Since being licensed in 1990, I've fealt that hams were masters of communication, had the gift of gab, were willing to share information in a constructive vein and had a mission to demystify all of this technical stuff so that more and more people could/would use and enjoy the hobby/service.
This perception has not changed.... we are doing these things and in many different ways ie. club programs, elmering, QSOs on the air and web pages loaded with great information. We have abundant resources available from the ARRL and untold numbers of publications on almost any topic of interest to hams. For the most part, we have embraced other technologies such as e-mail and even You Tube.
The one communications vehicle that we could find very helpful, and, according to my search this morning, is sparse at best, is the web log, a.k.a., the "BLOG". For the uninitiated, blogs are similar to special interest newspapers, but on the web. They are filled with everything from editorial comment on the subject of the blog to current stories, news, how to articles, biographicals and more...... all written and instantaneously published by people with great information, ideas or needs for information.
"HamSpeak" is offered for this purpose. YOU have a forum to comment on your amateur activities, events du jour in your club, spread the results of your use of technology to all hams, elicit help from the whole world of amateurs, find someone with similar interests and contribute your unique "take" on any amateur subject.
My challenge: find ways to use this medium too...... or is this just a danger to amateur radio, replacing the QSO with another method?