{"id":31875,"date":"2018-07-22T02:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=31875"},"modified":"2018-07-26T16:31:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T23:31:25","slug":"contactouttrusty-penvc-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/contactouttrusty-penvc-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"ContactOut\/Trusty pen\/VC reading list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Email finder<\/strong><br \/>\nI use LinkedIn to get in touch with people for stories and interviews, but I don\u2019t like using the built in messaging service (InMail). I\u2019d rather email the person, but LinkedIn doesn\u2019t provide email addresses (they want you to do everything in the confines of their walled garden). I use a Chrome extension called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/contactout.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ContactOut<\/a>\u00a0which provides a pop-up with the person\u2019s email address. It hasn\u2019t failed me yet. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trusty pen<\/strong><br \/>\nEvery now and then I try out a new pen but I keep returning to my trusty\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2uj4qrW\" target=\"_blank\">Pilot G2 Gel pens<\/a>. Smooth, fine, dark, cheap to lose, pocketable. YMMV, but they are perfect for me. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who I am reading<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen people ask me who I am paying attention to these days, my surprise answer is: VCs who write. I have little interest in finance, investments, or even in business in general, but today\u2019s VCs have the right combination of idealized high overview and grounded detailed realism. I am following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ben-evans.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Benedict Evans<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/avc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fred Wilson<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.feld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brad Feld<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pmarca\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Andreessen<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cdixon\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Dixon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulgraham.com\/articles.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Graham<\/a>\u00a0for the big views. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cheap but good kitchen knife<\/strong><br \/>\nThis\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2L8mTkh\" target=\"_blank\">$16 8-inch Winco knife<\/a>\u00a0is the first knife I reach for when preparing food. It sharpens well, holds an edge, and is heavy. Read the Amazon reviews to learn how many people swear by this workhorse kitchen tool. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Better than ever hiking app<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019ve had the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alltrails.com\/?ref=header\" target=\"_blank\">AllTrails app<\/a>\u00a0for 4+ years now, but I\u2019ve been using it more often since I moved from SF to San Jose. I needed to find local hiking routes and I love that I\u2019m able to filter by elevation and distance, and route type (e.g., loop, out &amp; back, point to point). Since it\u2019s been around for a while now, there are a lot of reviews for each hike and that\u2019s really helpful because I like to avoid any trails where I might run into a mountain cat. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proofreading hack<\/strong><br \/>\nSometimes my eyes deceive me when proofreading. I came across\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsfour.com\/hack-to-catch-typos\/\" target=\"_blank\">this blog post<\/a>\u00a0and now I\u2019ve been double-checking long paragraphs by right clicking on them (using Chrome) and selecting\u00a0<i>Speech<\/i>\u00a0&gt;<i>\u00a0Start Speaking<\/i>. If it sounds off, it usually means I dropped a word. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recomendo: issue no. 104<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2323],"tags":[2324],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31877,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31875\/revisions\/31877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}