Example of premature optimization

Will update the formatting when I can figure it out... but to the Lean folks out there, this is enough:) but :(

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neighborrow on Facebook and Twitter.

neigh*borrow and social media are a natural fit. There is a resurgence of community groups that are actively borrowing and lending locally, on Facebook. These groups are in Seattle, Houston, The Bay Area, Pittsburgh, Shreveport, British Columbia and more.

All groups enjoy $100 per transaction in lender insurance from day one.  The mayors of each group earn credits as the group grows. For example, after the first 50 members -we will buy you anything LENDABLE, to circulate in the group - when it is not used, it's yours.

Our experiments have proven that most of you don't want to list everything you own, even if we make it really easy! So the onus is on people who are requesting things to ask, and post a photo of what they need. If you have it - you just comment on the listing and you are covered, automatically, up to $100!

Click on a city to join the group, or START YOUR OWN:

1. Chicago
2. Houston
3. Montreal
4. Nyack
5. NYC
6. Peru, Nebraska
7. San Francisco
8. Seattle
9. Shreveport
10. Sydney, Australia
11. York UK

What's in a name? continued

Every rental consists of borrowing but not every borrow is a rental. Borrowing means that you are going to return it or something equal to it. Renting means you are returning it AND paying a fee.

So to borrow a cup of sugar is correct, ONLY if you return an equal amount of fresh sugar at another time. If you return the sugar AND some of the cookies you made, you technically rented that sugar:)

So how about money... if you borrow money and pay it back - good for you:) You are a borrower. If you pay it back with interest, you are technically a renter.

On the flip side, you are a lender in either case- but when you accept payment you are also a banker, or a proprietor, or a rentee?

Borrowing is not about free- its about frequency

Yes WE CAM-ERA

neigh*borrow is proud to offer free digital cameras to anyone who want's to use one for the day, even two. The cameras are public, and for the summer, the photos are too- as part of a public art project.

Here's how it works!

1. tweet "@neighborrow, I want a public camera http://bit.ly/yswcmr" or just click HERE to see if one of the five cameras is available for pickup. (right now we have only one pickup location in Battery Park, perfect if you are on your way to see Lady Liberty. We are adding dSLR's soon)
2. If there is one available, all you need to do is agree to the terms (basically that you will return it) and take your picture holding the camera, that's your library card. 
3. Then feel free to use it however you wish- during the public pilot program, all photos from the cameras automatically go into this gallery.

REQUEST THE SPECIAL SHOCK PROOF CAMERA by clicking "tweet" (not the counter number)

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Intelligent Design.

We said it from the beginning, we didn't invent sharing, we are just making it easier. Trying to, anyway.

Every day, I think about ways to solve that problem; how do we make it easier and more worthwhile to share ownership of the things we don't use all the time?

• Is the solution in software; does it need to be easier for people to list and search for things they need and find relevant results? Maybe.
• Do we need to preach the virtues of sharing and what it does for communities and the planet, not to mention- our wallets? That won't hurt.
• Do we need to build tools and mechanisms to help strangers trust each other more. Definitely. 

The more I think about it though, and the more time I spend talking with other smart folks in the space and engaging with users,  the more I am convinced that the biggest factor that will really push sharing mainstream is a new physical infrastructure; both the items being shared and the physical mechanisms that allow these items to be shared need an upgrade. They need a more intelligent design that makes it easier and worthwhile to share. 

For example; I recently "brokered" a bicycle transaction on neigh*borrow. (from time to time I get involved in a transaction to meet the folks using the site and to see how we can improve the platform). A lovely couple (from our neighbors in the attic), were visiting NYC for the weekend and wanted to borrow a couple of bikes. They knew about neigh*borrow, were able to request bikes, find two separate lenders, and everyone involved in the sharing ballet played their role to perfection. I was thrilled! Everything was perfect, except for one thing. Literally. The bike. 

THESE bikes weren't shareable. The size was off. The performance wasn't what borrower had hoped for. Locking it was burdensome.  This bike wasn't designed to be shared. But that doesn't mean bikes can't be shared. In fact, I think bikes are one of the things that can be shared best! The solution is in the infrastructure, not the people or the web.

