A blog on Life, Love & The Pursuit of Techyness
Over the past 5 days, I have attended two meetups.
What is a meetup? It’s an online social networking portal that facilitates offline (gasp!) group meetings in various localities around the world.
Meetup allows people to join groups based on a comment interest in something (really, there’s a group for everyone on the site!)
So what about Alana? [...]
For as far as I can remember, my friends have given me a hard time for talking to strangers.
“There’s nothing wrong with making friends,” I would say.
Some things never change.
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While at the Albany airport, I sat down at a table in the air-conditioned area near my gate (#temp control fail) and a man with a [...]
Cancel your plans. I just got you better ones.
Flirtexting (flûrteksting) v. : The art of cell phone, Blackberry, or Gchat flirting, typically involving a new prospect. Short and sweet, slight innuendo, and rendez-vous invitations characterize the “flirtexter” at his or her best. (via urbandictionary).
It’s just one example of a newly coined term that’s starting to [...]
Sure, there’s always a reason behind most businesses: making money.
According to IAC (InterActive Corporation), the parent company of Match, the site was launched in 1995 (IAC also manages citysearch, ticketmaster, evite, bloglines and shoebuy to name a few).
Match.com has a revenue of $349 million. When compared to eHarmony.com (the competition!) match still comes out on [...]
As described in my most recent post, I’m doing some investigative research in the field of online dating. You may be thinking to yourself- why?
Everyone has an opinion on the subject from positive to negative and everything in between. However, how many of these people who “have an opinion” on it have actually signed up [...]
It was a stormy Sunday evening and I was hanging out at Cafe Intermezzo in Atlanta with a new friend. While discussing the dating scene as newcomers to the greater Atlanta area, she mentioned that she had been using Match.com for a few months.
Immediately, my “techyness.com is looking for new blog content” light bulb brightens [...]