diff --git a/src/applications/ponder/application/PhabricatorPonderApplication.php b/src/applications/ponder/application/PhabricatorPonderApplication.php
--- a/src/applications/ponder/application/PhabricatorPonderApplication.php
+++ b/src/applications/ponder/application/PhabricatorPonderApplication.php
@@ -48,17 +48,29 @@
 
   public function getRoutes() {
     return array(
-      '/Q(?P<id>[1-9]\d*)' => 'PonderQuestionViewController',
+      '/Q(?P<id>[1-9]\d*)'
+        => 'PonderQuestionViewController',
       '/ponder/' => array(
-        '(?:query/(?P<queryKey>[^/]+)/)?' => 'PonderQuestionListController',
-        'answer/add/' => 'PonderAnswerSaveController',
-        'answer/edit/(?P<id>\d+)/' => 'PonderAnswerEditController',
-        'answer/comment/(?P<id>\d+)/' => 'PonderAnswerCommentController',
-        'answer/history/(?P<id>\d+)/' => 'PonderAnswerHistoryController',
-        'question/edit/(?:(?P<id>\d+)/)?' => 'PonderQuestionEditController',
-        'question/comment/(?P<id>\d+)/' => 'PonderQuestionCommentController',
-        'question/history/(?P<id>\d+)/' => 'PonderQuestionHistoryController',
-        'preview/' => 'PhabricatorMarkupPreviewController',
+        '(?:query/(?P<queryKey>[^/]+)/)?'
+          => 'PonderQuestionListController',
+        'answer/add/'
+          => 'PonderAnswerSaveController',
+        'answer/edit/(?P<id>\d+)/'
+          => 'PonderAnswerEditController',
+        'answer/comment/(?P<id>\d+)/'
+          => 'PonderAnswerCommentController',
+        'answer/history/(?P<id>\d+)/'
+          => 'PonderAnswerHistoryController',
+        'question/edit/(?:(?P<id>\d+)/)?'
+          => 'PonderQuestionEditController',
+        'question/create/'
+          => 'PonderQuestionEditController',
+        'question/comment/(?P<id>\d+)/'
+          => 'PonderQuestionCommentController',
+        'question/history/(?P<id>\d+)/'
+          => 'PonderQuestionHistoryController',
+        'preview/'
+          => 'PhabricatorMarkupPreviewController',
         'question/(?P<status>open|close)/(?P<id>[1-9]\d*)/'
           => 'PonderQuestionStatusController',
         'vote/' => 'PonderVoteSaveController',
diff --git a/src/applications/ponder/controller/PonderController.php b/src/applications/ponder/controller/PonderController.php
--- a/src/applications/ponder/controller/PonderController.php
+++ b/src/applications/ponder/controller/PonderController.php
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 
 abstract class PonderController extends PhabricatorController {
 
-  protected function buildSideNavView() {
+  protected function buildSideNavView($for_app = false) {
     $user = $this->getRequest()->getUser();
 
     $nav = new AphrontSideNavFilterView();
     $nav->setBaseURI(new PhutilURI($this->getApplicationURI()));
 
+    if ($for_app) {
+      $nav->addFilter('question/create/', pht('Ask Question'));
+    }
+
     id(new PonderQuestionSearchEngine())
       ->setViewer($user)
       ->addNavigationItems($nav->getMenu());
@@ -17,13 +21,18 @@
     return $nav;
   }
 
+  public function buildApplicationMenu() {
+    return $this->buildSideNavView($for_app = true)->getMenu();
+  }
+
   protected function buildApplicationCrumbs() {
     $crumbs = parent::buildApplicationCrumbs();
+    $href = $this->getApplicationURI('question/create/');
     $crumbs
       ->addAction(
         id(new PHUIListItemView())
-          ->setName(pht('Create Question'))
-          ->setHref('/ponder/question/edit/')
+          ->setName(pht('Ask Question'))
+          ->setHref($href)
           ->setIcon('fa-plus-square'));
 
     return $crumbs;