Qunu an expert to find an answer in realtime
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Finding good answers on the Internet could be a heavy time-consuming activities. Thanks to humankind genius, sites like Wikipedia, Answers.com and its newborn competitor Yahoo! Answers ― and under hyped expert forums ―, your questions don’t stay unsolved forever.
But the process could take a while. And this is precisely this long time period that you would like to scramble into a handful of seconds.
So here’s Qunu, a Germany-based web site where you can meet experts, chat to them by instant messenger, and get help on your questions in a snap. For instance, you’re stuck on a Ruby On Rails application development. All you need to do is to search for an expert in this category, cast a IM new conversation and explain your situation to your expert.
Qunu, currently on its alpha version, seems to be inspired by Ether business model. ‘Inspired’ only, because it doesn’t work with VoIP calls but relies on a Jabber powered text only instant messenger ― that nevertheless supports the XMPP “Google Talk” protocol. And ‘inspired’ because Qunu claims to have some ideas of monetizing the service but will keep the basic service of giving and getting help “always free.”
Time will tell. But we wonder how this altruist service could keep self-sustaining.
(via wwwhat’s new?)
Jun 13, 2006 | By Nuno
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