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Steve Hammer on August 19th, 2011

The quickest way to lose trust from someone is to say “just trust me“  The need to explicitly state this creates all kinds of questions to people that hear it. Social media needs to stop saying just trust me It’s been said by too many social media experts.  Don’t worry about ROI.  Social media isn’t [...]

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Steve Hammer on April 16th, 2010

There’s a media darling out there that’s been hard to ignore.  It’s been on South Park, the New York times, and college campuses everywhere.  I’m talking about Chatroulette.  The issue with it is also very obvious in the coverage.  The aynomous nature of it creates some really bad behavior.  Most notably, people exposing themselves on [...]

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Steve Hammer on April 12th, 2010

Just a little thing we’ve been working on over here at Stir.  We’ve seen that instant anonymous video chat is hot right now, especially for our user base.  We created a website, stirchat, that’s starting very strong.  However, we thought we could do one better.  We’re letting everyone else in on the fun.  We’ve made [...]

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Steve Hammer on March 30th, 2010

Spring is finally here in Dallas, and that means that I could break out the shorts and head into the office via pedal power.  It’s great to get back on two wheels.  It’s been a while since I’d done it, so my ride was more than a bit slower than it used to be, and [...]

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Steve Hammer on September 4th, 2008

One of the reasons that I wanted to start this blog in the first place was because I wanted one place to centralize all of the many different things I find myself involved with. Just in trying to install the blog, I’ve had to deal with a screaming child who insisted on having goldfish. Just [...]

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