In 2016, our founder Reine Steel faced a pickleball dilemma: too many group texts, too few organized games. 

As a web developer and avid player, she sketched a solution on a sticky note, and PlayTime Scheduler was born.

What started as a local tool for 200 Sacramento players has grown into a global hub for 380,000 players in 57 countries, logging over 1.6 million sessions at 13,000+ venues—no endless group text chains required.

The Kitchen recently spoke with Reine to sketch out an origin story of how PlayTime Scheduler went from sticky note to a literally game-changing community connection tool.