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By Craig Newmark craigslist founder and customer service representative San Francisco The vice presidential debate last week between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin brought an interesting issue back to the forefront of the campaign — veterans’ rights. Both candidates are parents of soldiers and their input should change the way our government treats veterans. Still, thousands of veterans [...]
I had the opportunity to see Craig Newmark speak at the brand new AT&T Center over here in Austin, TX., and it was an interesting speech. He is the "Craig" of Craigslist.org....one of the largest and most heavily trafficked sites on the planet (roughly 22 billion page views per month). I've personally used Craigslist to find programmers, sell stuff, find stuff, buy my car , buy my scooter , found an...
By Craig Newmark Founder and customer service representative craigslist San Francisco My day job is online customer service, part of a team that supports tens of millions of people across America. I've worked directly with thousands of people over the years from small towns to big cities, and everyone in between. From my personal experience, I can tell you that [...]
Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, weighs in with some thoughts on the future of newspapers and journalism in an interview with iMedia Connection's Susan Kuchinskas . Among his predictions: Print survives but as more of a luxury item aimed at the ability to individually print items or sections. Newsrooms take on a wide range of models: ad-supported, subscription, philanthropic, pay-per-view,...
Craig Newmark really doesn't want to be bothered with politics. In fact, he can't wait until the election is over so he can catch up on his favorite TV shows, like "Pushing Daisies" and new episodes of "The Simpsons." Still, he's on the road for the next month, traveling to swing states, campaigning for Barack Obama. He's an official technology surrogate for the Democratic presidential candidate, which...
The U.S. is at a historic crossroads during which residents can make government more responsive and transparent through innovative uses of the Internet, Craigslist's founder said Friday. Craig Newmark, who now works as a customer service representative at Craigslist, called on young U.S. residents to register to vote and to demand more transparency and accountability from elected officials. And he...
Craig Newmark tells CNN that when it comes to online reading he "checks out the Fishbowl sites." Hi Craig! We are also big fans we have Craigslist to thank for our apartment, desk, kitchen table, and DNC accommodations , the list goes on. Embedded video from CNN Video New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media
"Far as I can tell, most if not all the people in my industry who get stuff done are for barack," says Craigslist's Craig Newmark, in introducing a Tech for Obama video; Hungry for Obama, which is said to have raised nearly $10,000 for the campaign thus far, joins the plethora of other grassroots efforts that aim to tap into supporter talents and expertise to support the Obama campaign; "It's the...
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg are included in the ranks of the magazine's mostly unsurprising list.
Register here for what looks like a very interesting event: In 1995, Internet entrpreneur Craig Newmark started Craigslist — an online community featuring free classified ads. Thirteen years later, Craigslist serves 567 cities in 55 countries and is a good example of how the power, reach and openness of the Internet can help turn a simple idea into [...]
Embedded video from CNN Video No way! Craig Newmark of Craigslist knows we exist?! Or if not 'we' of Fishbowl LA...the other Fishbowl sites . You know the ones on the other coast...the ones that think they are so cool just because they wake up WAY before we do. Whatevs. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media
Tonight's debate is officially on -- and a group of academics, Internet pioneers and technology advocates are asking the candidates to "open up" the debates to the public rather than being "controlled by the media." Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales are among the signers of the letter that went to the campaigns of Obama and McCain...
