Stoopid private alphas/betas

Bah, there’s two sites that I’m interested in checking out, but both are private right now and I don’t have a stoopid invitation.

The first is called Mindmeister , currently in alpha. Looks like an online version of Mindmanager Pro, which I was a huge fan of, but couldn’t really use because I needed an online version of it. Looks really promising though. Like inspiration, but for secondary students and adults (I’m not saying you can’t use Inspiration as an adult, but you know what I mean).

The second is called Nownow, and it looks like Amazon.com owns them. It sounds pretty similar to ChaCha, which I blogged about recently, but it’s designed to work off of a mobile platform. Text in your question, and up to three humans will research it and send you answers back. Personally, I’m really digging these man/machine mashups! Once again, private invitation only beta, so I can’t get in to check them out.

Bah. If anyone’s involved in either of those two, see if you can score me an invite!