Think & Play
Thoughtplay is the creative team behind various popular websites and other projects. At this blog we give away bright ideas regularly, and comment on interesting trends both online and off. The thought channel is for more business-related trends, play looks at entertainment and leisure, and thoughtplay introduces our own creative ideas, as well as news about our projects.
Free to good homes - a list of gift economies | 030107
At Thoughtplay we're fascinated by gift economies as well as commercial ones. Here's a quick roundup of websites based around the idea of free exchange of goods, services or just friendly communication where no money changes hands:
- books - Book Crossing
- books,music,games,films - chanceXchange
- any goods - Freecycle (local groups worldwide)
- skills and services - the LETS scheme (UK) (see here for links to similar schemes in other countries)
- postcards - Postcrossing (send to and receive from strangers)
- digital text/images/audio/video - Wikimedia Commons and Creative Commons
In broader terms, blogging, geocaching and of course Wikipedia are all gift economies too.
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