The Dating Digital Podcast

After a bit (OK a LOT) of trolling around trying to learn the ropes of PodPress, Feedburner and submitting a podcast feed to iTunes I think I’ve managed to figure out how to get our first episode out there! I expect many, many hiccups over the next couple weeks as I streamline the process. Please bear with me. I will also try to have some short show notes with some of the links we mentioned posted ASAP. Until the feed is approved and up on iTunes, you can listen to the show right here on the blog. Show Notes for episode 1 below… DDP Ep. 001 Show Notes: On DDP episode numero uno Joel and Lara talk about... The wide world of online dating: How to get started? Free sites v. paying for sites We talk about how we get started with setting up a profile, what you might consider including, our preferences for keeping it casual, trying to be a bit funny perhaps, trying to include something unique, and not taking yourself too seriously We also talk about what impresses us (or not) about other people’s profiles News: Lara mentions a recent NYT article about new dating tools - connecting with people in person and setting things up so they can find your online dating profile: “The New Dating Tools: A Card and a Wink” The article mentions Cheekd.com and FlipMeDating.com These are two places where you can get cute business cards printed that will direct an attractive stranger to your online profile on the sites; they enter a code and access your profile - a cool way to combine a first impression in the real world with more information about yourself in a casual way. Listener email: Tara B. emailed us about her frustrations with online dating, specifically how annoying it is when people misrepresent themselves in their profiles, for example saying they’re a different age, or starting a conversation back and forth only to have someone disappear completely from the site. We discuss. Email us (datingdigital AT gmail DOT com) with your thoughts or questions about setting up or maintaining your online profile, what you look for in other people’s online profiles, and stories about your experience with trying to make connections in the world of online dating. Check us out on Twitter, and feel free to record a voicemail and send that to our gmail account as well. We’ll be back in 2-3 weeks with another episode and look forward to hearing from you in the meantime!