Posted on March 31, 2008 by AG
April 15th is one of the worst days that citizens have to experience as citizens. The real stress of having to meet such a deadline is unlike any other because if you don’t file your taxes at the appointed hour, it’s as good as buying a ticket to prison. No fun at all. [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by AG
With the NCAA tournament inching towards a championship, there are ways to use Collabotrade to improve your enjoyment of the games.
For example, you could throw a house party among your trusted circle. If you have a big screen TV, you could request one through your network to make the party happen. You could ask for [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2008 by AG
A Craig’s list user was able to use the site to unleash a mob on a woman’s house inviting people to take what they wanted free of charge. They stripped the home clean of everything including such fixtures as windows and sinks. The ransacked home was a shell of itself.
This is [...]
Filed under: Social Trading, Trusted Communities | Tagged: craig's list, fraud, prostitution, illegal, plunder, "come and take what you want" | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 25, 2008 by AG
Although he is in Ukraine, the 8 foot 5 inch world’s tallest man could use Collabotrade to find people who could build furniture that suits him. There are all sorts of custom items a man that size needs. Someone already made him a bicycle. Who knows what else he needs, he will eventually find it [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by AG
I wish I knew how to develop really cool websites. I don’t know anything about Flash, but I know cool sites use it. I know what I don’t know, and boy it would be nice to talk about what I want in a website with someone who is just starting how building them.
For a beginning [...]
Filed under: Social Trading | Tagged: carpentry, development, flash, resume, roofing, skills, web-sites | No Comments »
Posted on March 22, 2008 by AG
Every bit of connection that Collabotrade can make with the world the better. The question is how to grow your community and seed them with more and more people.
We need more content, more eyeballs, noses, and brains solving daily problems with the simple Collabotrade interface. What can you think of. Send in your advice. LK
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Posted on March 21, 2008 by AG
If you are a writer and you have stories, poems, even non-fiction, just imagine what Collabotrade can do for you.
1. Post to the local community that you have written a new work.
2. Ask for speaking opportunities, house parties, to discuss your book. People would love to have an author over for dinner just to have [...]
Filed under: Trusted Communities | Tagged: authors, books, networking, public speaking, publishing, speaking, writers | No Comments »
Posted on March 19, 2008 by AG
With some places receiving 12 inches of rain this week, flooding means damages and the need to pull together. There are so many ways to make Collabotrade a tool for recovery.
There are short-term, mid-term, and long-term strategies. Short-term is trading emergency equipment, necessities, or offers of shelter.
Mid-term, volunteering for clean-ups, cleaning [...]
Filed under: Trusted Communities | Tagged: carpentry, clean-up, cleanup, damage, equipment, flooding, rain, recovery, repair | No Comments »
Posted on March 18, 2008 by AG
Now that winter is almost over, you might want to unload shovels to those who like to prepare for next season. Things like roof-rakes are quiet valuable when up to 40 tons of snow are on top of your house. If you are moving to Florida, you don’t need a roof [...]
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Posted on March 16, 2008 by AG
Everyone who builds a business has to pass it along to someone else sooner or later if it is successful. There are professionals who know how to transition parties into and out of small business. Often it takes time to find a suitor. They say that most people marry someone who [...]
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Posted on March 15, 2008 by AG
The home schooling movement has more than doubled the last decade because more and more parents are not only not satisfied with the quality of public schools, but are willing to take proactive steps to improve their child’s education on their own. They want better and are willing to invest both [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2008 by AG
As more and more people opt for corrective eye surgery and as people upgrade their glasses and frames to lighter versions, there are millions of eye pieces just sitting around that can be recycled.
There’s a group called New Eyes For the Needy. Maybe they’ll come across this post [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2008 by AG
Posted on March 11, 2008 by AG
Millions of people garden and the best way to get off to a good start is to have some seedlings that have sprouted in a greenhouse or a warm sunny room. From there, these seedlings have a great chance to bring tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, and various herbs.
Of course, unless you have the space and the [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by AG
Comic Books were a huge rage recently. How many of them have become movies, and how many of their story lines are refashioned and redeployed in a new movie? Comics, not poverty, will always be with us.
So, there’s no better place to trade comics than through your own network at Collabotrade.com
There are thousands [...]
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