Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool.
Unboxing the Toolkit - Toolshed
Perhaps our toolkits can offer new ethical and pedagogical frames, reshaping the contexts for tool use – and informing the worlds we build with them.
Making tools for game developers — Codecks
Rather than use a tool that assumes order and fails when faced with the reality of game development, we're building a tool that assumes chaos and, in spite of that, reduces the stress that comes with it.
Tool Making Follow-Up: What I Mean by Friction
Hopefully clearing up some of my vagueness to reduce misunderstanding.
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Give Smart People The Tools To Do Smart Things
Rather than telling them you will replace them with a clanker
Making and Tool-Making
Bad tools as the main source of friction for Citybound development - and what I'm going to do about it.
The Sword of Doom (1966)
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
Insurgent Tooling and the Collective Making of Slave Revolts
Hampton Smith Sometime in the spring of 1800, enslaved tobacco cutters in Henrico County, Virginia, brought their scythes to one of Brookfield plantation’s blacksmiths, Solomon Prosser, for sharpening.
Honest Communication Kills Weaponized Incompetence
It’s only human to need help — but we have to be able to admit it.
Sparks fly up
Once you’ve seized the tools of political life to build communal power, it’s hard to forget what a hammer feels like in your hand.
Manifold Tool - D&D 5e (2024)
This tool takes the form of a wrench, a screwdriver, or another basic tool. As a Magic action, you can touch the item and transform it into a type of Artisan’s Tools of your choice. Whatever form the tool takes, you have proficiency with it when you use it.
Victorinox Super Tinker Swiss Army Knife, 14 Function Swiss Made Pocket Knife with Large Blade, 2 Screwdrivers and Multipurpose Hook - Red
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Interwoven
Standard tools assume a standard life. Interwoven doesn't. It's designed from the ground up for people navigating complex relationship structures, executive function challenges, and the kind of emotional labour that never makes it into a to-do list.