Posted by John D. on 2-14-2011

While there may not be many out just yet, we know some of your are already using some of the new smart phones running Microsoft's Phone 7 operating system. Just because your phone is new it doesn't mean you can view our site in the exact same way that other smart phone users do. We have now added complete support for the Phone 7 operating system, so registrations are open, we look forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming speed dating events. in New York City. [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 9-22-2009

I'm often surprised by the lack of creativity shown on speed-dating sites when they suggest good questions to ask when speed-dating. For example, "What do you like to do in the weekends?", "What do you like about living in Manhattan?", "Have you tried speed-dating before?"... Now of course these questions are perfectly fine, and I'm not suggesting that it isn't a good idea to be interested in someone's hobbies, likes and dislikes. But it's unlikely to make that much of an impressi ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 9-14-2009

Ok, so this is a first. At our speed dating recently at one of our regular NYC venues, two customers took speed dating to a new level. I received a call from the bar's manager at 11.30pm saying that two speed-daters had been found in the cost closet. Enough said. [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 9-8-2009

This is the first in our series on "dubious" speed-dating customers. As mentioned earlier, please do remember that these people are extremely rare - we've had 20,000 NYC singles entirely appropriate and available for dating! The Honest Married ManJust to give him a name, let's call him Bob. Bob attended one of our speed-dating events about four years ago. At about 7.45pm (15 minutes after the event started) I got a text from the host saying "Um, one of the guys is wearing a wedding ring ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on 9-5-2009

I have always found speed-dating a fascinating concept from the very beginning. It wasn't just that we knew that it worked as a business model, and helped people find relationships - it was also that it's an immensely interesting social development.Here is the piece that I find the most intriguing. Where did speed-dating come from? By this, I don't mean who ran the first events - certainly, in the States this is claimed by the Jewish singles group Aish, but I believe I read somewhere that ... [Read full post]