Here's Streetbank , a site to support lending and sharing at neighbourhood level. All power to their elbows - it's a niche that the local websites haven't been big on, as far as I'm aware, based on the reflection that because we don't know our neighbours so well, we have more stuff than we need and don't lend and share when we might. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, it won't be the first time, but I think while neighbourhood sites encourage recycling, 'going to a good home', local trader recommendations etc and of course local social connections generally, few have got down to the nitty-gritty of instrumental reciprocity.

And, more importantly, what are yours? Share/Bookmark ...Tags: 3 Online Community Misconceptions and how to stop them You don’t own community, the community owns the community Original intention: To stop (mostly brand) community hosts from being overly-controlling of the community

Now it’s all over, the hangover has faded but the jetlag is lingering longer than would be ideal, there are a few observations from my first sxsw that I would like to share. The standout moment for me was Clay Shirky’s talk “Monkeys with Internet Access: Sharing, Human Nature, and Digital Data.” He created a beautifully articulate argument for how abundance breaks more I wrote a week or so ago about what I wanted to get from South by South West. 8221; He captivated the audience for an hour, weaving together seemingly unrelated topics and themes (underwear,