Lasting first impressions

You may be a little nervous about giving skyecandy speed dating a whirl for the first time. But the prospect of an unknown adventure has you clicking. You check-in, choose your Matching Details and select your number of speed dates.

You're in and as skyecandy's countdown clock reaches a close, before you know it, the familiar sound of Skype connecting a call echoes. Your video window kicks into life and presto, you are full swing into some jovial banter with a man mountain, fitness instructor from Melbourne. What nerves you ask yourself, as the last few seconds of the 5 minute date plays out and in a flash he is gone.

So the question is "Is a 5 minute speed date short enough to make a lasting first impression and long enough to establish your attraction through a video call?" Lets also not discount the possibility of simply making a new friend. It's up to you to decide. Following every speed date you encounter, there is a one minute interval that begs a simple answer - YES or NO?

This one minute interval, between dates, also asks you to rate your dates friendliness and make personal Reminder Notes. And off you go again, as the next speed date adventure kicks in.

So go on, Getting started is easy.