The Windows 7 Party in New York City, Winners, etc.

Update: Paul wished to clarify that this wasn’t actually a tweet-up; it was nothing more than a party.

Thursday evening, I attended and taped the tweet-up which occurred in the Antarctica Bar. Other pressies besides @conhopper (me) who attended include @withinrafael, @thurrott (who organized the event), @tom_warren, @edbott, @maryjofoley, and @inafried. The event can be described in the following concise bullets:

• It was very packed.
• We gave a lot of stuff away. The (almost) complete list of items is in the video.
• A lot of people walked away happy regardless of whether or not they actually won anything.
• Antarctica may have had their best business in a while. You’re welcome, guys!
• A few Microsofties came and contributed to the giving away of items. My thanks in particular goes to Chris Flores, but others were also involved when it came to securing some of the prizes.
• Everyone was generally stunned at how awesome this whole thing was.

In all honesty, this is the first time I’ve seen the power of twitter when it comes to organizing group attendances like this. The enthusiasm here was fantastic, and I met some truly wonderful people as a result (and signed a Kindle. That thing better see some good use).

It didn’t even matter that this was a group of Windows enthusiasts. The discussions ranged anywhere from tech to politics to economics and even to women (I didn’t pay attention to what the women were talking about). One geek even managed to score a girl’s number, and to him I issue a hearty salute for successfully debunking the butt of all jokes in geekdom, at least in his own world.

Anyway, this video here is a tribute to everyone who came even though the people you’ll see here are people who won a giveaway item at the tweet-up. I recorded other video from inside the event, though the question of practicality (do you guys want to see it? What is there to see besides people talking and Ed&Paul giving things away?) still lingers.

The video can be caught after the break.