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Deep thoughts, rad people we get to work with, tools and tips and learnings from the tech cooperative front.

Up&Go getting love in NYC

The New York Public Radio Station WNYC, has been looking at affordability in a recent audio series. In this episode they take a look at the NYC coop movement and its impact on this issue. At the epicenter of this movement is the Center for Family Life, one of our partners

in developing the Up&Go app. Both are featured in the episode along with our very own Rylan Peery. Listen as they talk about the amazing coops flourishing in Brooklyn, NY and potential Up&Go holds in decreasing wealth disparity throughout the U.S.

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A Future for Community Collaboration

We are excited to announce our work with VTArtWorks, an interdisciplinary team at Virginia Tech, to create an online crowdsourced communications hub for grass roots arts-making partnerships collaborating to build democratically healthy, fully inclusive communities.

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CALS and CoLab: Making it Minimal

Cornell University’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences approached CoLab with a need to upgrade one of the primary themes used for the front-end display of departmental information.

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Top Tips From The Interwebs: Empathy Prompts

Very useful, simple site that presents prompts to consider when making things for others to use.

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International Exchange and Some Damn Good Burgers

One of our international CoLabrs, Jure, had the opportunity to visit Atlanta this past month, connecting with Co-founder Rylan Peery and deep diving with our partners at Valuate® on a massive 2.0 new update that is in the works.

Flying in all the way from Slovenia, we learned very quickly how much Jure loves the classic American sandwich. The cashier at the restaurant now knows him by name, calling out "1 Jure stack" for his order. Honestly, we don't think we've ever seen the man happier.