Are you good at getting dates with beautiful girls? No? Maybe you need a little bit of practice with your pickup lines!

Amazing Speed Date is a fun game where you try to get dates with 56 beautiful girls.

You have to choose good pickup lines in order to get dates with the girls. There are over 300 pickup lines to choose from.

Are you up for the challenge?

Here are some screenshots from the Amazing Speed Date iPhone game:

Check out Amazing Speed Date on iTunes!

Enkel door de juiste vragen te stellen kan je uit een speeddate het beste halen.

Om je speeddate niet op een kruisverhoor te laten lijken, stel je best vragen waar meerdere dingen uit af te leiden zijn. Bijvoorbeeld: “Hoe ziet je ideale vakantie er uit.” Dit kan vertellen of iemand avontuurlijk is, geïnteresseerd in cultuur, conservatiever is, enz.

Verzin zeker zelf enkele originele datingvragen.

Of lees dit artikel met goede (speed) dating vragen.

My mom told me that I’d never meet a nice guy sitting around at home…but little did she know I could try SpeedDate.   And I’m a little embarrassed to admit it, but I’m trying it out right now.  Welcome to another edition of “True Confessions Friday.”

Here’s how it works.  You can go to SpeedDate.com to sign up or just add the application to your Facebook profile like I did (after gettting 50 invites from my friends to “try it out”).  Once you set up your SpeedDate profile, you can start “dating,” which entails having 3 minute instant message conversations with men of all ages from all over the world.  During the conversation, either party can choose to abruptly end the date.

So far, I’ve had about 60+ “dates” most of which ended without conversation because the guy on the other side ended the date before it even started. Wow!–I have never been rejected by so many men in so little time.   Those fellas don’t know what they’re missing.  I did have a rather engaging discussion with a guy named Jeff from New Hampshire, so we became Facebook friends.  Isn’t that sweet?

For the most part, I’m sitting around waiting for my next match whose arrival is announced by by a cyber doorbell sound.  Then a picture and a profile appear on the screen so I can check out my new stud for a few seconds before the date begins.  The pressure is on!  There’s a timer in the upper corner of the chat box that lets both parties know how much precious time is left.  For the most part, I’ve been eager to end the few dull or uncomfortable conversations I’ve had (and I told off a quite a few perverts).

Some of my dates even had web cams, which is even weirder.  This one guy kept typing “LOL” to everything I said.  Not only was I not funny, I could see he wasn’t laughing at all.   Plus, his typing/grammar was atrocious.  Remember, that grammar counts, especially in SpeedDate, where your grammar and your profile pic (sometimes your web cam) are all you’ve got.

Of course, there were a couple gems in this lot–including my aforementioned buddy Jeff and a charming guy from Montana that saved the experience from being a complete waste of time.  For the most part it is a complete waste of time, but I’ll keep trying just to prove my mom wrong.  Yes, mother, I can meet a guy sitting at home in my apartment…with SpeedDate!

Wanneer heb jij op 1 avond 25 dates?

Zullenwij.nl organiseerd speeddaten omdat het gewoon werkt! Je ziet meestal wel in een paar seconden of iemand je interessant lijkt en na 3 minuten weet je of je eerste indruk goed was.

Jij gaat speeddaten met 25 dates. Een leuke avond uit in een top locatie in Nederland. Even een korte uitleg en dan relaxed daten. Hapje & drankje tussendoor en wie weet…

Om te beginnen krijg je een drankje van de zaak en kun je alvast wat kletsen. Je hoeft dus niet direct aan je tafeltje gaan zitten wachten. Je kunt wat bonnen kopen voor de overige drankjes. De gastvrouw of heer vertelt nog een keer kort hoe het werkt en je kunt beginnen. Er zijn voldoende pauzes om wat te drinken, eten en met elkaar te kletsen. En een lekker muziekje zorgt voor een goede sfeer. Echt een avond uit!

Het gesprek lekker laten gaan
Wees vooral jezelf. Natuurlijk ben je zenuwachtig, maar bedenk, de anderen zijn dat ook. Iedereen vindt het wel eng om zichzelf te presenteren en zich tussen het wild te begeven. Trek dus vooral kleren aan waar je je lekker in voelt, die zeggen wie je bent. Verzorg jezelf goed en bedenk wat jij eigenlijk belangrijk vind. Je kunt iemand het vuur aan de schenen leggen, maar je kunt iemand ook de ruimte geven om echt iets over zichzelf te vertellen. Wat zijn iemands interesses en hobby’s. Wat vindt iemand belangrijk in zijn werk? Stel niet iedereen dezelfde vragen, maar laat een gesprek lopen. Loopt het niet, ook goed. Je hebt 25 dates…

Geinteresseerd? Bezoek dan een ZullenWij.nl en meldt je gratis aan.

C’est en effet ce qui est arrivé au site de rencontre SpeedDate hier pendant environ 30min. En effet les utilisateurs n’avaient qu’à rentrer leur nom d’utilisateur pour pouvoir se connecter au site, parler librement et user de sa messagerie. Aucun mot de passe n’était demandé !

