{"id":37980,"date":"2021-03-10T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=37980"},"modified":"2021-03-01T16:58:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T23:58:47","slug":"whats-in-my-bag-ariel-waldman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-bag-ariel-waldman\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s in my bag? \u2014 Ariel Waldman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ariel Waldman<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is the chair of the council for NASA\u2019s Innovative Advanced Concepts program. As PI, she led an expedition to Antarctica to film microscopic life under the ice. She is a National Geographic Explorer and received an honor from the Obama White House as a Champion of Change in citizen science. You can find Ariel on YouTube @\u00a0youtube.com\/arielwaldman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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About the bag<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nordace Siena \u2013 Smart Backpack<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($100)<\/strong>
\nThis has been my go-to backpack for the last year. I like that it can expand significantly, but also collapse down to a slimmer profile when not filled up. Lots of different pockets, a water bottle holder, and two separate zippered sections have made it into the versatile bag I need. My only minor criticism is that I usually keep the shoulder straps on their tightest-possible length to get the backpack to fit me the way I want it to, but that might be specific to just me.<\/p>\n

What’s inside the bag<\/strong><\/p>\n

Muji Gel Ink Ball Point Pen, 0.38-mm, Black<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($18, 10pc)<\/strong>
\nA trusty, precise pen that pairs perfectly with gridded notebooks. This is my most-used pen. It\u2019s not for scribbling quickly, but instead for very thoughtful precision when you\u2019re wanting to carefully map out ideas, drawings, or to-do lists. It also fits perfectly inside the ring-binding of the notebooks I use.<\/p>\n

Maruman MNEMOSYNE Notebook, A4 size with a 5mm dot grid<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($18)<\/strong>
\nI love Mnemosyne notebooks and I love dot-grids. I am working on a new book proposal and bought a couple of these to sketch out a couple of different concepts in. I find that getting a large notebook (~8×11″) that is more cumbersome to carry around can sometimes help give you a needed push to actually use it instead of throwing it in a pocket \u201cjust in case.\u201d In general, I find pen and paper better for brainstorming.<\/p>\n

Portable Laptop Stand<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(out of stock,\u00a0<\/strong>similar version, $16<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong>
\nThis is a super useful thing I have in my backpack at all times to keep me from injuring my neck due to poor ergonomics. Having a laptop stand that is super lightweight and unobtrusive always comes in handy. Anything you can do to keep your screen closer to eye level is always worth it.<\/p>\n

ICZI 10 in 1 USB Type C Dongle<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($48)<\/strong>
\nThis is my \u201ceverything\u201d dongle. So far, I\u2019ve only needed it and nothing else to be able to plug everything into my MacBook Pro. There are a lot of similar dongles that don\u2019t seem to include everything this one does. The full list is: 4x USB 3.0 ports, a HDMI port, a VGA port, an Ethernet port, a Type C PD 3.0 port, a SD Card Slot, and a Micro SD Slot. For some people, this would be overkill, but for me it\u2019s perfect. In Antarctica, having an ethernet port is super useful; when giving lectures to classrooms, many still use VGA, and having the SD\/Micro SD slots continue to be useful for all sorts of cameras. I want to know that if I just remember to bring a single dongle that I\u2019m going to have everything I need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What’s in my bag? issue #92<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":[2303],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37980"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37982,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37980\/revisions\/37982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}