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Macmeter is an Apple/Mac focused social-news website that allows its member community to submit and PowerUP the hottest industry news.

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What's this all about?

By now the concept of this sort of site should be self-explanatory. The site is based on the concept of user submitted and ranked content. Just as the slashdot-model for sites became popular in the late 90's, the digg-model now seems to be the latest trend. As one might expect, Macmeter was heavily influenced by Digg and Reddit. I'm a huge fan of both.

Why was it started?

REASON 1: My reason for creating this site was definitely not to compete with Digg. If Digg is Walmart, Macmeter is that little hardware store on the corner. Digg will always have more users, more content, more comments, etc. To me, it doesn't matter. Macmeter was created to be a small community, without all of the excess noise.

REASON 2: I love Macs and have been considering starting a Mac site since around since around 1999. I realize its a little late in the game, but who cares. Better late than never. I follow Apple/Mac news just as close as any other Apple-fanboy, so I might as well help share the knowledge.

REASON 3: Building web applications is extremely addictive. Last fall, I launched SalaryScout.com with great success. It is a site that allows users to anonymously share salary information. Members can use the information found on SalaryScout in negotiations to ask for fair compensation. Building SalaryScout has been extremely fun and rewarding. As SalaryScout continues to grow, I needed to start another project to 'get my fix.' This is it. SalaryScout, Sparkmeter, and now Macmeter have been bootstrapped from the beginning. I would much rather fail early and fail cheap, than spend years and hundreds of thousands of dollars developing an application only to determine there is no demand, or the timing is off. I live by the wisdom of Guy Kawasaki, "Don't wait to develop the perfect product or service. Good enough is good enough." As with SalaryScout and Sparkmeter, everything learned from Macmeter can be easily expressed in an equation:

Who's behind this?

I'm just a regular guy who likes to spend my spare time building things. Rather than spending unproductive hours watching network television, I choose to create things that are useful or give me the opportunity to learn. Life is too short to waste it away.

I'm a left handed INTJ 27 year old from Louisville, Kentucky. That's right, middle America, home of the Kentucky Derby, KFC, the Louisville Slugger, and the University of Louisville (Go Cards!). It's miles away from Silicon Valley, but that shouldn't stop me from being creative.

In an effort to bring life to Louisville's sleepy tech-scene, I also started Louisville Geek Dinner. If you're in da'Ville you should really attend, it's great! Other projects I've been heavily involved with are LinuxSecurity.com and EnGarde Secure Linux. I also thought I should take a minute to thank my wife Erica for her support; I couldn't have done it without her.

If you would like to contact me, the best way is through LinkedIn.