[Sigia-l] Taking card sorting online

[Manu Sharma]

The MindCanvas, a user research service was launched recently that solves 
the old problem of how to do card sorts online effectively. It uses Ajax and 
"Game-like Elicitation Methods" to make sorting easy and engaging.

Actually, it's a bit unfair to call it just a card sorting tool as it lets 
you employ many other methods to conduct remote and collaborative user 
research.

Overview
http://www.themindcanvas.com/how-it-works/
Solutions for IAs
http://www.themindcanvas.com/solutions/information-architecture/
Methods and Demos
http://www.themindcanvas.com/how-it-works/research-methods/

What do you think? Would it be useful for user research tasks you conduct? 
Anything you'd do differently?

As an aside, it's interesting that more and more UX firms (37Signals, 
Creative Good, Adaptive Path) are launching their own products and services 
these days. The MindCanvas is designed and developed by Rashmi Sinha 
(http://www.rashmisinha.com/) and Jonathan Boutelle 
(http://www.jonathanboutelle.com) of Uzanto Consulting. More about its 
design on Rashmi's and Jon's site.

Manu.