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WooMe Harriss Poll

May 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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Speed Dating Site WooMe Claims Ramping As Fast As FaceBook

April 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Check out the WooMe traffic trajectory (monthly visitors). Here are a bunch of YouTube videos made by the founder, Stephen Stokols.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7qBtcrWvzM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJZEZHbpKds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOCecpStCNc
There are several more related videos at youTube. Steven is pretty smooth, knowledgeable about the space, knows how to sell the value proposition to the money guys, press and consumers. He knows how to pump [...]

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Woome Promotes Bands, Privacy Issues?

March 12th, 2008 · No Comments

WooMe is doing a promotion with bands like Right On Dynamite and Mudvayne. Band members will be in WooMe sessions and people can talk with them live.
Looks like you can only chat with ROD. You can win schwag if a WooMe “secret agent” overhears you talking about Mudavyne.
Secret agents listening in on our conversations? You [...]

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WooMe Still Not Satisfying

March 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Woome now works with my camera setup, so I ventured online to host and participate in a few sessions. All week I’ve been getting emails from 21 year old women wanting to get to know me better.
First I am greeted with this image.
Ok, it’s beta, no big deal.
I set up a session, “post hottub relaxation.” [...]

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A Night of Speed Dating

March 1st, 2008 · 7 Comments

I’ve been videoconferencing since 1994, in fact, the original Connectix Quick Cam right here, next to my original Apple Newton and a hard drive the size of an end table.
For me, text chat in an instant message window is fine for friends, but for business and meeting new people, I prefer the additional emotive bandwidth [...]

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