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Romance Online (3/19/1999)

One of the killer apps on the early internet was match making. This program looked at several ways to find love on line. Featured sites include theknot.com, weddingcam.care.co.sanmateo.ca.us/, dating.miningco.com, theromancereader.com, and thirdage.com/romance. Featured guests include online dating guru Brenda Ross and L.A. Times syndicated columnist Larry Magid. Hosts are Rebecca Eisenberg, Andrew deVries, and Stewart Cheifet. Originally broadcast in 1999 from the "Club I" internet cafe in San Francisco.


This movie is part of the collection: Net Cafe

Keywords: love; romance; dating

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

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The Knot.com
As the Web has become more commerce oriented, it is no surprise that a whole slew of Web sites have appeared devoted to commitment ceremonies but have become an orgy of conspicuous consumption. The better wedding sites offer not just an opportunity to buy, but advice and even community.

San Mateo County WeddingCam
As technology gets more pervasive it addresses another fact of modern life: the fact that we're all becoming much more mobile. If you have friends and family in a home country thousands of miles away, official public agencies are now able to help you share your happy day, with your distant loved ones live online.

MiningCo.com's Dating Advice
The Web remains an extremely popular tool for finding dates, but what you need these days more than anything, is a guide through this huge world of dating online. Enter Brenda Ross, an online dating advice columnist.

The RomanceReader.com
Many of us are looking for romance, but not necessarily a romantic partner. For a lot of people, that means indulging in the guilty pleasure of reading Romantic Fiction. Now an online review has been created to offer readers an independent guide to the very best of the genre.

ThirdAge.com
The typical image of a single person looking for love online is that of a young, geeky man. But in reality all sorts of people are connecting online. ThirdAge, a community for active seniors, has found that its busiest area is the one devoted to romance.