The name Tool Pool came to me early and just felt right: let’s pool our tools so we can all use them and save money collectively. I like the rhyme, and it lends itself to various logo ideas. The name is also something that most people (even internationally!) are likely to understand right away, and… Continue reading Musings on marketing

For those who might be curious: what tools do I use? My primary tool is a laptop. Specifically a Lenovo ThinkPad T440s with 12GB RAM and a surprisingly useful touchscreen. It’s my trusty workhorse, running Windows 10 and the EPKL edition of the Colemak keyboard layout. My desktop pc runs Ubuntu Linux, but it sees… Continue reading Tools of the trade

千里之行，始於足下 famous Chinese proverb A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Tool Pool is also a journey for me and, in time, perhaps for others as well. This one has many beginnings – not just its conception as I was building a fence, but also my start into proper programming, which itself began… Continue reading 0.1.x Beginnings

This is yet another experiment of mine. Similar to what I did back in 2013, I am scratching an itch: I have an application idea in my head, and I am now building that application. Similarly, I thought it would be fun to blog about the process, so here we are. By way of introduction,… Continue reading 0.0.x Hello world!