[Sigia-l] Taking card sorting online

[Manu Sharma]

Me:
>> 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.

Donna:
> No, it would not be of any use for any user research tasks I conduct as I 
> prefer to do  my own work when and how I want to do it not to send the 
> work out to a consultancy and hope that they provide me with the magic 
> answer.

I agree. It's just beta right now and I'd hope for the service to evolve 
into a tool or at least "also-a-tool" as it develops over the next few 
months. Also, since user research and surveys is a pretty big market, people 
like us constitute only one part of it. I'd think it's a small part and I'm 
sure that the creators of the service realize this too.

> It is not a tool at all, it is a closed consultancy service. And it 
> shouldn't even be mentioned in the same paragraph as tools such as 
> 37signals products and measuremap. A consultancy service and a 
> tool/product are just not alike.

I don't think I called it a tool. Whether the service is comparable to 
MeasureMap and other products depends upon how you view it. In light of my 
previous mail, I'd think it addresses a much larger market and therefore 
promises to be a much more sustainable business than MM.

Manu.