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Julian Bleecker, Ph.D., is an accomplished engineer and author with a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, an MSEng from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. from UC Santa Cruz. He founded Near Future Laboratory in 2005 and OMATA, a one-person innovative hardware product design studio, in 2014, which he sold in 2022. Julian has written It's Time To Imagine Harder and co-authored The Manual of Design Fiction. He also wrote the influential essay, Design Fiction: A Short Essay on Design, Science, Fact and Fiction. His engineering expertise and innovative work in Design Fiction have significantly shaped creative practices worldwide.
Near Future Laboratory Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/near-future-laboratory-podcast/id1546452193
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julianbleecker
Instagram: instagram.com/nearfuturelaboratory
TOOLS:
0:00 - Intro
0:34 - Baofeng 5RM Multi-Band Ham Radio: baofengtech.com/product/uv-5r
7:43 - Make Playing Cards: makeplayingcards.com
17:08 - Sendy.co and Instructions: medium.com/@alexjacobs/installing-sendy-2023-version-6-update-the-complete-guide-8fb8a6deac1e
24:23 - Astro: https://astro.build/ + Netlify: netlify.com
For show notes and transcript visit: kk.org/cooltools/julian-bleecker-engineer-and-author
To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
Julian Bleecker, Ph.D., is an accomplished engineer and author with a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, an MSEng from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. from UC Santa Cruz. He founded Near Future Laboratory in 2005 and OMATA, a one-person innovative hardware product design studio, in 2014, which he sold in 2022. Julian has written It's Time To Imagine Harder and co-authored The Manual of Design Fiction. He also wrote the influential essay, Design Fiction: A Short Essay on Design, Science, Fact and Fiction. His engineering expertise and innovative work in Design Fiction have significantly shaped creative practices worldwide.
Near Future Laboratory Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/near-future-laboratory-podcast/id1546452193
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julianbleecker
Instagram: instagram.com/nearfuturelaboratory
TOOLS:
0:00 - Intro
0:34 - Baofeng 5RM Multi-Band Ham Radio: baofengtech.com/product/uv-5r
7:43 - Make Playing Cards: makeplayingcards.com
17:08 - Sendy.co and Instructions: medium.com/@alexjacobs/installing-sendy-2023-version-6-update-the-complete-guide-8fb8a6deac1e
24:23 - Astro: https://astro.build/ + Netlify: netlify.com
For show notes and transcript visit: kk.org/cooltools/julian-bleecker-engineer-and-author
To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
