Before I begin telling you why I would like early access to Twine I would just like to thank you. I first sent you an email about a year ago asking what Semantic Web conferences you would recommend. I was pretty new to the field and certainly had not yet met anyone I could even discuss the word "RDF" with. You were kind enough to send me an email back recommending SemTech in San Jose, May 07.
I took your advice and haven't looked back yet... I work in Australia and my company is now working with many of the leading marine science agencies to find ways of accelerating research into climate change. We are using Semantic Web technologies along with open access policies to come up with clever solutions to nearly impossible situations. So I just wanted to let you know what your "small" reply to me over a year ago has lead to.
There are many reasons why I would love to get my hands on Twine, but I will only go into two right now to keep this post short.
1. My regular blogging is done with SitePoint (one of the most visited Web developer sites around). That is a good thing because the people that frequent the site are not your regular Semantic Web junkies, in fact, they are pretty much in the opposite camp. So it is the perfect venue to help persuade a HUGE audience of developers into drinking the Semantic Web kool-aid :)
2. I previously mentioned our work with climate change researchers and science groups and they are just begging for a tool like Twine (although they don't know it yet). I would love to pry and dig my way around to see how it could benefit their important work.