Join a World Party!

Who says the Internet causes isolation? I beg to differ. On the contrary, the Internet has the exclusive honor of being the extreme World Party. How would you like to be the host? You can have a central location to hang out with your existing friends. Let's face it. In this day and age it's almost impossible to get together with your gang and hang out. So hang out online!

Visto.com is a free web-based communication center where you can start your own group. Founded in 1996, Visto Corporation provides web-based communication solutions over wireless networks. Visto enables you to access your email, calendar, contacts and files anywhere. It also enables you to invite members. You are in control of who you invite to be in your group. From there you can socialize all day long!

Start a conversation on the message forum. Did someone in your group miss the big wedding last week? No problem. You're there to post all the embarassing pictures of the groom (who is also in the group I might add) dancing with Aunt Margaret. Did you hear a *really* funny music clip? You can post that too. And what about YOUR wedding coming up? Set a reminder in the group calendar. Luckily you are the administrator so NO one will be posting pictures of you dancing with Uncle Ted without your permission.

As Visto requires you to send out invitees to your group, it will be hard to meet new people this way. But that's what Yahoo! Groups are for. Here you can start your own public club and let others come to you. Did you really think you are the *only* one who secretly loves MC Hammer? Oh, excuse me. I think it’s just Hammer now.

Create your club! Post pictures, add announcements, create links of relevent subjects. Post your club in the Yahoo! Group Directory and let others share your love of MC Hammer!

Now on the other hand, sometimes it is good to pull the plug on the modem and have a REAL get together with friends (Yes, I know how hard it is. Truly.). But not to fear, you can still plan and send your invites online! Enter Evite, a web site where you can carefully plan and send out email invitations to your big bash for free. Evite, founded in 1997, boasts other free services such as payment collecting and a reminder service. Evite can help you organize your invitations, even get ideas for what to do. You don’t even have to know what you want to have a party for. From poker night to pajama party, Evite has ideas for you!

Right now, Evite only delivers invitations via email. Get it? E-vite? Electronic invitations? Huh, get it? Funny! *sigh*, but that’s okay. In this day and age, who uses snail mail anyway?