{"id":41661,"date":"2023-11-22T05:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=41661"},"modified":"2023-11-20T17:23:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T00:23:22","slug":"whats-in-my-now-guy-schmidt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-now-guy-schmidt\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in my NOW? \u2014 Guy Schmidt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsinmynow.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sign up here<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0to get\u00a0What\u2019s in my NOW?\u00a0a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m a UX Designer and Researcher working in civic tech. I live in Maryland with an amazing partner, three great kids, and a really chill dog. I blog about anything at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thingstoclick.com\/\">thingstoclick.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F759c9b24-a365-476c-b7a4-5a392d2b02f9_1280x720.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F759c9b24-a365-476c-b7a4-5a392d2b02f9_1280x720.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"261\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>PHYSICAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thejamesbrand.com\/products\/the-elko\">The Elko<\/a>&nbsp;is a great small pocket knife. The little scraper is the best feature. I get lots of use out of it by prying things open or tightening an odd screw.<\/li><li>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zebrapen.com\/products\/sarasa-mark-on?variant=41951089361102\">SARASA Mark ON Gel Retractable pen<\/a>&nbsp;is the best &#8220;cheap&#8221; pen I have found. No smudge, dries quick, writes smooth.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/denik.com\/collections\/classic-layflat-notebooks\">Denik layflat notebooks<\/a>&nbsp;provide good quality for the price. Plus all kinds of artful covers to choose from.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>DIGITAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/teuxdeux.com\/\">Teuxdeux<\/a>&nbsp;is a dead simple to do list app. Up to a week at a glance plus someday lists for less immediate needs.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/raindrop.io\/\">Raindrop<\/a>&nbsp;is a really great bookmark manager. The free version is probably enough for most people, but the paid version is pretty neat as well.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>INVISIBLE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>The idea of work being a way to live, not your whole life<\/strong>. Best summed up by Justin Pot: &#8220;My advice: get paid, do work you\u2019re proud of if that matters to you, then focus on building culture in your community, your friend group, your church, whatever it is that gives you meaning. Work will never be that for you.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s in your NOW?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We want to know what\u2019s in your&nbsp;now&nbsp;\u2014 a list of&nbsp;6 things that are significant to you now&nbsp;\u2014 3 physical, 2 digital and 1 invisible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in contributing an issue, use this form to submit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/Pf9BMuombeg1gCid9\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/Pf9BMuombeg1gCid9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we run your submission in our newsletter and blog, we\u2019ll paypal you $25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>issue #163<\/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":[2303],"tags":[1553,2389],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41661"}],"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=41661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41663,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41661\/revisions\/41663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}