Helping Each Other with the World Wide Web
As a website designer and Internet marketer, I’m often approached by people with good ideas who want to know how they can get their thoughts to the Internet. I thought I’d share some of the more interesting projects I’ve seen this last year.
This first one (Freecycle) is designed to reduce the amount of stuff being sent to our landfills. Instead of throwing your unwanted items away they provide a place where you can tell people what you want to give away. Or you can list what you need to find for free. The concept is to give things away instead of charging or exchanging for it. A Wister resident runs the local group and here is their web address. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LeFloreFreecycle/ If you have problems finding them let me know and I’ll send you a fresh link in an email.
I found that group when helping to put together a local barter club. This group http://www.barter-oklahoma.com/ is for those who are willing to swap items and expect a fair trade. For now, the service is completely free to use. You can list what you have to trade or what you want. You’re not expected to exchange money but it’s completely up to the participants how they do their trading. Eventually the site will offer low cost memberships that will help you conduct inequitable trades (where one person gets more or less out of the transaction). The site developers are giving away free memberships while they find the weaknesses in the system. There is a variety of goods and services available; from tire swaps to movie rentals to propane heaters. You’re encouraged to list something even if you don’t see something you want. In this way, the number of people using the program will increase and more trading will happen. The site also offers information on why barter clubs help local communities.
Then we have people who want to help their neighbors learn new skills. Carl Albert State College business instructor, Anthony Fortner, is offering a free CPA review course this fall. There are details at his site, http://www.oklahoma-cpa-review.com/. The classes started this week so I encourage you to contact him while there’s still room left.. These classes can be very expensive to attend in other places. CASC also offers many other free and low cost programs to area residents. You can find information at www.carlalbert.edu.
If you just want to brag about your neighborhood children or have a program designed to help them, there is a free site at http://www.leflore-county-youth.org/ that is sponsored in part by the Heavener Chamber of Commerce. The original idea was to give everyone a place to exchange program details. It’s still available for anyone who works with our children.
There was a news article last month about the number of good computers hitting the landfills. To help avoid this problem you can donate your old computer at a number of sites. This site offers a national database where you can participate. www.sharetechnology.org
The Internet continues to be a place where people can easily share an idea. It’s very easy to get your voice heard, not just by your neighbors, but also around the world.
Mike Myklin is an author, a lecturer, and an e-commerce owner. If you have questions about the Internet and e-commerce, you can send them to him and he will try to answer them in his column. You can also read this article on-line at http://www.myklin.com/.
This first one (Freecycle) is designed to reduce the amount of stuff being sent to our landfills. Instead of throwing your unwanted items away they provide a place where you can tell people what you want to give away. Or you can list what you need to find for free. The concept is to give things away instead of charging or exchanging for it. A Wister resident runs the local group and here is their web address. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LeFloreFreecycle/ If you have problems finding them let me know and I’ll send you a fresh link in an email.
I found that group when helping to put together a local barter club. This group http://www.barter-oklahoma.com/ is for those who are willing to swap items and expect a fair trade. For now, the service is completely free to use. You can list what you have to trade or what you want. You’re not expected to exchange money but it’s completely up to the participants how they do their trading. Eventually the site will offer low cost memberships that will help you conduct inequitable trades (where one person gets more or less out of the transaction). The site developers are giving away free memberships while they find the weaknesses in the system. There is a variety of goods and services available; from tire swaps to movie rentals to propane heaters. You’re encouraged to list something even if you don’t see something you want. In this way, the number of people using the program will increase and more trading will happen. The site also offers information on why barter clubs help local communities.
Then we have people who want to help their neighbors learn new skills. Carl Albert State College business instructor, Anthony Fortner, is offering a free CPA review course this fall. There are details at his site, http://www.oklahoma-cpa-review.com/. The classes started this week so I encourage you to contact him while there’s still room left.. These classes can be very expensive to attend in other places. CASC also offers many other free and low cost programs to area residents. You can find information at www.carlalbert.edu.
If you just want to brag about your neighborhood children or have a program designed to help them, there is a free site at http://www.leflore-county-youth.org/ that is sponsored in part by the Heavener Chamber of Commerce. The original idea was to give everyone a place to exchange program details. It’s still available for anyone who works with our children.
There was a news article last month about the number of good computers hitting the landfills. To help avoid this problem you can donate your old computer at a number of sites. This site offers a national database where you can participate. www.sharetechnology.org
The Internet continues to be a place where people can easily share an idea. It’s very easy to get your voice heard, not just by your neighbors, but also around the world.
Mike Myklin is an author, a lecturer, and an e-commerce owner. If you have questions about the Internet and e-commerce, you can send them to him and he will try to answer them in his column. You can also read this article on-line at http://www.myklin.com/.
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