{"id":45762,"date":"2026-03-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=45762"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:07:04","slug":"flighty-23-learnings-on-community-keep-the-meter-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/flighty-23-learnings-on-community-keep-the-meter-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Flighty \/ 23 learnings on community \/ Keep the Meter Running"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Best flight-tracking app<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On a recent flight from LA to Portland, I used Flighty<\/a> on my iPhone and was impressed by how much it knew about my trip. It let me know we\u2019d be landing 30 minutes ahead of schedule, and even on the plane\u2019s free texting-only Wi-Fi, it kept updating my flight status and showed me where my plane was on a map. You can share your trip with family so they get automatic landing alerts. The app is beautifully designed, and the \u201cWhere\u2019s My Plane?\u201d feature tracks your inbound aircraft up to 25 hours early, so you can see trouble coming. It also warns you about tight connections and tracks your lifetime flying stats on a nice passport-style map. Free for basics; Pro ($59\/year or $299 lifetime) adds push alerts, weather radar, and calendar sync. iOS\/Mac\/Apple Watch only. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23 learnings on building community<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I am so grateful when someone who is truly adept in their field shares their learnings, and Patricia Mou\u2019s essay<\/a> is a decade\u2019s worth of wisdom in community building and holding space. My own personal journey with community has been about repairing what went wrong in the church structures I grew up in, so I feel very lucky now to be a facilitator and spaceholder within a few small webs of community, both online and in person. This essay reaffirms that, when it\u2019s done well, community can be both life-changing and world-changing. The learnings that resonate most for me are: You will become everyone\u2019s mother and father whether you want to or not. \/ You cannot ask for transcendence from a nervous system that hasn\u2019t yet landed. \/ Light structure is what makes deep emergence possible. \/ What your community doesn\u2019t talk about shapes it as much as what it does. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uplifting social follow<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A really great TikTok<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> follow is Keep the Meter Running<\/a><\/em>. A guy waves down a taxi in New York City, jumps in and says \u201ctake me to your favorite place and keep the meter running.\u201d The cabbie is then interviewed on their way to their favorite place, usually a very local ethnic restaurant. Without fail, each cabbie turns out to have a remarkable life story, summoned forth by the sensitive probing of the back seat passenger, comedian Kareem Rahma. This is the real America! A longer previous version of this routine ran on TV a few years ago, but at only a few minutes long, this show is brilliant. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OXO Good Grips angled measuring cup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The markings on our Pyrex 2-cup measuring cup wore off after years of use, so I replaced it with the OXO Good Grips Angled Measuring Cup<\/a>, made of non-BPA plastic. The clever part is the slanted surface inside the cup with measurement lines you can read by looking straight down \u2014 no more crouching to check at eye level. It\u2019s lightweight and has a soft non-slip handle. Also available in 1-cup and 4-cup sizes. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Every Language<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Every Language<\/a> is a Wikipedia search engine that lets you see how different regions of the world depict the same thing. It\u2019s very cool to search a word and notice the subtle ways different cultures and collective psyches encode the same idea differently across languages. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best quick-release phone holder<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since my phone is now my camera, I needed an easy way to attach it to a tripod. The solution is this metal adapter that holds the phone with a circle of magnets. The Mosenvka Portable Phone Grip<\/a> ($29) then screws into the tripod head. But once I had it, I started using this same rig to hold my phone on my desk for FaceTime and video sessions, at the perfect angle. Its base also has a second heavy-duty magnet so the whole thing can stick anywhere there is metal, useful for filming. The holder rotates in any direction at any angle with just the right balance of ease and stiffness, to keep the phone rock steady. The whole thing is machined metal instead of plastic, so it is very rigid and stable. If your phone supports it, a magnetic ring is by far the best quick-release hold system. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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