Pingg

It’s our party and we’ll use a mass invite site if we want to. Preferring the superior Crusher to the mind-numbing Evite, yet another option in the e-invitation scene has emerged. Pingg (you can decide what the extra consonant is for) gives you a no-frills event planning site that’s not much in the way of cutesy clip art or graphic options, but what Pingg lacks in sexiness it makes up for in versatility. Feel like your friends are trying to ignore your 30th Birthday Blowout? The surroundSend (TM!) feature shoots the invitees an e-mail, an SMS to their cell, and links to an event page in Facebook. It has rendered your ordinary e-mail blast about as effective as a telephone chain. Of course, if you’re looking for an excuse to miss the party, this is probably your worst nightmare.