Never heard of Wufoo? Shame on you. Wait, Wufoo’s not live yet. Ok, I forgive you, but just don’t do it again.

Just some background on it… Wufoo was created by the fine folks from ParticleTree, who also run the Treehouse magazine. I’ve always paid close attention to their blog and magazine, as their work is a constant source of tips, tricks and the never ending, “Why didn’t I think of that?” in the web design and Web 2.0 fold. Anyway, they have been busy developing Wufoo for the last couple of months, and I must say, I’m extremely impressed!

What is Wufoo?

Wufoo, for the less informed, lets you build and host online forms. Things like mailing lists, marketing surveys or even customer management systems using simple forms that you and I have used and painstakingly created before to capture data on the web. I’m currently using Wufoo as a beta user, and Wufoo is very much a beta, as I found some very simple bugs in the system within 10 minutes of playing around. But that doesn’t detract from what is going to be a killer Web 2.0 application.

Why I really like Wufoo

There hasn’t been a Web 2.0 app of late, actually 6 months that has really made me take notice. (Actually Newsvine, but who’s counting?). I saw Wufoo a couple of months back, but couldn’t grasp what they were trying to achieve with their fancy form builder that did nothing else. Today I received a beta invite, and everything fell into place. Need a mailing list? Bam. Done. Want stats on the list? Bam. Done. Emailed to you? Bam. Done. What about a colour or theme change? Click. Bam. Done. Sounds simple hey? It is just that simple. I can already see places where I’ll be plugging in Wufoo forms with great ease.

I’m really looking forward to see where Wufoo is going. They say it’s nearing completion, so a public launch shoudn’t be too far off. For those that want to see Wufoo in action, check out my Wufoo form – Who Wufoo-ed Jason Bagley? Fill it in, and let me know what you think!