Kevin Kelly – Over the long term, the future is decided by optimists
WEBFuturism. Video is the future of learning. Future of X is a series of 36 lectures on the future that I produced on YouTube for China Mobile, where X equals anything from flying cars to genetic engineering.. I write in order to think. I often begin thinking with a post written on my blog, The Technium. I cover technology and conceptual news, and I also post a weekly summary of the interesting ...
Cool Tools – Cool tools really work. A cool tool can be any book ...
WEBWhat you fear/Cobweb Duster/Audience choirs Recomendo - issue #428. Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox.. What you fear This might be an oversimplification of the true sources behind our fears, but I appreciate this visual chart of possible unmet needs and the arrows pointing toward a healthy resolution for each fear. Sometimes fear can be paralyzing, and this serves as a ...
Biography – Kevin Kelly
WEBShortest version. Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired, an award-winning magazine he co-founded Wired in 1993. He is co-chair of The Long Now Foundation, a membership organization that champions long-term thinking.He is founder of the popular Cool Tools website, which has been reviewing tools daily for 20 years. He is also the author of multiple best-selling books about the future of ...
1,000 True Fans - The Technium
WEB1,000 True Fans. This is an edited, updated version of an essay I wrote in 2008 when this now popular idea was embryonic and ragged. I recently rewrote it to convey the core ideas, minus out-of-date details. This revisited essay appears in Tim Ferriss’ new book, Tools of Titans. I believe the 1,000 True Fans concept will be useful to anyone ...
About Cool Tools – Cool Tools
WEBCool Tools is a web site which recommends the best/cheapest tools available. Tools are defined broadly as anything that can be useful. This includes hand tools, machines, books, software, gadgets, websites, maps, and even ideas. All reviews are positive raves written by real users. We don’t bother with negative reviews because our intent is ...
Articles – Kevin Kelly
WEBApr 1, 2020 — Appeared in Cool Tools, 2003, by Kevin Kelly. God Is the Machine, (Archived PDF) Wired, vol. 10, no. 12, December 2002. Making My Own Music. (An op-ed piece on the copyright extension law), (Archived PDF) Appeared in The New York Times, Saturday, October 12, 2002, Op-Ed.
The Scale of the Universe 2 – Cool Tools
WEBFeb 10, 2012 — Check out The Scale of the Universe 2. It takes a minute to load. Once ready, be prepared to have your horizons stretched. I like the way they pile in the expected and unexpected size examples, which anchor the scale in a refreshing way. The continuous zoom is what makes this device work, rather than the quantum powers of ten of the film.
How to Sell Your Book, CD, or DVD on Amazon – Cool Tools
WEB1 Get an ISBN (for a book), or a UPC (for a CD or DVD). For one book it costs $125, for one CD, $55, for one DVD, $89. 2 Get a bar code based on the ISBN or UPC. Costs $10, or may be included in UPC. 3 Sign up with Amazon, $30 per year. 4 Duplicate your stuff; include the bar code on the outside. 5 Ship two copies to Amazon.
What Technology Wants – Kevin Kelly
WEBOct 15, 2010 — In this provocative book, one of today’s most respected thinkers turns the conversation about technology on its head by viewing technology as a natural system, an extension of biological evolution. By mapping the behavior of life, we paradoxically get a glimpse at where technology is headed-or “what it wants.”.
MyScriptFont – Cool Tools
WEBJul 31, 2013 — The easiest, cheapest and quickest way is MyScriptFont. To get my personal script, I wrote out an alphabet on their printed-out template (block letters only, no cursive), scanned the sheet and uploaded it, and then installed the scaleable font they handed back. It’s free. Takes only minutes. Once I had my handprinting font, I figured I could ...