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Communities Resolving Our Problems: the basic idea
[SUP: Finding Problems] [THINK: Shaping Problems] [LEAP: Solving Problems]

The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient....
Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning.   Eugene S. Wilson

Still Unsolved Problems (SUP) web sites: Trade Questions & Answers

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Paid Answers SUP tools:

  1. Gurzua
  2. WhyDoesMyPet
  3. Werlive
  4. Kasamba
  5. Bumperbrain
  6. Ether
  7. Fixya
  8. AskAgent
  9. JustAnswer
  10. Cornbrain

Free SUP tools:

  1. Yedda
  2. LinkedIn (wiki)
  3. Live QnA (wiki)
  4. Yahoo Answers (wiki)
  5. Ask MetaFilter (wiki)
  6. Oyogi
  7. Askville (wiki)
  8. AnswerBag (wiki)
  9. WonDir
  10. AllExperts
  11. AskMe Help Desk
  12. Rediff Get Ahead Q & A (wiki)
  13. WikiHow (wiki)
  14. Wikipedia: Reference Desk (wiki)
  15. The AnswerBank
  16. Free Knowledge Exchange
  17. Askeet (wiki)
  18. Lycos iQ (wiki)
  19. ProfNet (wiki)
  20. WikiAnswers (wiki)
  21. HelpGlobe
  22. Naver (Korean) (wiki)
  23. Google Questions and Answers, Russian (wiki)

Specialized
Expert Networks

Education
  1. Ask an ePals Teacher (based on Yedda)

 

Fee based SUP tools:

  1. uClue (wiki)
  2. AnsMart
  3. Bananask
  4. Any Question Answered, AQA or AQA 63336 (wiki)
  5. Texperts (wiki)
  6. 199query

Specialized
Expert Networks

Technology
  1. TechDirt Insight Community
  2. Experts Exchange for IT (wiki)
Investment/Finance
  1. Coleman Research
  2. Gerson Lehrman Group
  3. Guidepoint Global
  4. Primary Insight
  5. Vista Research
  6. KnowledgeBid

 

 

The above links lead to online question databases that should be used to share a question or problem and responses to the questions of others. Other branches of the CROP site serve to share people, ideas, information and steps that may resolve the problem and reach the goal.

These question-based systems have 3 major categories of financial support: free (with and without advertising), pay the question asker and pay the answer finder. A significant subset has emerged that is being called expert networks. Understanding the role and value of questioning is important for a wide range of personal and social needs.

 


Updated 7/6/2008  |  Page author: Houghton