There’s a new class of sites which I think really have the right idea, following from wikiHow and that is:

1. get users to submit howtos
2. make the howtos have lots of images
3. make the howtos be really cool and interesting
4. ??
5. profit.

Instructables, which launched at the beginning of this year, is a good example of this working well:

Good growth pattern in my book.

There’s something really nice about seeing high quality images of a howto, and the projects are tapping into this ‘getting things done’, ‘make’ meme.