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Kevin Kelly interviews author Charles Platt [1]

['Mark Frauenfelder']

Date: 2022-07-15  

In the latest episode of the Cool Tools podcast, Kevin Kelly interviews my old friend, Charles Platt author of Make: Electronics. He also has been publishing his fascinating autobiography in installments, called an Accidental Life (Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4).

Charles Platt lives in the Arizona wilderness where he writes books about electronics and builds rapid cooling devices for the cryonics community.

TOOLS:

00:46 – basic Kitchen timer for use as a reminder to stand: https://geni.us/QGrgjJP

02:53 – An AM radio: https://geni.us/LnZh9E

08:34 – A travel hairbrush: https://geni.us/wxiKby

10:08 – Astell & Kern media player: https://www.astellnkern.com 1

6:39 – Make: Electronics, 3rd Edition: https://www.makershed.com/products/ma…

18:19 – An Accidental Life: https://geni.us/d0NaM

For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/charles-plat… If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: https://geni.us/fourfavoritetools

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