Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities

 　　《連線》雜誌創辦人之一Kevin Kelly集十年大成的實用工具指南，創意生活的靈感來源！

 　　Kevin Kelly將「工具」的概念由生活中擷取出來，將之發揮到最大，《Cool Tools》精選十年來網友的使用經驗，從有形到無形，記載生活中1500種好物的使用方式：從一般工具箱裡的鋸子到地圖、交通用具，以及數位生活中不可或缺的設備、軟體、與網站等等。深入了解手邊日常工具隱含的巧思與可能性，由生活激發創意！

 

 　　《Cool Tools》是一本編排縝密的現代生活百科全書，內容精選「Cool Tools」網站十年來網友的使用經驗，記載生活中1500種好物的使用方式。Kevin Kelly將「工具」的概念由生活中擷取出來，將之發揮到最大，從有形到無形，分享所有讓人類生活更便利的工具：從一般工具箱裡的鋸子到地圖、交通用具，以及數位生活中不可或缺的設備、軟體、與網站等等。

 

 　　書中每一個工具都附有直白易懂的用途與相關知識說明，內容豐富紮實的程度超乎想像。除了作為居家常備工具書，讀者更可以透過深入了解這些容易被忽略的日常工具，發掘許多令人驚嘆的巧思與可能性，動手創造，甚至無意中成為激發創意的零件。（文／博客來編譯）

Cool Tools is a highly curated selection of the best tools available for individuals and small groups. Tools include hand tools, maps, how-to books, vehicles, software, specialized devices, gizmos, websites and anything useful.
Tools are selected and presented in the book if they are the best of kind, the cheapest, or the only thing available that will do the job. This is an oversized book which reviews over 1,500 different tools, explaining why each one is great, and what its benefits are. Indirectly the book illuminates the possibilities contained in such tools and the whole catalog serves an education outside the classroom. The content in this book was derived from ten years of user reviews published at the Cool Tools website, cool-tools.org."

作者簡介

　　Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor from its inception until 1999. He is editor and publisher of the Cool Tools website, which gets half a million unique visitors per month. From 1984-1990 Kelly was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review, a journal of unorthodox technical news. He co-founded the ongoing Hackers' Conference, and was involved with the launch of the WELL, a pioneering online service started in 1985. His last book, What Technology Wants (Viking/Penguin October 18, 2010), asserted that technology as a whole is not just a jumble of wires and metal but a living, evolving organism that has its own unconscious needs and tendencies. He also authored the best-selling New Rules for the New Economy and the classic book on decentralized emergent systems, Out of Control.