Category: The Buzz

Austin: Carpool for Mobility Week

20/20 is easy with Carma The City of Austin, Austin Chamber of Commerce, and Movability Austin have issued a challenge to local companies – reduce employee “drive alone” commutes by 20% by the year 2020. The question on everyone’s minds: How do we reduce people driving alone by 20%? Well, the obvious answer is: don’t… Continue reading Austin: Carpool for Mobility Week

What’s app-ening at Carma?

At Carma, not only do we build apps, but like most young(-ish) technophiles we use apps as well. So what’s popular at Carma HQ? To find out, we sent a call out for everyone – developer, HR, admin, marketing – “what is your favourite app?” We got a huge response. Some apps came up again… Continue reading What’s app-ening at Carma?

Riding Together

What’s the best way to get from A to B? Carpooling is an awesome way to get to work, but sometimes public transit is the way to go, or cycling, or walking. There are many ways we can get to where we want, when we want, without adding more cars to our roads. But often… Continue reading Riding Together

1,000,000,000 and counting…

  July 11th is “World Population Day” established 25 years ago to raise awareness of our global population issues. As of January 1, 2014, the world’s population is estimated to be 7,137,661,030 and growing. As the number of people inhabiting our small blue planet, so does the concern about of finite number of resources. Here’s some… Continue reading 1,000,000,000 and counting…

Ice Cream, Carpooling, & An Orange Tesla Coming to Congress Ave.

Summer in Austin means two things: high temperatures & awesome road trips [on crowded highways]. Luckily, we’ve got your answer to both of these! This Wednesday,  July 9th, Carma will take to the streets of Austin, TX with an ice cream cart and our bright orange Tesla! Wednesday, July 9th | 11:00 AM – 2:00… Continue reading Ice Cream, Carpooling, & An Orange Tesla Coming to Congress Ave.

Joining and Growing Carma in Austin

You mean I get to tell my fellow Austinites about a new app that will solve their commuting woes, be a part of a more environmentally-conscious world, and drive a bright orange Tesla Model S around town?! This is the marketing dream job that I have been working towards. My name is Russ, and joining… Continue reading Joining and Growing Carma in Austin

Marketing Tools for YOUR Ridesharing Community

In addition to adding new features, increasing speed and reliability of the app, we’ve been trying to develop ways to make it easier for you to market and advertise Avego RTR within your community or perhaps for a particular employer. The first of these tools that has just come out of production, is our RTR… Continue reading Marketing Tools for YOUR Ridesharing Community

Getting there: The world changed… and nobody told us

Avego’s James Shields shares some of his insightful and sometimes bizarre opinions and analysis of technology, life and everything in between. A couple of things have been rattling around my mind over the last few weeks. In 1993 Bill Clinton was the new US president, I had no internet access, was using a shared 386… Continue reading Getting there: The world changed… and nobody told us