June 14, 2013
by ianforrester
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I’m putting this one out there… Is the OKCupid’s Crazy Blind Date app a failure? too crazy, a failure or just smudge on the horizon? Is Crazy blind dating taking us up its own backside never to be seen again? … Continue reading
June 14, 2013
by ianforrester
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Channel4′s Dates is currently on its 3rd episode, next one is Tuesday? As the site says, Modern Dating. It’s complicated… Yes it darn well is… And dates starts to do it justice. Spoilers below… you were warned! Episode 1: David … Continue reading
June 11, 2013
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I just saw SingleBlackMale.org is looking for new writers… We Need New Writers! Do You Want to Be One of Them? http://www.singleblackmale.org/2013/06/11/we-need-new-writers-do-you-want-to-be-one-of-them/ My instant thought is yes I would love to be one… SBM for me is sometimes a little … Continue reading
June 11, 2013
by ianforrester
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Angie was the first person to tell me about Channel4′s Dates… From the creator of Skins, a witty, sexy and emotional drama series about the complicated and hilarious ways that strangers interact on dates in their quest to find love … Continue reading
June 10, 2013
by ianforrester
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So I have been meaning to blog about Northern Lass 32 for a while, since Josh or Tim pointed me at it… She’s started writing a series for the Guardian which has got me going a few times. Northern Lass, … Continue reading
June 5, 2013
by ianforrester
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I was reading this piece in the guardian written by Twist Phelan about the amount of dates she went on. I was a dating novice. I’d recently emerged from a 20-year marriage, and the last time I’d been single the … Continue reading
May 3, 2013
by ianforrester
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Love the project Someone Once Told Me.com and I had my own photo taken for the project. The story is so odd and to be fair it was a very long time ago during those Crazy “Nappy night” days in Odyssey, … Continue reading
April 21, 2013
by ianforrester
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I saw this on single black male the other day, and honestly laughed to myself then tweeted it out, kind of knowing the outrage it might cause… Let’s crunch some numbers. According to the most recent Census data, the median paycheck … Continue reading
April 8, 2013
by ianforrester
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Lots of times you see free membership weekends too. Now to be fair its a trial but if you think about it, what can you do in a few days? Say you see someone you like and write them a … Continue reading
April 6, 2013
by ianforrester
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Saw “Facebook’s Graph Search Awkward For Dating” over the weekend in Online Dating Insider Sam Yagan, CEO of both OkCupid & Match.com said, “I used graph search and it showed me people who meet my criteria but that didn’t mean I wanted to … Continue reading
April 1, 2013
by ianforrester
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Following my last few posts about dates and information for those interested… Now I have to point out that I am still single and therefore this means all my tips obviously have not worked. There also more for fun that … Continue reading
April 1, 2013
by ianforrester
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I said in the last post about how I spent some time looking at OKcupid with my mother on Easter Sunday. There were some interesting insights to be learned but also we came up with a list of things you … Continue reading
March 28, 2013
by ianforrester
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During Future Everything I took part on Chattr. My instant thought was to share some gems I’d learned from dating. But after reading Trueview’s blog I started thinking heck I could easily share some pearls without upsetting anyone. Now I … Continue reading
March 23, 2013
by ianforrester
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I have said it many times but never really wrote about it in detail…Why you should NEVER pay for online dating… Check out BBC’s Adrian Goldberg’s show recently and the news item… Customers of one of Britain’s largest online dating … Continue reading
March 14, 2013
by ianforrester
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I said this years ago here as lifestreaming dating… Facebook’s Timeline and Graph Search is going to change the online dating industry, forever and for the better. People Media, Spark, Cupid PLC and all the other niche networks will popular … Continue reading