Two sites which are fantastic ideas for saving money:
Bookmooch
A book swapping site. You simply post a book you want to swap and get a point in return for each book. Each point ‘buys’ you a new book. Brilliant!
Covert Candy
A site which allows you to swap your old clothes. Bit like eBay but without the price tag. Each item you swap earns you points (each item earns different amounts of points) and you can use these to ‘buy’ other items.
I am yet to use these sites, but love the ideas. So please let me know about your experiences.
Categories: site review
Tagged: books. clothes, cash, credit crunch, money, online, save
I just read that the BBC are now offering online recipe videos and something struck me: there is a lot (LOT) of educational content online, but what is missing?
In my opinion, structure. Like a good old fashioned syllabus. Not everyone wants to just dip in and out. Some people would like to do a cost effective alternative to a basic cookery course or french cookery course. They would also have more of a sense of achievement, potentially longer term engagement with the site and ability to set goals.
Of course you would need to allow users who want to dip in and out do that, but others like a bit of structure and sense of purpose.
So when are we going to see the online cookery school from the BBC or others, or a way of tailoring your own syllabus (basically a list of favourites and a tick off list)? And how many other examples of this lack of structure are there…..youtube content, language learning content, podcasts….?
Categories: Trends · Uncategorized
Tagged: BBC, digital, educational content, online, recipe, wesbite
