Florida Power Outage Demonstrates Collabotrade’s Value

Atlas Shrugged in Florida!
But you don’t have to. Today’s power outage in Florida illustrates the benefits of Collabotrade.com for trading vital goods or services in emergency situations. Here, people need power generators. You can’t access your computer easily when the power is off, either. However, the social networking platform puts you in position to [...]

Oscar Night: Time to Trade Movies!

How often to people buy DVD’s, watch the movie for a few times, and then forget about it? It’s only a movie, of course. You’re not wasting food.
Think about this. There are thousands, indeed, millions of people who have DVDs that they barely use. As far as I know, there is no network of [...]

Astronomy Gear at Collabotrade.com

Besides the lunar eclipse, there is the US military satellite that may or may not be shot down this week. Those who have a telescope could see both while they last.
How would you get a telescope? Think second-hand.
There must be thousands of telescopes out there that no one is using. Old gifts and [...]

Solar Eclipse, Crime, and Neighborhood Watch

The next solar eclipse is this Wednesday, February 20, 2008. You might not believe how powerful the eclipse is, but it is likely to be a time of elevated, even high, crime! Without the moon to light the sky, there could be prowlers seeking advantage in the dark night. Consider how you [...]

NBA All-Star Game and NASCAR’s Daytona 500

Which sport has 75 million fans? That’s 1/4th the American public! No presidential candidate has ever received so many votes. Unless you knew the answer, you probably wouldn’t believe it.
NASCAR is the second highest rated sport on television. 40% of its fans are women. The size and devotion of the NASCAR [...]

BowFlex Gym Equipment

Almost everyone has some piece of gym equipment they don’t use. Most of the time it just sits there. Unlike food, it doesn’t rot and go away. It gathers dust creating a nuisance.
Yet, a new generation always comes along seeking to buff up their appeal to the opposite sex. It is interesting that [...]

Perfectly-Timed Elder Care Through Collabotrade

The elderly population is ever increasing in the United States—and really, the world. Wouldn’t it be great for those who care for elder family members to have trusted companions to turn to for those times when you have to get out of the house?
Where would you find someone to look after your loved one [...]

Information: The Trusted Commodity

Information is only as valuable as it is true. For information to have value, you and your clients must perceive that it has value, that the information describes something in the real world. The more that information contains something that most others don’t see (or have access to) the more valuable that information.
Asymmetric information, [...]

Super Bowl Super Tuesday Supersize

America just went through an exciting Super Bowl, perhaps the most significant contest in NFL history. The NY Giants played perfect against the New England Patriots, a team that we should all have hoped would achieve perfection through persistent excellence. That is what sports is all about. The inspiration it creates out of teamwork, chemistry, [...]