Uncut Lab

10/13/2026

Massachusetts takes its name from the Massachusett people.

Many town and river names across the state come from Indigenous languages. Nipmuc. Wampanoag. Pocumtuck. These names are part of the map we use every day.

This Indigenous Peoples' Day, we are reflecting on the history beneath the places we serve.

10/09/2026

MASSBUYS EXPO. October 1 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. We exhibited as a Statewide Contract vendor. The Operational Services Division hosted. This year's theme was Rooted in Partnership. Public buyers from state agencies, cities, towns, schools and universities came to meet vendors.

We have been on the road.

Three events. One week. A lot of good conversations.

MARPA and DLS Statewide Municipal Partnerships Conference. October 5 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. We joined municipal and regional leaders from across the Commonwealth. They talked through pressing local issues and shared what works.

Mass Black Expo. October 6 at the Omni Boston Hotel in the Seaport. We attended this gathering hosted by the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts. The theme was Building Black Wealth. Small Business, Big Impact. The day focused on contracts, capital and partnerships that help businesses grow.

Three different rooms. One common thread.

Every conversation came back to place. Who is growing. Where the dollars go. What a community needs next.

That is why we show up. Local data only matters when it is part of the conversation. It should reflect the people in the room. It should help them make the next decision.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth at MASSBUYS and everyone who talked with us in Worcester and Boston. Let's keep the conversation going.

10/02/2026

What a day at MassBuys Expo 2026! 🎉

We met so many people working to serve Massachusetts residents. One big takeaway: public websites need to work for everyone, including people with disabilities. New federal rules make that a must by 2027.

That's what we do at Uncut Lab. We help agencies, towns, and nonprofits make their websites and forms easy for every resident to use.

Want to see how your site measures up? Your first one page audit is free.

09/28/2026

At Uncut Lab, we talk a lot about data and community. Here is one we can't stop thinking about.

Dallas put AI cameras on garbage trucks. As the trucks drive by, the cameras scan yards and give each home a "blight score." In four months, about 21,000 homes were scored.

Most of the citations landed in three South Dallas neighborhoods. Those neighborhoods are mostly Black and Latino.

We don't think this is really a story about AI. It is a story about order. The city bought the tool before it decided the rules. Who gets a friendly warning? Who gets a fine? Who gets help fixing the problem?

Technology in our cities only works when fairness is part of the plan from day one.

So we want to hear from you. Would you want a camera like this in your neighborhood? What would the city need to promise first?

📷️ Dallas garbage trucks are using AI to scan homes.

AI-powered cameras on Dallas garbage trucks have flagged more than 20,000 homes for potential code violations since April.

09/21/2026

August blew past every forecast. 162,000 jobs added.

Tech lost 23,000 of them.

Hiring managers keep saying skilled workers are impossible to find. Laid off developers keep saying there is nothing out there. Both are telling the truth.

This is not a shortage. It is a matching problem.

Massachusetts just committed $24 million to training and apprenticeships for immigrants and people returning to the workforce. That money should go first to the one job state dollars are actually built for: closing the gap between people and open seats.

A laid off developer does not need another certificate. They need a system that puts them in front of the open seat right now, before the hiring manager and the worker both give up looking.

That system is what Uncut Lab builds. Check out our new website to learn more. www.uncutlab.com

09/16/2026

Today, we’re stepping away from the desk and into the Boston startup ecosystem.

We’re taking the day to connect, exchange ideas, and build relationships with the founders, innovators, investors, and ecosystem builders shaping what’s next for Boston and the region.

Because sometimes the best work happens when you step away from the screen and get in the room.


Who should we be connecting with? Tag them below or drop a name in the comments.

09/14/2026

Quick question for anyone who touches program data for a city or town, CDC, regional chamber, workforce board, or a council of governments.

How many systems does your data actually live in right now? Site reports. Labor numbers. Surveys. Grant files. One spreadsheet holding it together, if you're lucky.

I'm writing about why that's the norm, not the exception, and what it actually costs. Piece goes up later this week.

09/13/2026

We're still smiling about this one.

Back in July, the Uncut Lab team spent an evening at UP, a rooftop garden built right in the middle of an urban park near MIT. Live dance. A mixer. A community space that turned an underused rooftop into somewhere people actually want to be.

This is the kind of placemaking we think about all the time. Not just data on a map. Real ground your community can use.

Have you been to a rooftop or pocket park like this in your town? Tell us about it.

09/09/2026

Labor Day was Monday, not the day we posted it. We build tools that track economic data precisely. Calendars, apparently, less so. Happy belated Labor Day to everyone who kept Massachusetts running this summer!

09/09/2026

Labor Day was earlier this week, not when we posted it. Even data people get a date wrong sometimes. Happy belated Labor Day, Massachusetts.