Party Time: Getting Ready for the Windows 7 Launch
Windows 7 Launch Party hosts have now been selected (and yes, I’m one of them). This week, we received the official notification, as shown in the figure below.
- Hosts have their choice of party theme:
- - Setting up with Ease (How to transfer data and settings and configure Win7 to your preferences)
- - Family Friendly Fun (making video calls, making movies, setting limits on kids’ computer use)
- - Photopalooza (Uploading, editing and sharing photos)
- - Media Mania (Using Windows Media Center to enjoy music, photos and videos and record TV)
- I chose the last option, since we already have Media Center running on a PC attached to our 65 inch Sharp Aquos widescreen, which is perfect for showing off Windows 7’s features to a group at a party. Microsoft provides “host videos” to help you come up with ideas, and suggestions for what features to demonstrate, but they emphasize the fact that it’s a party, not a sales presentation. The point is to have fun, and at the same time show your friends how cool the new OS is.
Microsoft also provides graphics of signs that you can print to put up in your party area, and will send a “party pack” with party favors. Finally, hosts get a special “signature edition” of Windows 7 for their trouble.
Our Media Mania party is scheduled for Saturday, October 24, two days after the official world-wide launch and we’re looking forward to it. My “real world” friends know that I’m pretty good at throwing parties – even without Microsoft’s help.
So how do you get invited to a launch party? Ping your local techie friends, especially MVPs, to find out if they’re hosting parties. The map on the Windows 7 page of the House Party site at http://www.houseparty.com/windows7usa shows where parties are scheduled. For example, there are currently 346 parties planned in the Dallas metropolitan area (you can zoom in to get a better idea of just where the parties are, and if you click on a specific area, you’ll see a list of the party hosts in that area – but only by their HouseParty.com user names). Those who are invited to a party can RSVP through the web site.
We’re looking forward to sharing our excitement about Windows 7 with friends and relatives. With social networking so popular, it seems appropriate to turn the Windows 7 launch into a more social event.
- Debra Littlejohn Shinder, MVP
deb@shinder.net www.debshinder.com
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Have a great party
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I'd love to see pics of the party! :)
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