Monday, December 06, 2004

Jyve and Q-Card

In case you've missed it, Jyve "is a free community built around voice communication powered by Skype."

It was bound to happen!

But ignore the usual community stuff, what is really interesting is the "Q-Card".

"Visitors to your website [...] will now be able to easily contact you by Voice and Instant Message or leave their information so you can call them back through the Q-Card."

This is brilliant. It adds communication options, including Skype Out, and gently "forces" who ever wants to speak with a Q-Card holder to fill in some basic info. Those of you who have been Skyped by spam callers will appreciate this. It's also a great way of getting a heads-up on a caller, not unlike that of a call being introduced by a receptionist.