One of the reasons that we have the weekly “Ask 8BIT” is simply because we want to be able to offer our community a simple way to ask us anything they want.
Obviously having a standard post like that gives people permission and creates value. This isn’t the best way to do this since many people do have questions and don’t want to necessarily wait til Sunday (when we release the post) to ask it.
So we’re looking into some alternative programs and web apps. One of them might be Qhub.
Simple, Easy, Fast
One of the nice things about Qhub is how easy it is to get started. It took me literally a minute, if that, to set it up.
Done and done: http://human3rror.qhub.com
I didn’t spend any time in the admin or profile section but instead jumped right into ask my first question.
I’d imagine that some organizations might really find value in something like this (not to mention personal blogs).
What’s your take?
Good stuff….Simple and effective. It looks like it would do its job well.
I personally like the idea of using it for a personal blog. It would come in handy for a series of posts dealing with readers’ questions.
Seems simple, straight forward and intuitive.
= good resource
That’s cool, can you embed it in your own website tumblr-esque?
I think that could be really valuable for churches to practically answer the questions that people have during the week. Anyone know of a church that does that?
You can embed a widget or Side page tab. {shrugs shoulders}
This is sweet. How about use elsewhere? Like embedding et cetera.
formspring.me? better? worse?
I was totally thinking that this is just like formspring.me …
But is this QHub another website? Or can you post the Q and A on your website, like with a widget? I don’t need another whole website… I already have to tell everyone who comes to our website to join us on facebook and twitter…and now I have a Ning network…I am confused.
I recently found a neat little Q&A service which lets you create surveys with as much as 100+ questions. The “neat” part is that it is elegantly implemented so that people actually sit there and answer all the questions.
Here’s a recent post detailing the service with an embeded sample survey: http://godvertiser.com/2010/02/23/how-to-keep-your-community-members-keep-coming-back-to-your-church-website/
Do any of these super-single-purpose web apps accomplish anything? Formspring seems like a party favor app, as does qhub.