Enter sites like SoBi. They understand the true root of the problem and are doing their part to build an infrastructure to make bike sharing easier. The bikes are one size fits all. They are more durable and weatherproof. And of course, they can be locked and unlocked, tracked, reserved and paid for using the latest in mobile technology and GPS.

Right now, things are designed not just for obsolescence as I have quoted before from WMIY, they are designed for individual ownership. I think that is changing thanks to innovators like Sobi, GetAround, and so many others.

To do our part, to highlight the "new infrastructure of sharing" and to to pay homage to the NYC CollCons folks, (Shared Squared- coming soon), neigh*borrow is proud to introduce a project we are calling Public  Cameras. Or maybe we'll go with the cheesier, "yes WE cam(ra)"! Similar to the wonderful and popular Street Pianos, we are offering free cameras for the public to use, in New York City.

You know you've always wanted to try one of those long lenses the pros use at the ball game. You don't want to buy one, and you don't want to lug it around all week, but you know you want to try it for the afternoon while you're at the Statue of liberty, or in Central Park or just people watching in Soho. With PublicCameras, you will get that chance.

These cameras are meant to be shared. They come loaded with a special memory card that tracks the location of the camera, and auto uploads the photos to a gallery, in the cloud, over wifi. There is no need to upload any files, and for now during the pilot program, there is no need to pay!

VIEW the public, collaborative gallery! 

These cameras are meant to be shared, and we are working on cameras that are designed to be shared. You will be able to pick up the cameras in convenient places all around the city and unlock it with your credit card, using technology similar to how the SoBi bikes are unlocked. The cameras will charge and upload the images (over wifi supplied by KeyWifi) to a private, individual gallery, when they are returned to their proprietary dock.

Not only designed to share, they will be impossible not to:)

Then look out for public drills. The drill, remember is the poster-child for CollCons, we buy them because the infrastructure to share them is lacking. Soon, you will be able to walk around the corner, and unlock a drill with your iPhone the same way you grab a copy of the Village Voice! The same way people used to buy their lunch, automat style!

Myths about borrowing

At neigh*borrow we think that clarity will go a long way in helping people embrace the new sharing economy. So we want to help clear up a few myths about borrowing.

Myth Number 1: Borrowing = Free

Borrowing does not necessarily equal FREE. Borrowing refers to the fact that you are going to return it, it has nothing to do with pricing. You are borrowing everything you rent, but you are not necessarily renting everything you borrow. The perfect item to borrow is something that you do not need to use all the time, regardless of whether you need to use it ONCE or ONCE IN AWHILE. We know better than to try and re-write the dictionary or try and re-teach our audience about the definition of a word- the point we are trying to make is that borrowing is not about a price, it's about access. It's about "velocity of use". Since a drill is used infrequently on an individual basis, the goal is to get it used frequently, collectively; regardless of the underlying motivation.

We are getting a whole bunch of feedback about pricing. Some lenders want the option to make a few bucks when they lend something out. Some just want to lend things to support their community and do good deeds. Both are perfectly awesome reasons:)

Again, the economics are secondary, anything that motivates you to USE AND SAVE rather than OWN AND WASTE is our goal..

So next time you think of borrowing, think FREquency, not necessarily Free.

-thanks to Cameron Tonkinwise for his wise feedback

Myth #2 - borrowing is just for people who can't afford to own... (coming next week)

Looking to borrow a soldering iron. Filled in 2 seconds!

We have been seeing some great stuff happening in our Seattle facebook group recently, but nothing as cool as the offer that was filled in 2 seconds.

We have always admired the efficiency and scope of Freecycle. It is a great organization that provides free items to people who need them and keeps these items out of land fills. I've heard many times of the efficiency of a simple yahoo email list; when something good is listed, it GOES, FAST.

I was curios to see if the same thing could happen in the opposite direction, and it did!

Conventional wisdom suggests it should be no surprise that where there is a giver, there are takers. But would the same be true for people just asking for stuff? Even if they are not offering direct compensation? The answer, which we were pleasantly surprised with, was yes! In 2 seconds flat.

I think it could be a sign!