Google Docs makes for a quick and easy web form
I have spent time on several occasions gathering information from a group of people whether it was a survey, obtaining comments, or just trying to get feedback on a new idea.
There are several different ways to do this emails, wiki,web form, survey from either a free host or self host option. All these options have pros and cons, but the biggest downside being that except for email (with its obvious pitfalls) you need to have a reasonable level of techincal skill to make them work.
This means that I have to do a lot of handholding and supervising when others want to use it. Well here is a new solution from Google. As part of there google docs offering you can create a web form based on a spreadsheet. The data is automatically populated and ready for review/analysis as soon as people hit submit.
Here is a great video/explanation on how to use the product.
Official Google Docs Blog: Featured video: quick and easy forms