Weekly Note #15 – Indian summer

For the week ending 25th of September

September is flying by, but what else is new. The upshot is that despite our “Farewell to summer in London” BBQ, the weather has gotten worse, then a lot better – at present there is talk of an “Indian summer” for the next few days.

On that note, I’m going to organize a few more adventures for October, so stay tuned for that. I’ve also started having a few more meetings now that people are back from holiday to see about growing this project beyond me and my spare time. Will report on that if anything comes up.

Something that caught my eye this past week

I read (and heard on the radio, and saw on TV) about a recent spike in women being duped out of money by fake men on online dating sites. (One article in particular: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042633/Online-dating-websites-Fraudsters-target-lonely-hearts-scams.html?ito=feeds-newsxml). I have so much to say on this, but in short; I cannot emphasize how much I truly believe online dating should ultimately lead to real life encounters where people employ their gut instincts over letting their imagination get away with via seeing only pixels.

If you look at the likes of Google and Facebook and eBay and other online giants, their offering is about people and reputation, or rather earning a good reputation, not hiding behind anonymity. The online world has so many tools to help people meet, but human instinct, body language and face to face contact can never be ignored.

I even made a whole video about this subject:

WATCH Video podcast: Flashback 4 of 5 – “Real Life Beauty”

 

Have fun, but be careful out there people!

 

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