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Is Match.com the Olive Garden of Dating?

There is absolutely no stigma in dating online, that is as long as you aren't using Match.com. Sure their commercials try to give compelling statistics like "more dates than on any other site"-- a stat...

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Infographic Porn

This week a big thanks goes out to OK Cupid for creating an infographic that blends technology and dating, resulting in what I'll unhealthily refer to as infographic porn. Check out their chart below...

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Are Dating Reviews the Next Frontier?

We live in a recommendation based society. From finding restaurants, to hair dressers to new jobs, we solicit the advice of others to hedge our bets and make more informed opinions.  Recently I read a...

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IvyDate: Less Obnoxious Than a Winklevoss Twin

I have this pet peeve when people start dating someone new and mention where they went to college before they even mention if the person is hot, cool or fun. So when I heard about IvyDate, a new dating...

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Is Social Media a Loop Hole for Cheating?

While technology is often the catalyst that helps bring two people together, it can also be the thing that can ultimately tear them apart. Now we've all heard horror stories of techromance gone bad....

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Cloud Girlfriends Take Douche Bagery Up a Notch

In case you haven't heard there is a new dating site for men that takes douche bagery to the next level. It's called Cloud Girlfriend and it encourages guys to flaunt fake relationships online. The...

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The Positive Facebook Effect

This week All Facebook.com and Online Dating University released an infographic to sort out all the ways that Facebook affects personal relationships. The full data visualization is on Mashable, but...

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He Gives Bad Text

Technology continues to fill in the gaps in our sex lives and relationships. In fact, the rate feels like it's accelerating. Last week I was struck with horror at Cloud Girlfriends, a service that lets...

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Awesome Parenting on Facebook

If this is what being a good parent means, I should definitely start making some babies. Thank you Digg community for showing us that there is a time and place for bullying and exists on your child's...

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See a Girl Faking It on eHarmony

In case you didn't get the memo, the Debbie Loves Cats eHarmony video circulating on the web is a spoof, albeit a very convincing one. While I was on vacation last week eHarmony graciously responded to...

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Reading Between the Lines of a Breakup Email

Reading between the lines of a breakup can be difficult and confusing. Reading between the lines of a breakup email can be painfully clear. Why you ask? Because unlike a live breakup, when you get...

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Bridezillas on Facebook

It's wedding season and I'm pretty sure I have received more wedding invites and save the dates in the mail this summer than Chinese take out menus. That being said, I'm in full support of toasting the...

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Trashing Your Ex Online

No one has ever gotten in trouble for talking sh*t about their ex, but if you write sh*t about your ex, well that's a different story. This week a man named Anthony Morelli, from Bucks County, PA was...

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Talk to Me (or Text Me)

To close the summer, Museum of Modern Art is hosting an exhibit called Talk to Me, chronicling  how people communicate with objects. From showcasing an interesting hand written code that was shared...

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Breaking Up with Your Twenties & Other Tales

Pardon the shameless plug, but I wanted to share something I'm proud of with you. Nancy Martira, friend, web goddess and word genius rallied a group of us 30-something gals to write essays about...

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Truth and Lies Online

My new web hero is Justin Barber, a student at Savannah College of Art and Design. He unleashed a series of posters titled Truth and Lies that capture the paradox of what we say vs what we actually...

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Post Whore-tem Emails Are the New Brunch

Even though my inbox over floweth -- when I see the subject: Why do I have a bite mark on my ass? from a close girlfriend that is traveling abroad, I stop dead in my tracks. Why, you ask? Because I...

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E-motional Rescue

Today GOOD magazine wrote a post about Emotional Bag Check, a website that allows you to dump your baggage digitally while enabling a stranger to pick it up--and pick you up--by DJing you an...

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She's Just Not That Into You

This week a few unfortunate conversations with guy friends left me with a fortunate thought for women everywhere -- she's just not that into you could be the new he's just not that into you.Although I...

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Mistexts We Make

The other day I texted a girlfriend who I haven't chatted with in a while and typed "Hey lazy!" instead of "Hey lady." This social fail isn't so uncommon as I learned recently from the blog Damn You...

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The Problem with Fairy Tales

I was going to resist the temptation of talking about Kim Kardashian's divorce all together. I made it through the first day when  Ryan Seacrest broke the news on twitter and...

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Post Card from the Edge

The other night I came home from a late dinner with some girlfriends and found the following postcard above the mailboxes in my lobby. I can't remember the last time I sent or received a postcard but...

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Google Images is a Total Peach

Good things happen when you use Google images for reasons other than stalking people. I was looking for an image of a pit for a power point slide and stumbled on this gem. 

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The Best of Techromance in 2011

2011 has been a hell of year for Techromance! From American Psycho-esque emails circulating on the web, to depressing divorces where twitter handles are part of the collateral damage--here is a round...

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My Thoughts on Valentine's Day this Year

I've missed you all! Truth is the past month has been a small dose of hell, but I am on the road to feeling a little better. Good enough to muster up this Venn Diagram to capture how I am feeling about...

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