C’est le site TechCrunch qui a relayé l’info en tentant lui-même d’avoir accès au site avec 5 pseudos différents. Rassurez-vous pourtant, il n’était pas possible de faire grand chose mais la photo de profil pouvait tout de même être modifiée à loisir ! Une brêche de sécurité importante donc…

Plus d’infos ici.

For its work in turning millions of singles into camgirls and camboys for the sake of a hookup, dating site SpeedDate took in a $6M series B funding round from Menlo Ventures today. You remember, the… [[ This is a content summary only …
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Nessa onda de redes sociais, um site limita em 90 segundos o tempo para usuários encontrarem nada menos que a procurada cara-metade. No SpeedDate os usuários podem utilizar webcams e outras tecnologias, para encontrar aquela química e, caso ela não aconteceça nesses 90 segundos, vão em busca de outros parceiros.

Um dos conceitos do site é que uma pessoa geralmente leva 30 segundos para decidir que não gosta de outra e, assim, aplica a tecnologia ao conceito de encontro rápido – speed dating.

Fonte: G1

* E claro que me lembrei que há um episódio de Os Simpsons – Regarding Margie (2006. Episódio #20, da 17a temporada) -, em que Marge, durante uma amnésia, vai a um speed dating.

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Gente, tudo bem que a internet facilitou o encontro de pessoas que, para mim, deveriam, de fato, cruzar nosso caminho um dia, de alguma forma. Mas daí parar na frente da tela, se cadastrar num site pra achar a cara-metade é apelação! Sem contar que a tal cara-metade não se procura, ela simplesmente aparece, assim, do nada, sem dar sequer uma mínima explicação! #prontofalei

Funny, I’m not looking for a job but a friend of mine nevertheless sent me the following opening at SpeedDate.com – looks like SpeedDate is nicely tapping into the Standford alumni pool for leads. A $5k referral bonus is a heck of a way to incentives people. Anyway, if interested drop me a line and i’ll give you the contact details — let’s share the $5k, ok? (jk)

My company, SpeedDate.com, is searching for a hands-on VP of engineering to lead our development efforts. SpeedDate is a new online dating company focused on connecting people through live video chat. We are venture-backed and are offering a $5k referral bonus to the person who recommends the candidate we hire. Please contact me at dan@speeddate.com if you know appropriate candidates. The job description follows. Thanks!

Responsibilities- Define, architect and implement all enhancements to SpeedDate.com and associated social apps (Facebook, MySpace, etc.)- Lead development of high-volume email infrastructure, ensuring high level of email deliverability – Oversee iterative design cycles and on-time feature releases- Oversee development of back-end databases for high volume web applications- Tune existing development processes- Prioritize tasks for other technical team members- Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other team members- Oversee expansion of technical team when necessary

Qualifications- 5+ years of relevant management experience of software developers, systems administrators, and hands-on technical professionals in related areas- 5+ years application development experience- BS or MS/PhD in related field- Consumer internet experience a plus- Design and architecture experience with scalable high-performance systems- Deep understanding and solid experience in Web development,programming/scripting languages and database systems (LAMP,javascript, Ajax, Flash, etc.)- Enjoys the challenges and rewards of an early stage venture and shows a high degree of initiative and passion

Skills- Thrives in an early-stage startup environment, and has a willingness to do whatever it takes to succeed, including coding when necessary- Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, lives by details, hasexceptional organization skills, and has a positive attitude – Leads according to test driven development and/or extreme programming principles- Meets development deadlines – launch speed is critical- Has good communication skills and attitude, and can serve as an intermediary between the technical and non-technical members of the team- Shows terrific problem-solving skills.

Visit the Stanford Alumni Association online at http://www.stanfordalumni.org.

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……discovered her husband was having an online affair……

http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/news/2007/08/index.html

http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/news/

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Reposted via Wired. Chat client Meebo is teaming up with video speed dating site SpeedDate to offer online dating through their social platform. To promo the partnership and rouse up some online attention, they duo invited several tech bloggers and writers to participate in a round of video dates.

Fellow Wired blogger, Aaron Rowe, who contributes over at our sister blog Wired Science, repped for the home team, taking part in the web celeb speed dating event.

He emailed me the video this morning, writing:

“The best part was how it made me feel the same excitement that I got from AOL chat rooms when I was a teenager. I feel a bit like Austin Powers when flirting with people.”

I totally agree. I loved AOL chat rooms circa ‘97, before they got pervy and overrun by chatbots. Watch the vid and see if Aaron is able to woo any ladies into meeting for an actual date!
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VentureBeat’s Eric Eldon and I went on a thirty second date that was a complete disaster because I said all the wrong date lines. Let’s compare this to a real life date. You are getting ready to go out and have butterflies in your stomach. As you finish the last touches to your hair you feel the sudden-death-anxed sets upon you. Instead of chilling out you go out. On a real date I may try to impress a man with stiletto heals, but on a web cam it’s much different. lol; but it was fun.

Eric Eldon, a writer at VentureBeat, may never want to talk to me again. He got a few words in before I became ridiculously loquacious. Rule number one on a first date: don’t try to impress them by clearly strutting your stuff or talking too much. I just couldn’t resist his geeky vibes! What’s the ending? He e-dumped me after and rejected further chat on Meebo. I’m burnt.

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