Google Alerts
 Google
has this really neat feature to assist those who've no time for
research or simply want to add to their research findings called
"google alerts".
You set it up and then it sends you everything it finds on the web
that includes your search terms. This can be tricky because if
your search terms are not worded correctly you could find yourself
with either a inbox full of smut, a gazillion emails or both.
Anyway, I have been using google alerts to gather information
with search terms like "online dating sites" and the
actual names of sites to which I had memberships. Sometimes it pulls
up interesting
info, other times it just gives me a search list which includes
that site.
Either way, I'm just thrilled to bits about the fact that it
exists! A word to the wise though, the alerts do not cover
blogs.... Set
up your alert
Interview With Cenk Butunly of My BestDate.co.uk
 Cenk:
Hi Dee, thanks a lot for your interest in an interview.
Dee: Hi Cenk, thank you for consenting. I took a look at your
site. Having some online dating experience under my belt,
I noted that you offer something I've yet to see offered by other
sites, so when the opportunity presented itself, I took it... Read
Full Article
Recommended Reading:
Why You're Still Single
By Evan Marc Katz & Linda Holmes
Hey folks,
I've just received the above-mentioned book for review. It
fits perfectly within our genre doesn't it?
From the back cover of the
book:
"This book isn't about catching men or reeling anybody in. Catching is for
nine-year-olds playing freeze tag, and reeling is for trout.... This is about
you, considering the possibility that you're tripping over your own feet--no
matter how much of an amazing, smart, hot, totally worthwhile ass-kicker you may
be as a general rule."
--Linda
Read
Full Article
Internet Speak 101:
BRB - Be Right Back an abbreviation used while using Instant
Messenger or chatting to signal that you're stepping away from your
computer for a brief moment.
I learned the hard way that this can last anywhere from five
minutes to 24 hours. I used to get highly upset about it,
wondering, Where are his manners? How could he just leave me
hanging mid convo? That is--until recently.
While multi-tasking, I left someone hanging. I didn't mean
to ... I'd just plain forgotten about them, it was only as I began
shutting down all my windows that I realized I'd left them there.
"mea culpa"
I prettily sent an offline message to apologize and vowed in
future to stop taking it personally when the same happens to
me. Does that mean I've assimilated?
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• Introduction
• AIJAN: The Memoir
• Dating Site Reviews
• Humor
• Feedback |
Dear Reader,
Hello and welcome to the first issue of Age is Just a Number
Newsletter. Although I love blogging, I've been having so much
fun communicating via newsletters, I decided to create newsletters
for all my blogs! Just as each blog has a different approach,
so it is with the newsletters.
I hope you have as much fun reading it as I have had creating it.
Enjoy!
Dee
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This book (or "blook" as it has been
recently coined) is based heavily on my blog Age
Is Just a Number, which was created to recount an
extraordinary two-year span of my life. Due to my hectic work
schedule and doubts about the feasibility of readership, project
AIJAN ground to a halt after a mere two episodes.
First I tried listing it in the Memoirs section of the now defunct serial Website,
keepingitcoming.net. My story sat and sat and sat, with nary a
purchaser. I could tell folks were clicking on the page, but there
was no purchase in sight—not even during the
buy-one-story-full-price, get-another-for-a-penny sale!
My brash confidence took a beating! My story had drama, betrayal,
flashers and more ... add to that a snazzy cover image with a
gorgeous model (me ... LOL). What more did they want?
By the way, you will be seeing "LOL" a lot. It's an
internet abbreviation that means "Laughing Out Loud." When
I first began to use Instant Messaging I thought it meant "Lots
of Love," which gave me quite a fuzzy feeling about the
internet, but you'll read more about that later.)
I rallied. I tried pumping the story on my own Web sites and was
again disappointed, if not befuddled. This was great stuff! Had the
whole world gone mad? Then one day, in an email from one of my
writing groups, the word "blog" turned up. "I've just
updated my blog!"
What, pray tell, is a blog? I asked
myself. I then clicked my way to the neatest discovery since sliced
bread—blogging! Once I dusted off my flailing confidence and began
blogging, I realized that I’d found my niche! Something about a
blog and the word "publish" seems to get my creative
juices flowing in a way that Microsoft Word does not.
A few weeks went by and I received a sporadic comment or
two—nothing like the droves I'd envisioned. But just about the
time my confidence again began to dwindle, I made another phenomenal
discovery via another blogger's post--BlogExplosion! A traffic
exchange Web site, where for every two blogs you surf, you receive
one visit, BlogExplosion meant a new beginning for me. It didn't
take me long to realize that extended surfing equaled visits, and
visits equaled feedback—otherwise known as comments!
Due to copyright issues, this blook is not an exact replica of the
AIJAN blog. Certain posts found online are not in the blook and vice
versa. In addition, all pictures except those of me or taken by me
have been deleted from the print version.
I did try to maintain the conversational tone and overall feel of
the blogging experience. I've also held onto comments that enhanced
the original posts. The beauty of linking was preserved in the Links
section. In addition, I've retained the original dates so that you
can have an idea of the time frame of the book. You have the option
of reading straight through to get that "as-it-occurred"
feeling, or you may utilize the table of contents to read by
category. A glossary has also been provided for terms that might be
unfamiliar. |
"Where
Black Folks Click!"
This site is part of the socialplus.com
network. I've been a member since November 2003. At that time, on
offer was a FREE membership which enabled you to browse, flirt and
respond to emails from members. Recently revamped, the amenities now
include a 14-day trial membership, which entitles you to browse,
flirt, email, *chat and *personality profile which helps you
discover your "ultimate compatible match." (*New
additions). After your 14-day trial, you retain the right to browse,
flirt, respond to emails and chat.... Read Full Article
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| Dating
Rules From A Man's Perspective |
"This is a 'to do' list for
women who aren't meeting the guys they want to meet, either the
quantity of guys or the quality of guys that make them
happy."
If you are happy with what you are getting, then good for you.
Don't change a thing. If you are going to gripe about players,
flakey guys, guys who only love the chase, guys who only want sex,
and all the rest, then do these things and you will have more shots
at more good guys than you will know what to do with.... Read Full Article
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This is where you get to have your say about your views on online
dating, share your triumphant or horror stories or just say...
hello, I'm a reader. Put AIJAN Feedback in the subject line.... Feedback |
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