Sam uses Tour Selma to explore the city
VFA Fellows pose for a picture on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Pictured left to right: Sam, Ben, Hailey and Edan. Last year we finished building Tour Selma, an app and website for AC, an artist, real-estate developer, and advocate for everything Selma. I always wanted to go to Selma and felt like now was the […]
Current outlooks for the gig economy
The last time we wrote about the gig economy, we focused on building an app for it. Since then, there have been a number of conversations and changes in the marketplace. Gig worker benefits? For starters, California changed the way gig workers are classified. Obviously, the pandemic has accelerated the way everyone is assessing this […]
What to know about Alabama’s contact tracing app
Contact tracing has opened up a lot of questions about anything from how it works to who will support the efforts to make sure it’s effective. While there are a considerable number of others which will arise, it’s important we address a few we’ve gotten leading up the app’s release. How much does it cost […]
Props Updated – What’s New?
Have you been sharing Props? What are you waiting for? Props was launched last July to focus on thanking people for their service and better understanding the impact of our interactions. It offers a great way for employees in the service industry to gather feedback and data about their performance. At the same time, employers […]
9 things a no-code app builder can’t do (and the 2 things it can)
Technology has made the creation of new software and techniques more accessible. It’s why there is a large push for open source products and shared codebases, increasing the ability to innovate and improve what exists and empowering anyone to explore what’s out there. These decisions have always focused on increasing the amount of people with […]