It’s that time of the week when I take a moment to point out a gem-link or two on the internet.
Today I’d like to appreciate Online Personals Watch, a website dedicated to understanding the business and culture that is being created by online dating
I forgot how I came across OPW, probably just while I was doing research, or perhaps while exploring typepad, but I’ve found it to be a pretty good resource. Not so much in finding a date, but in understanding how a business has developed around online dating. It’s such a specific niche, but it is also very rich. Whether you want to know about social networking conventions, mass hirings or firings, or the latest trend in online dating, this is a good place to get the angle of the situation from a suit (a business minded person) My hat is off to the editor.
As a technology writer, the site helps me stay on-top of a growing industry that I only have a cursory interest in (although I do have some hands on experience). But that’s the beauty of the site. If I want to know what’s going on in the online dating business — I can go straight there.
A not-so-related link, but something I have to squeeze in because it’s just too funny. How about this link, a site similar to digg, except it’s for porn! Porn 2.0. If anybody else knows of other Digg-like sites, please holla, I’d be interested in
collecting a bunch.