When Did I Become a BETA Tester?

Well, the slightly secret nature of my slightly secret squirreling is somewhat of a joke now.  'Lists' has been explored in minute detail all across the web but, still, I'd prefer it if you googled the details.  The banner on my Twitter page features the Bluebird of Guilt and you should never underestimate the power of that bird.  It says 'no' and somehow I am unable to ignore it and download screenshots.

Moving along... I'm BETA testing something else: Google Wave.  Fortunately there is no secrecy clause on this one so I can tell you all about it.  It is brilliant.  Of course, my immediate thought upon entering the closed world of Google Wave was: 'how do word nerds use this?'

I have so many thoughts but the one that excites me the most is at the foot of this blog post.  This is my attempt to describe the new Digital Village.  I hope you like it.  http://tiny.cc/rwblog

When Did I Become a BETA Tester?

I am a - Slightly - Secret Squirrel

Twitter asked us not to tweet about this but nobody said anything about blogging... 

Okay, I fess up, I'm one of Twitter's SSS (Slightly Secret Squirrel) Beta testing team for the new 'lists' facility.  There's only a teeny tiny group of us so it's a huge honour to be involved.  In the spirit of keeping things slightly secret, I'll avoid spilling too many beans on how it works but it rocks and I hope they roll it out to everyone soon.

If I ask some strange questions on Twitter over the next few days and you have ANY interest in the questions I ask then answer.  You'll be glad you did.  I won't give away any specifics on Twitter though because they asked us not to but I think, since so many other testers have let the cat out of the bag already, I've not broken any rules here.  Please don't push for more info on Twitter because:

• The first rule of Lists Club is you don't tweet about Lists Club
• The second rule of Lists Club is you don't tweet about Lists Club

Slightly Secret Squirrel signing off...

I am a - Slightly - Secret Squirrel