Mingle2 Blog
A blog about dating, meeting people, being social and everything in between.
(and occasionally some geek stuff)
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Over the past several weeks I've been negotiating the merger of Mingle2 to a competing website: JustSayHi.com. JustSayHi is also a completely free online dating site and has nearly a quarter million users. I chose JustSayHi primarily because their aspirations are very aligned with mine; we both want this property to be synonymous with free onlin...
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Posted on 10/02/07 in Mingle2 News
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Today marks the 100th day Mingle2 has been up and running and I'm very happy with how far it's come in such a short period of time. The majority of my efforts over the past three months have been in marketing the website to search engines. What does this mean? It means I've been focusing my efforts on ensuring that visitors who search the internet for a free online dating site end up on M...
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Posted on 07/01/07 in Mingle2 News
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Thanks to Taloan for writing this blog entry, although she doesn't strike me as particularly mutant-like :)
I never dated in high school. I went to my senior pro...
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Posted on 06/27/07 in Dating
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I found this via del.icio.us - thought it was pretty funny.
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Posted on 06/17/07 in Miscellaneous
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Normally I don't post about the quizzes I create, but I had a lot of fun making this one and felt it deserved mention here.
This quiz determines what your chances are for surviving a zombie apoc...
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Posted on 05/22/07 in Miscellaneous
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A little over two years ago I decided I wanted to lose some weight. I wasn't morbidly obese or anything but I had the figure of a typical computer guy: skinny arms accompanied by a lower half that was unusually fatter than my upper body (picture Tyrannosaurus Rex with love handles). My diet was mediocore and I never, ever exercised. I tried signing up for a gym and exercising ...
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Posted on 05/15/07 in Life
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Being single definitely has its advantages. There's more freedom, less responsibility, and no one to keep tabs on you. Conversely, there are some things I absolutely hate about being single.
Lets start with the hate:
Not having a guaranteed "activity buddy." If you're single and you want to go out to dinner you've got to find someone to go ...
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Posted on 05/13/07 in Dating
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The mind of a web developer is a vastly complex organ; it's riddled with anguish, elation, caffeine, and a gargantuan mound of crap to remember. I figured this warranted a bit of creativity so I whipped up this diagram of a web developer's brain.
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Posted on 05/01/07 in Webdev & Design
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Here's a few interesting dating related links I found via delicious.
Things My Boyfriend Says (this is really funny)
How to Tell When a Relationship is Over
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Posted on 04/29/07 in Dating
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Following the success of the Geek Quiz, I decided to create another one: How Addicted to Coffee Are You? The interface isn't nearly as snazzy as the Geek Quiz, there's no fancy javascript filling up a silhouette as you answer questions and it's all on one page, but it's fun anyhow.
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Posted on 04/23/07 in Miscellaneous
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I hate it when people say "It's the little things that count," but it's friday afternoon and I felt like writing a post about some little geek things that make me happy. Feel free to contribute any of your own.
My gmail notifier lights up. It could be a friend asking if I want to meet up for a drink later or a nigerian prince...
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Posted on 04/20/07 in Miscellaneous
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I've compiled a list of what I consider to be the ten worst movies to see on a first date. These aren't necessarily bad movies, they're just movies that could ruin the mood or scare the hell out of your potential partner.
10. Apocalypse Now (Redux)
This happens to be one of my favo...
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Posted on 04/19/07 in Dating
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Just a quick note to the Mingle2 members who have received spam messages on the site lately: I'm working on getting a system in place that will deter some of the junk messages that are being sent. Tomorrow after I get home from work it's at the top of my list of things to fix, so hold tight until then.
It's strange, I've built countless websites before (man...
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Posted on 04/17/07 in Mingle2 News
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A friend of mine recently mentioned that she'd started seeing someone new and he apparently could set his own schedule at work. In other words, he was free to see her anytime he pleased. When you start seeing someone new you usually want to spend lots of time around them; they're a new squeaky toy that you want to hug and squish until its eyes bug out and it stops squeaking.&n...
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Posted on 04/13/07 in Relationships
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National Geographic's February issue had a map comparing the density of single men to single women. Clearly I need to move to the east coast.
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Posted on 04/10/07 in Dating
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I want to begin by saying I had options: I could have chosen an easier difficulty level, even ultra-violence would have worked. There are plenty of nice, moderately sane girls out there ...
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Posted on 04/09/07 in Dating
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I've got a thing for baristas, I can't help it. Unfortunately finding a segue from "tall americano" to "HOLY CRAP YOU'RE HOT" isn't as easy as it might seem. Flirting with a stranger is undeniably daunting: you risk rejection, embarrassment, or just plain feeling creepy. It's not hopeless, ho...
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Posted on 04/06/07 in Being Social
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Thanks to Taloan for contributing this list of mistakes to avoid when messaging someone online. Her tone is a bit cynical, but I think she speaks f...
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Posted on 04/04/07 in Dating
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Ever lose your car keys and instantly think of "ctrl+f?" Ever train a parakeet to whistle tunes from the Ocarina of Time? You're probably a geek, but exactly how much of you is composed of grade-A geekiness?
How Geek Are You? Take the Mingle2 Geek Quiz
I tried to balance the questions evenly between compute...
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Posted on 04/02/07 in Miscellaneous
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Everyone uses social networking sites: Teenagers, adults, seniors - even my mother has a myspace account. Anyone can find and connect to anyone, all they have to do is know how to search for a name and submit a friend request. I've always used a fake name on myspace to keep people from my past from finding me. I didn't do this necessarily because I'd rather not spe...
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Posted on 04/01/07 in Life
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16 Tips for Rapid Development
Let this be a testament to Web 2.0 and the effectiveness of rapid development frameworks: I built a full-featured dating website, from concept to launch, in 66.5 hours. In a typical 9-5 job this would amount to about a week and a half. Deliverables included:
The Idea ...
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Posted on 03/28/07 in Mingle2 News
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Ever heard a woman say she has a thing for a guy in uniform? I've got a similar thing, except it's for baristas. It's an inexplicable attraction to someone who makes coffee for a living. I think this attraction exists because of a few different reasons:
I don't know how to make a latte, therefore watching a barista fly through my order in a cloud of hissing,...
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Posted on 03/28/07 in Being Social
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Being a geek in 2007 is nothing to be ashamed of, the stereotype that once existed is long gone and there are several characteristics of geek culture that could almost be considered chic. Consumating, Threadless, or even Apple are pretty good testaments to this fact.
Think you're a geek? Take our rid...
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Posted on 03/26/07 in Miscellaneous
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Thanks to Jennifer for contributing this blog entry.
First impressions are sensory. Take the time to clean up before the date: take a shower, trim your facial hair, wear deodorant, and don't wear wrin...
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Posted on 03/25/07 in Dating
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It's finished! The site is up and ready to roll.
Mingle2 is a completely free online dating website built with one goal in mind: making online dating easy, fun and accessible to everyone. Everything on this is built and maintained by one person, this low overhead means the site will always be completely free.
I creat...
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Posted on 03/24/07 in Mingle2 News
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