CNet has a video interview with Craig Newmark from Craigslist that I found really interesting today. And yes, this is the Craig[wiki] from Craigslist.org[wiki]. I like to surf through the site to look at housing that we are far from being able to afford.
One might be curious to know how small of an operation Craigslist really is. With 21 people working out of a two-story house in San Francisco, it’s easy to picture the “workforce” with the simple look that the site has. The plan is to keep it this small for as long as possible. Such is the beauty of Craigslist.
The site has also expanded to almost twice the size in June, adding over three hundred cities[craigslist] in the U.S. and across the globe. Upon checking, Des Moines[craigslist] and the Quad Cities[craigslist] are the only additions for the state of Iowa, doubling the the previous total for that state. Newmark also said that they’ll be watching to see if the recent growth will turnout on the positive end, but they’ve done their best to expand into areas based on user demand.
I’ve only been a Craigslist user/sucker for a little over a year now, but the history of the site is something I’m still learning more about. For instance, the early days of Craigslist stems all the way back to 1995. It wasn’t in the same form as it is today, but I remember going to high school in 1995 only to have people say to me, “what’s electronic mail?” Keeping it simple can be just as successful as flashy and splashy.