Aardvark
Everyone has been there: there is a question that’s bothering you but you can’t find the answer. You could Google for the answer, but this question is so specific that it would take ages to find it. It would be awesome if you could ask someone who knows, someone who’s specialized in the matter. Well, wait no more! Because there is a neat web2.0 service that solves your problem.
The concept is simple, you add an extra friend to your IM service and fire away. Aardvark works on MSN Messenger, Gmail chat, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, Hotmail, Windows Live and since recently on the iPhone as well! So how does it work? Once you added Aardvark to your contacts-list in your IM service, you just ask it a question. Aardvark will try to find the subject of the question and sends the question trough to people. Within minutes, you get an answer by some who knows about the matter. Super simple and brilliant!
When you register for the service you’ve got to enter a couple tags/topics on what you wish to answer questions about if they are asked to you. Here are a couple of mine: CSS, internet, iPhone, Javascript, photography, PHP and web development. I’ve used Aardvark dozens of times, yesterday I asked a question about where I should book my hotel in Berlin, Germany.
