Pollywogs!

So for work, we use this web service call Wufoo I read about somewhere at some point in the murky time before memory.  I chose it to handle our data collection and form creation because It Is Just Fucking Simple.  Go to their website, throw down some entry boxes, and collect the HTML to embed in your site.  All of the data then gets pulled and emailed or parsed as you see fit.  Reports and everything, it is Easy As Pie!  It seems a little expensive at like $7 a month compared to the fact that we host a number of websites for that amount per month, but for a business that $7 a month isn’t really much at all.

So we must have started using it pretty close to when they started up their operations, because the developers have always seemed really outgoing to me.  I recently got a handwritten thank you note in the mail from Ryan Campbell, one of the developers behind Wufoo, thanking me for using their service.  That is really going the extra mile, and really put a nice smile on my face.

So, if you have any reason or need to collect data from users online (they can also create forms which process payments), I highly recommend using Wufoo to create a really nice looking form which takes all of five minutes to generate and post online.