MT Minds

OK … so our upcoming family reunion won’t be all that big or fat - but our reunion is virtual in a way since it has only been posted online so far.  Although there are certainly some advantages to having a completely virtual family reunion, this year we won’t be donning our cyber suits and cyber head gear and meeting in a virtual world.  We won’t be playing golf on golf courses that don’t exist in the physical (like the Mount Rushmore course seen below) - although I think it might be fun.

Mount Rushmore 
(not going there this year)

Our online family reunion event is mainly for discussions, photo sharing and organizing.   I decided to try out Windows Live for posting the event because it is free and you get 5 GB of free password protected online storage.  www.WindowsLive.com

I thought I would share some of what I’ve experienced  so far, and then give an update some time after we have had our reunion and have had time to share our photos.

How to get there

Who is coming - what to wear

Once an event is created on your Windows Live SkyDrive, you can add additional gadgets, modules and tools.  I added a weather gadget so we would all know what clothes to pack and a map so everyone would know how to get there.  We have a discussion module so that we can discuss what to do and where to go.   Next I invited guests.  When you invite your guests you can add a message to the email which contains a link for your guests to respond.    Two of my guest had problems getting in but once they upgraded their browser to the latest version of FireFox they didn’t have any more problems.

So if you have massive amounts of photos you would like to share and are planning an event that might produce even more photos to share, be sure to try out one of the online event planning and photo sharing services.

Edward