How to get invited to Web 2.x betas
It seems that the most interesting up-and-coming web applications go through a private, invitation-only beta phase before being launched to the public. This was certainly the case with Google Mail, the Yahoo! Mail do-over, and one service that I’m particularly interested in: grono.net. Unfortunately, none of my friends or relatives use that service, so getting an invitation isn’t likely.
There’s obviously a need here that needs to be filled: begging strangers for invitations to web beta’s. I’ve found a few places to share invitations, but by far the most beautiful and appealing is InviteShare.com. What a gorgeous, well-thought-out design.
Invite Share
And please, if you have a grono.net invitation, please share it with me.
Discovery
An interesting thing about services like InviteShare is that they promote upcoming projects, aiding in discovery of new and interesting things.
I’m taking a look through Yahoo! Mash right now. It took about 15 minutes after posting on InviteShare before someone offered me an invitation. Mash looks like it has tremendous promise: a social networking service with the chaotic aesthetic of MySpace, but the coherent usability of Facebook.
(Via a SurfLizard post)