The Blog

If you’re reading this on the blog itself, it has probably already become clear to you that things are a little different around here.

Have you seen the new homepage yet? It’s pretty funky, huh?

But much like the Ignighter team itself, the new site is more than just a pretty face. While the new design is pretty hot, the new functionality that accompanies it scorching.

1. One significant change to Ignighter’s functionality is the ability to “become a groupie” of other groups that interest you. Basically this means that you and your group can follow the status updates of other hotties in your city. So if they’re uploading more photos or talking about their weekend plans, the groupie feature helps give you and your friends insight into what’s happening with the people who tickle your fancy.

2. Another big change is Ignighter’s new Matching Engine. Here at Ignighter we’ve developed the world’s first and best group-to-group matching engine. Using cutting edge, in-house technology, we’ve figured out a way to study your group’s profile and match you up with another group based on percentage of compatibility. It’s pretty cool stuff and it keeps getting better.

3. The final significant change that we made to the new Ignighter is the introduction of the Ignighter Magazine. In addition to being the go-to group dating hub on the Internet, it’s also our goal to be a source of fun, entertaining, thought-provoking content surrounding the world of dating, relationships, sex, and other fun stuff. Each day we’ll feature an original article by one of Ignighter’s professional writers.

It also must be pointed out that we owe a great deal of thanks to Slice of Lime for their awesome design and usability work.

Right now we’re begging for your feedback. So if you haven’t signed up for the site yet (it’s free so what is there to lose?!) please do so and let us know how we can improve it. The Ignighter team has been working around the clock to make a really cool product. So please get on there, try it out, and tell us how we can make it even cooler.

April 14th, 2009 Posted by Adam | Design, Ignighter Update, The New Ignighter |

Everybody’s favorite Ignighteresses are back at it with another post as they dive into using Ignighter’s fun connection features. Check out the latest in their Ignighter adventures:

So we are getting familiar with the site, tweaking our profile and checking out the groups.  We’ve even exchanged a few messages with other groups.  What we’ve found is that some of the features on the site could have been quite useful to us in the past!  Not sure what we mean?

On the Benefits of a Profile…

We once met a young man in a bar.  He was charming in a sort of weird and awkward way, and for some reason in our drunken state we kind of dug that he was wearing his sunglasses at night.  We thought he was funny, and when he asked us out for dinner later that week, we thought, why not?  As the days went on, we started to mildly panic.  What if we don’t know what he looks like without his sunglasses?  What if he looks hideous without them?  Well, the good news (and bad, obviously), was that he did, in fact, show up to dinner wearing said sunglasses- and he never took them off, citing “social experimentation” as the reason. Since this guy took the express train from Quirky Town to Freak-ville, there was clearly not going to be a layover in Bone City.

Perhaps, had he a handy online profile to reference, we would have known other important facts about him, such as his lack of alcohol consumption, and philosophies on “minimalism”.  We hate minimalism.  Our philosophy is everything, all of it. So, hopefully by us being as honest as possible, we will meet other guys like us, instead of ones who are clearly from another planet.

On “Digging”…

We’ve been told we were “dug” in a variety of ways.  First grade, when Bobby Simone kicked us in the shins on the playground at recess.  Fifth grade, when Garrett Norris told us we looked so much better now that we got our braces on and we cried hysterically.  Eighth grade, when one of the Steinberg twins (we never could tell them apart), invited us into the closet for seven minutes.  High school, when the following deep dialogue took place:

Him: “Haven’t you always wanted to kiss someone in the rain?”
Us: “Um, yeah, sure…”
Him: “Well, it’s raining.”

AND SCENE.

College, when no explicit expression of digging was necessary- but many, many shots of So Co lime were.  And now the Void, where it’s all text messages and facebooks. Need we say more?
Clicking and letting someone know you are into them saves your legs (and ego) from bruises, puts an end to emo conversations, and spares your liver from suffering for your bad decisions . We dig the “dig”.

We’re quite looking forward to the “posting our plans” feature, which we plan to use right after some of us return from our tropical, warm weather vacations and some of us visit family in sunny Florida, and some of us have to work and reorganize our closets and will have JUST AS MUCH FUN as some of us!!! Until then, Happy Holidays to all of you!  We love you and can’t wait to see you in 2009.

Good looking out ☺

December 22nd, 2008 Posted by Adam | Guest Post, Ignighter Update, With a Little Help From Our Friends, group date ideas, group dating, group dating ideas |

We’re preparing to send out invites to install the Ignighter iPhone App Private Beta. We’d love to get the feedback of our friends and colleagues and Ignighter users. To get the app (when the Beta version is ready), simply follow the instructions below.

1. On your iPhone, download ’Ad Hoc Helper’ from app store.

3. We will email you the app.

December 8th, 2008 Posted by Adam | IPhone app, Ignighter Update, beta testing |

November 24th, 2008 Posted by Adam | About Ignighter, Design, Ignighter Update, Startups, group dating, ignighter, logos |