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mauricecheeks

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About mauricecheeks

I don't actually use LinkedIn as much as I'd like to... but I figure this has to be one of the better places to link to it.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricecheeks

Recent public activity

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    Comment #16216

    u mean like... a business? Trying to provide a service that is of value?

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    Comment #14506

    http://radar.net seems to be working fine and radar.com is something entirely different and dumb. They went with the .net because the .com was taken.

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    Comment #14103

    clever plug... but i'm pretty sure they're aiming @ us with http://revvu.com

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    Comment #13543

    :-) i was wondering if anyone used better/different ones than CNet

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    Comment #13522

    probably making something cool that people like is necessary to get popular bloggers to write about you

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    Comment #13186

    scribd works well for people who are too lazy to start their own blog but want to say something publicly. Do you want lazy people as primary customers? I don't know, but there will…

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    Comment #12493

    Thats awesome that he mentions Amazon & ebay as giants of Web 1.0 :-) http://revvu.com is gearing up for that scene.

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    Comment #10925

    Simply not displaying who rated you up or down (just like on here) is the first step towards that. That is definitely something that has been a consideration since day one though. …

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    Comment #10922

    Sure epinions would be a closer comparison to us, because we do allow user reviews. Our approach though, is mostly to let people submit links to outside reviews. There will always …

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    Comment #10915

    Someone who's IQ is reasonably high will still say uninformed things. Also, IQ does not change with age... so a 14 year old with a high IQ would fit right into your "elite communit…

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    Comment #10708

    :-) I'm glad this got posted on here. We are building a product review site & I was super tempted to leave a comment on techcrunch. Alas, our site isn't far enough along, nor is it…

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    Comment #10591

    The company is an entity. It would be appropriate to use "we" more often that not. Use "I" when talking about yourself or yourself on behalf of the entity. The same should be said …

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    Comment #10589

    The answer is yes. Apparently (as you already know) Google's employee intellectual property agreements say that they have the rights to anything developed while employed by Google.…

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    Comment #10213

    "A duck can swim, walk and fly. But an eagle flies faster and more skillfully, fish are better swimmers and just about anything on legs can outrun a duck." In other words, ducks ca…

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    Comment #9749

    Thanks for your input. I'm sure it would be nearly impossible to sell. ;-) Hence i volunteer to sell it myself. I'm sure it would be a huge undertaking because of things the hardwa…

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    Comment #9733

    yea i definitely want to see micro payments catch on. I've been ranting about this for months now. I think it is a much needed component of the new internet i want to see exist :-)…

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    Comment #9717

    - revamp the music industry (big business is not invited) - political social network (get people talking) - revolutionize the structure of the internet (its a mess) - introduce new…

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    Comment #9715

    I thought it'd be interesting to hear what project everyone wants to do next. Or just ideas for things they want to see happen in the future.

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    Comment #9708

    that seems considerably less random ;-)

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    Comment #9666

    2 things to keep in mind: It is in the interest of seed funders to encourage you not to fund yourself with debt. They want to ride the gravy train if you succeed. It is in your int…

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    Comment #9657

    We've got a projector (from Woot), so our nightly dvd/video game breaks are pretty awesome.

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    Comment #9651

    The Magic Lamp 'Goal setting for people who hate setting goals' - Keith Ellis its not self help for slackers :-) its just a really good book about organizing your goals and seeing …

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    Comment #9650

    My lease runs out in June... maybe i can sleep there?