My guest today is Kevin Kelly. Kevin is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor for its first seven years. His most recent book is The Inevitable, which is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He co-founded the Hackers’ Conference and also the Quantified Self movement. He writes one of my favourite newsletters, Recomendo, hosts the Cool Tools podcast, and also founded the very popular Cool Tools website back in 2003, in which a new tool is reviewed every single day.




We cover:
Kevin’s approach to learning about new topics
How Kevin approaches buying new tools and gadgets
Kevin’s search hacks when trying to find something on Youtube
Kevin’s views on why Youtube is under-appreciated
The new habits Kevin is trying to build
Why Kevin embraces interruptions
Kevin’s trick for getting himself in flow
How Kevin decides which requests to say yes to
What Kevin lacks that makes him a great listener
What makes a great question
The best thing Kevin invested in after leaving Wired
The number one thing Kevin looks for when recruiting new team members or collaborators
The gadgets that bring Kevin the most joy
Kevin's favourite apps




Links to things Kevin mentioned:
Minimalism Notebooks
Tide Trac
Seek
Subscribe to Recomendo
Cool tools podcast
Cool tools website
Vanishing Asia
68 bits of unsolicited advice
Follow Kevin on Twitter




Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.




Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au




If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co

My guest today is Kevin Kelly. Kevin is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor for its first seven years. His most recent book is The Inevitable, which is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He co-founded the Hackers’ Conference and also the Quantified Self movement. He writes one of my favourite newsletters, Recomendo, hosts the Cool Tools podcast, and also founded the very popular Cool Tools website back in 2003, in which a new tool is reviewed every single day. We cover:<ul>
<li>Kevin’s approach to learning about new topics</li>
<li>How Kevin approaches buying new tools and gadgets</li>
<li>Kevin’s search hacks when trying to find something on Youtube</li>
<li>Kevin’s views on why Youtube is under-appreciated</li>
<li>The new habits Kevin is trying to build</li>
<li>Why Kevin embraces interruptions</li>
<li>Kevin’s trick for getting himself in flow</li>
<li>How Kevin decides which requests to say yes to</li>
<li>What Kevin lacks that makes him a great listener</li>
<li>What makes a great question</li>
<li>The best thing Kevin invested in after leaving Wired</li>
<li>The number one thing Kevin looks for when recruiting new team members or collaborators</li>
<li>The gadgets that bring Kevin the most joy</li>
<li>Kevin's favourite apps</li>
</ul> Links to things Kevin mentioned:<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Minimalism-Art-Cover-Notebook-Journal/dp/B06WLPLB9L/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Minimalism+Art&amp;qid=1604968961&amp;sr=8-1">Minimalism Notebooks</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tidetrac.com/">Tide Trac</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/seek-by-inaturalist/id1353224144">Seek</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.recomendo.com/">Subscribe to Recomendo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kk.org/cooltools/category/podcast-2/">Cool tools podcast</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kk.org/cooltools/">Cool tools website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/vanishingasia/">Vanishing Asia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kk.org/thetechnium/68-bits-of-unsolicited-advice/">68 bits of unsolicited advice</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/kevin2kelly">Follow Kevin on Twitter</a></li>
</ul> Visit <a href="https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast">https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast</a> for full show notes from all episodes. Get in touch at <a href="mailto:amantha@inventium.com.au">amantha@inventium.com.au</a> If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at <a href="http://howiwork.co/">http://howiwork.co</a>

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