{"id":22957,"date":"2014-12-15T02:01:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T09:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=22957"},"modified":"2017-12-18T18:41:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T01:41:20","slug":"ryan-block-cofounder-of-engadget-cool-tools-show-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/ryan-block-cofounder-of-engadget-cool-tools-show-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Tools Show #17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/181085898&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/cool-tools-show-and-tell\/id605920446?mt=2\">Subscribe to the Cool Tools Podcast on iTunes<\/a>\u00a0|<a href=\"http:\/\/feedpress.me\/cooltoolsshow\">RSS<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1sgottVlIzqE7Qg_d9e9iPH55vNmqmD0vQOAOb0IvJBY\/edit?usp=sharing\">Transcript<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tracking.feedpress.it\/link\/7810\/402562\/181085898-cool-tools-17-ryan-block-co-founder-of-engadget.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/archives\/tag\/cool-tools-show\">See all the Cool Tools Show posts on a single page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our guest this week is <a href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/ryanblock\">Ryan Block<\/a>. He\u2019s the co-founder of gdgt, and the co-founder and former editor of Engadget. These days he is VP of Product at Aol, and is co-host of <a href=\"http:\/\/mvptheshow.com\">MVP<\/a>, a show about technology products.\u00a0Quality and staying power are the primary criteria in Ryan&#8217;s list of essential day-to-day tools. His impeccable taste for the tried-and-true tools is revealed in the invaluable picks and advice offers in this episode.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaserver.pulse2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-27-at-1.08.07-PM.jpg\" width=\"454\" height=\"122\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-style: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00DBYBNEE\/cooltools-20\">Amazon Prime<\/a> ($99\/year)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have the infinite store shelf of Amazon and it shows up in two days. Access to all of the best products in just about anything you can imagine is insanely powerful if you\u2019re a believer in the Cool Tools philosophy and that\u2019s why, to me, Amazon Prime is the uber-tool on top of everything. It allows you to acquire the best of anything at any time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color: #000000; font-style: normal;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/546O_VcOeLIvhWduDUVzsGonbNvYHlRtYWFI0qQPa3dFbsYZmuR87WhC62KUXyU54MR_TmkPawDH-tXEWvna_3jdfgAdwjs2N9tZ2CvucXZcDMsgEaT5YLd4VaMfScmjBw\" width=\"430\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00K30JRT2\/cooltools-20\">Bruer<\/a> ($79)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;Bruer is a home cold brewer that is extremely easy to manage, clean to operate&#8230;they did a really nice job with it. It\u2019s got really nice high quality glass. It\u2019s not Pyrex so it will definitely shatter if you drop it. It\u2019s got these pretty good silicon seals on it and it\u2019s just ridiculously easy to operate. It makes about 24 to 25 ounces of cold brew at a time and it\u2019s now my primary means of drinking coffee&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61LFMIMXRAL._SL1000_.jpg\" width=\"394\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00005UP2K\/cooltools-20\">KitchenAid Stand Mixer<\/a> ($262)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you\u2019ve got a stand mixer you find <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/test-kitchen\/cooking-tips\/article\/how-to-make-fluffy-soft-scrambled-eggs-like-jean-georges-vongerichten\">things to do with it<\/a> that you might not think of normally doing with it. That\u2019s one of the things that makes a great Cool Tool, when you buy it thinking you\u2019ll use it for one thing and you wind up using it for so many other things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/GVtadU4b1cCCCAsTJLmOrR4NV_wv24CQ9Nr0Q3NB2WtixUo4_K31qq1dbYiNISF6QIPumMbIGlA7HGnyo5h4OWTeR9zuoBpb6gKu70_lDWAcrs3W1ED9PgU226_hLlwqBA\" width=\"395\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tydligapp.com\/\">Tydlig<\/a> ($2.99)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In some ways it\u2019s almost like highly interactive spreadsheet in calculator, but it does do a lot of other advanced graphing functions. 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