Funding the commons and closing the innovation chasm
Turn the Digital Divide into Digital Dividends How are we going to fund the steps we need to take to promote #DigitalEquity and build the…
We created a new group “Funding Cooperatives”
Are you an organizer and a self-starter? Please join our new group Funding Cooperatives. We’re putting our heads together to collaborate on the formation of…
Software Worker Owned Coop startup to $3.1 million exit sale
Small Systems Guild – a Software Worker Owned Coop in the 1980’s & an example of financing a startup with sweat equity. We Wanted to be…
What are the benefits of an open access Internet network?
An open access Internet network refers to a network where the infrastructure is publicly available and can be used by multiple service providers to offer…
Distributed Technology: Althea, NYCmesh and more
Imagine! Last mile telecom infrastructure is siloed behind restrictive contracts and agreements that preclude an open bandwidth market. However, at deeper layers of the internet…
Artificial Intelligence, AI, and LearnDash (our LMS)
Try the chatbot in the lower right part of the screen to ask a question of our AI plug-in that enables you to communicate with…
We use BuddyBoss and LearnDash with WordPress
We have chosen to use premium plug-ins on top of WordPress to maximize the user experience (UX). About 43% of all websites are built on…
We need your feedback about Group Types
Learn about groups here. We are building a taxonomy of different group types. Various group properties can be set differently for each type. Currently we…
History of Why Electrical Coops and Community ISPs Should Cooperate
investor owned utilities that control electricity are performing far worse than municipal electricity, or cooperatively run electric utilities. There …
Managing Group Members
Currently, we have three types of users for a given Course: Teachers, Group Leaders, and Students. Group leaders would be the equivalent of a teaching…