China Special
Web2.0 is potentially a very Chinese thing. One of the most important words in the Chinese language is guanxi. It means relationship. Whatever you think about the term Web2.0, the point is that social networking and relationship-building are at the core of today’s most exciting web innovations. The Chinese happen to be the most natural and skilled social networkers on earth.
(Rebecca MacKinnon – Chinese Bloggers: ‘Everybody is Somebody’)
Todays apps celebrate Chinese beta culture.
Thanks to Keso, who provided a beautiful list (via China Web2.0 Review via Read/Write Web)
Beta Loser
I used to get invited to all the good betas
(thx to Nervous Music)
Well, Groucho Marx once said:
I would never join a club that would have me as a member.
Beta Fridays
Susan Mernit and Lisa Wiliams are launching a new podcasting series called Beta Fridays.
Every week we will talk about our experiences test driving new software/tools – and give you some on the ground impressions.
Beta Movies
Hypothese Beta (1967)
Alpha Beta (1973)
Alfa Beta Gama (1980)
Beta (1992)
Beta (1994)
Alpha Version Beta (1998)
Bloggers on beta
For beta or for worse? (Signal vs. Noise)
Mo’ Beta Testing Blues (Wired)
For beta or for worse II (Signal vs. Noise)
The Definition of Beta (Napsterization)
Fresh Outta Defining Beta (Ross Mayfield)
The Bastardization of Beta (Hypergene MediaBlog)
To Beta or Not To Beta (The Entreprexplorer’s Journal)
A New Post – beta (BitterPill)
Let me sign up! I’ll BETA test anything (hypocritical)
Collecting...
I spent good parts of the weekend adding betas, and the MoMB now has 100+ applications listed. Did you know that there are quite a few apps out there, that actually are not in beta anymore?
However, I’ve discovered/grabbed many of them via these great sites:
I feel rather beta
Beta (upper case Β, lower case β) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. It seems to have come from the Phoenician word “beth” that means “house” or “tent”. The shape of B represented that thing itself (tent), the usual house of the Semites.
(Wikipedia)