{"id":37576,"date":"2020-12-25T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=37576"},"modified":"2020-12-17T13:30:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T20:30:33","slug":"claudia-dawson-producer-of-recomendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/claudia-dawson-producer-of-recomendo\/","title":{"rendered":"Claudia Dawson, Producer of Recomendo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our guest this week is Claudia Dawson. Claudia is part of the Cool Tools team, the producer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recomendo.com\/newsletter\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Recomendo<\/a> and the editor of the weekly <a href=\"http:\/\/cool-tools.org\/wimb\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What\u2019s in my Bag?<\/a> newsletter. You can find her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clauddaws\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@clauddaws<\/a> and her digital garden at <a href=\"https:\/\/claudiadawson.blog\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claudiadawson.blog<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/949635736%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-xEvrjkMhqbR&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/cool-tools\" title=\"Cool Tools\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Cool Tools<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/cool-tools\/258-claudia-dawson\/s-xEvrjkMhqbR\" title=\"258: Claudia Dawson\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">258: Claudia Dawson<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/cool-tools-show-and-tell\/id605920446?mt=2\">Subscribe to the Cool Tools Show on iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/feedpress.me\/cooltoolsshow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/17ptdUFgWC4VoDSF5k55AqgOwxBckhQGo\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Transcript<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/tag\/cool-tools-show\/\">See all the Cool Tools Show posts on a single page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Show notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/saunablanket.png\" alt=\"saunablanket\" width=\"500\" height=\"498\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/saunablanket.png 500w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/saunablanket-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/saunablanket-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/higherdose.com\/products\/infrared-sauna-blanket-v3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HigherDose Infrared Sauna Blanket<\/a> ($499)<br \/>\nThis is a sauna in a sleeping bag form. It has nine different heating levels. The infrared rays are supposed to heat you from within and increase blood flow so that you sweat like you are working out and that\u2019s supposed to be \u201cdetoxifying&#8221;, but I just find it very relaxing. I can only handle 30 minutes at a time, before I want to break out of it, but after each use my body feels soothed and euphoric and it\u2019s perfect to use right before bed, because you\u2019ll sleep so well. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/pageanchor.jpg\" alt=\"pageanchor\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/pageanchor.jpg 500w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/pageanchor-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stacksocial.com\/sales\/page-anchor-i-anchor-bookmarks-rose-gold?aid=a-j2ferhvk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Page Anchor<\/a> ($43)<br \/>\nThis is a Swedish bookmark that is made from 316L stainless steel. It weighs about 8 ounces, and it\u2019s only purpose is holding open a book perfectly flat. It\u2019s very elegant looking and it arrive in a small black box that made it feel like I was unwrapping a piece of jewelry. This works with books of any size and if you\u2019re a book lover or a note taker you must own this. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/printer.jpg\" alt=\"printer\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/printer.jpg 500w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/printer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/printer-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/8AGjivd\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HP OfficeJet 250 All-in-One Portable Printer<\/a> ($380)<br \/>\nI made the mistake of buying a cheap $99 Epson inkjet printer which brought me a lot of unnecessary frustration. It would lock me out from using it whenever the ink got too low. I needed something that was low-maintenance and easy-to-use and set up. I love this printer because it\u2019s wireless, one full charge takes 3 hours and then I don\u2019t have to worry about plugging it in for at least a week. It auto-shuts off to preserve battery after 30 minutes and I can move it from the office to the dining room to whatever room we\u2019re working in at the moment. It prints really fast and it was easy to set up on the network, so now my husband who is less tech-savvy can print things out without needing my guidance. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/deeppillowspray.png\" alt=\"deeppillowspray\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/deeppillowspray.png 500w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/deeppillowspray-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/deeppillowspray-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/gQKiJ7Q\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deep Sleep Pillow Spray by This Works<\/a> ($29)<br \/>\nI\u2019m one of those people where aromatherapy really works for me. Oil diffusers and scent sprays are very relaxing and help me transition from work to relaxing to sleep. When I was in Paris last year, the hotels we stayed in all had pillow sprays and that\u2019s when I discovered they helped me fall asleep almost instantly. This is an \u201caward-winning\u201d pillow spray that is a blend of Lavender, Camomile and Vetivert and it\u2019s magical. I use it almost every night (sometimes I forget), and one bottle has lasted me more than 2 months now. <\/p>\n<p><strong>About Claudia\u2019s projects<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/1608160846.png\" alt=\"1608160846\" width=\"500\" height=\"383\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/1608160846.png 500w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2020\/12\/1608160846-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nMy big work project this year was the newly expanded <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/7VV7\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Recomendo book<\/a>, which has more than 1,000 recommendations by me, Mark and Kevin. A personal project of mine was a book I made for my family called <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/CFB6w9z\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Papa\u2019s Reads<\/a>. It\u2019s a Christmas gift. In September, my father-in-law died of cancer at 79. He was so loving and gentle and it\u2019s been a really hard loss for all of us. Something I discovered after he passed was that he had written more than 800 really thoughtful and well-written book reviews on Goodreads. Reading them felt like I was hearing his voice. I spent a lot of late nights compiling all these reviews and it became a giant 661-page book. I wish he could see it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cool Tools Show 258: Claudia Dawson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1559],"tags":[1555,1472],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37576"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37584,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37576\/revisions\/37584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}