphic novels, and is a 14-time Eisner nominee. His instructional YouTube videos have been viewed more than...
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Switchable magnets/A Year in Space/The Noun Project
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Switchable magnets I’ve recently discovered magswitches. These are magnets you can turn off and on. I use them in my workshop to hold down...
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