After the match: mobility and first dates Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:4739187, abstract = {Matchmaking has moved online. More and more people actively seek romantic partners using specialized dating websites. After identifying potential partners on the Internet, \“online daters\” invest considerable time, effort and emotion getting offline setting up activities, locations and times to meet face-to-face. And once offline, daters spend a lot of money exploring the potential for compatibility with people met online. While online dating services have optimized the profile-based search and match component of \“matchmaking\”, few offer support for the time-consuming and potentially nerve-wracking process of planning those first face-to-face meetings. This research sketch introduces an ongoing project aimed at helping people who meet online connect offline.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Goodman, Elizabeth S. and Churchill, Elizabeth F.}, booktitle = {DUX '07: Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Designing for User eXperiences}, citeulike-article-id = {4739187}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1389908.1389938}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1389908.1389938}, doi = {10.1145/1389908.1389938}, isbn = {978-1-60558-308-2}, location = {Chicago, Illinois}, pages = {2--8}, posted-at = {2009-06-04 03:08:18}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {After the match: mobility and first dates}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1389908.1389938}, year = {2007} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:4739187 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4739187 N2 - Matchmaking has moved online. More and more people actively seek romantic partners using specialized dating websites. After identifying potential partners on the Internet, “online daters” invest considerable time, effort and emotion getting offline setting up activities, locations and times to meet face-to-face. And once offline, daters spend a lot of money exploring the potential for compatibility with people met online. While online dating services have optimized the profile-based search and match component of “matchmaking”, few offer support for the time-consuming and potentially nerve-wracking process of planning those first face-to-face meetings. This research sketch introduces an ongoing project aimed at helping people who meet online connect offline. CY - Chicago, Illinois SN - 978-1-60558-308-2 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 8 TI - After the match: mobility and first dates PB - ACM T2 - DUX '07: Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Designing for User eXperiences SP - 2 AU - Goodman, Elizabeth AU - Churchill, Elizabeth PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1389908.1389938 ER -