Hello and welcome to the Upgrade, the podcast from the team of LifeHacker, where we help you improve your life one week at a time.

I'm Alice Bradley, editor-in-chief of LifeHacker.

And I'm Jordan Calhoun, Lifehacker's deputy editor.

To kick things off in the new year, we're learning about the upgrades we should be getting our hands on.

And helping us do that are the host of the Cool Tools podcast, Kevin Kelly and Mark

Frowdelder.

And that has made a tremendous difference in your ability to zoom. It makes you look

kind of nerdy and dorky, but let her inner nerds. We're all nerds here. This is a safe space.

Kevin is the founder of cool tools, an online user-generated blog recommending the best of the best

in tools for your home, your work, and beyond. He's also the co-founder of and former editor at

Wired Magazine and the author of several books, including Cool Tools and what technology wants.

And Mark is the current editor-in-chief of Cool Tools and was the founding editor-in-chief at Wired,

co-founder of Boing-Boyn, as well as the founding editor-in-chief of Make Magazine.

He's also author of the book, Maker Dad, Lunchbox guitars, anti-gravity jars,

and 22 other incredibly cool father-daughter DIY projects.

So, Jordan, I know the last time we talked about New Year's resolutions with Charles

Duhigg, you were still kind of mulling over whether or not you were going to have resolutions,

what they would be.

Have you settled on any?

I did.

I'm taking Charles Duhigg's advice, actually, and I am focusing on pausing before I make any

type of commitment that's asked of me and telling someone

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