I read an interesting article in Wired magazine about a service call Twine. However, when I went to the site I discovered that I couldn’t try it out because it is in closed beta. I have no interest in giving them my name and other information and then wait some unknown length of time to get into a beta test. One would think that with the long lead times of magazines that by the time the service gets into print the website would be available. Well, I’m unlikely to go back unless I see another article in the future and I’ve forgotten about this failed attempt to get access.

That is not good marketing in my opinion. I think that if a site is ready to be written about in the press, it should be ready for users.