As you might have noticed on Twitter, for the last half year or so I’ve been renting an office with [Matt](http://twitter.com/fidothe), and one by one, we’ve gathered a pretty awesome crew of collaborators to join us: [Alper](http://twitter.com/alper), [Chris](http://twitter.com/chriseidhof) and [Martin](http://twitter.com/mjays).
We’re not just buddies randomly sharing an office (even though we are, of course, friends), but rather we tried to gather a group with diverse, complimentary skills and interests so we could collaborate on projects.
Needing a Foursquare location to check into when being in the office, and following some heavy punning, the place is called KANT now – shorthand for tongue-in-cheek Kreuzberg Academy for Nerdery and Tinkering.
And KANT is evolving nicely as a breeding ground for collaborations, for shared exploration of ideas, for proto-typing, and of course as a lab and space to bounce ideas off of each other, too.
So step by step, KANT is evolving. We now have a [website](http://kantberlin.com) (including pages for [team](http://kantberlin.com/team) and [offerings](http://kantberlin.com/offering) to learn more), as well as regular weeknotes to stay on top of what we’re working on.
And just like we hoped, the collaboration-by-proximity is working out nicely! [UIKonf](http://uikonf.com) and [UIKode](http://uikode.com) are two projects that emerged directly out of KANT, but there’s also lots in the corporate-proverbial pipeline as well as lots of Raspberry Pi and print tinkering, some topic sprints in the planning, and further kick-ass events to be held.
So yeah, this is good. Swing by if you’re in the neighborhood!
