by David Evans | Audio & Video, Dating Site Technology
Cisco, maker of fine routing and networking appliances, has unveiled a $300,000, six screen high definition videoconferencing system. Except they call it telepresence because everyone’s heads are life-size. I spend at least an hour a day videoconferencing in...
by David Evans | Audio & Video
Earlier I mentioned Dating videos on Youtube. Then I realized once again that not many people have a webcam, or knows how to do a decent videoblog, so I’m taking it upon myself to provide best practices for your video profile. Wait, I’m busy today, so...
by David Evans | Audio & Video, Marketing
DigitalBulletin, part of Brand Republic, has a strategy analysis for the Match.com UK reality show. My ears perked up until I read this: The idea was to take Match.com to people by allowing them to interact with the brand, not just each other. Ugh, who let the markers...
by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
TechCrunch talks about event and activities-driven social networking. The Craigslist comparisons are tired and off-base but this post is yet another indicator that people/singles are looking to connect on things other than favorite football team and the ability to...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Mark Brooks has responded to my recent rant, clarifying his 100% focus on online personals PR, business development and strategy. Mark has recently added a huge amount of news sources to Online Personals Watch. I read his blog daily, so much that I’ve decided to...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Safety, Dating Site Features, Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing, Online Dating Industry, Profiles & Matching, Social: Dating & Networking
This really should be subtitled “How To Build a Dating Site Part IV.” I will treat dating sites with respect when they do the same for their members. I try hard to say nice things about the industry, but it’s difficult, and I am generally a positive...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Dating site avatars which help singles search, browse and communicate with each other continue to gain popularity, if only during planning sessions for the next generation of dating sites coming out in Q1 2007. Eharmony and Match have their DVD and video series, which...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
I added a Blue iPod Nano to my friend list on Myspace. I’ve decided I’m going to remove all my friends and only allow brands and bands to be my friends. The Nano pages on Myspace prove that the horrid Myspace look & feel defaults to can be tweaked into...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
Thomas Technologies International (sponsor of this blog), announced today that Ave Maria Singles, a premium online Catholic singles network, has kicked off the fall with the integration of the Thomas suite of personality assessment tools. Ave Maria Singles will...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology, Dating Sites & Startups
CTO’s IT Managers and CFO’s may want to take a look at Media Temple’s new Grid Server. I use Media Temple myself for my personal blog and am happy with the experience, after having 7+ hosts over the last 10 years it’s nice to see hosts begin to...