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Maurice - who has written 5 posts on Black Web 2.0.

Maurice Cherry is a web, graphic and print designer in Atlanta, GA. A graduate of Morehouse College, Maurice also works as a freelance electronic media consultant, working with entrepreneurs and small businesses on leveraging blogs, podcasts and other online technologies for their marketing and public relations needs. Maurice Cherry is also the creator behind the Black Weblog Awards.

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The Marching Network

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

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Full admission time here: I am a Black marching band fiend. It started in seventh grade when I wanted to find a way to get out of seventh period early, so I put down my books, picked up a trombone, and the rest was history. Having played competitively in both high school and college in [...]

Zoopy

Thursday, November 8, 2007

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Mix together elements of YouTube, Flickr and MySpace and you’ve got Zoopy, a social networking site for the country of South Africa. Starting back in March 2007, the site bases its operations off the premise of sharing photos and video for your network of friends, or even complete strangers. Recently introduced to the site is the [...]

Where Are The Black Web Professionals?

Thursday, October 18, 2007

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Young and middle-aged white men are designing the modern Web. It’s a rather obvious claim which can be supported by the results from the 2007 Web Design Survey results from A List Apart (ALA). According to ALA, “the results represent the first data ever collected on the business of web design and development as practiced [...]

Kaysha: Web 2.0 Savvy African Bohemian

Friday, October 12, 2007

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It’s no secret that Black music celebrities and the Internet have a tenuous relationship. Whether it’s being the butt of a celebrity blogger’s joke or the subject of adoration on a fansite or message board, Black music celebrities end up taking one of two positions when it concerns the ‘Net: milquetoast admirer or bloodthirsty [...]

Afrigator: Are You Listening?

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

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Afrigator is one of several African blog aggregators which collects and displays web pages, blog posts and more from all over the continent in one aesthetically gorgeous package. As shown here on the home page, the top 20 tags and searches are displayed; articles are categorized by date and country channels, including a five-star ranking system, [...]

Author Archives | Maurice

The Marching Network

Zoopy

Where Are The Black Web Professionals?

Kaysha: Web 2.0 Savvy African Bohemian

Afrigator: Are You Listening?

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