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Craigslist Heartbreak Turned Into Art

Chris Dannen — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:38:46 -0400

A Brooklyn illustrator has begun turning "missed connections" posts from Craigslist into a series of art prints, which she posts on her blog. (Here's one of her posts, taken from a "m4m" ad.)

Muutu: The eBay of Classified Ads?

Ariel Schwartz — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:07:17 -0400

The Demo Pit at the annual TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco is filled with eager startups gunning for their shot at stardom. Most of the companies are forgettable, but every so often one catches our attention. Muutu, a company based in Vancouver, is one such startup.

Craig Newmark: How Do You Retain and Nurture Talent?

Ellen McGirt — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:57:42 -0400

Seven Signs of Our Times Online

Chris Dannen — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:20:56 -0400

This isn't your usual August. With enough political issues smoldering to fill a decade of American history, the vacation month has turned into a morass of issues that boggles the mind. Here are seven articles that went viral this week, attempting to answer one simple question: What the hell is going on in America?

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Craigslist's Craig Newmark Turns to Charity Promotion

Kit Eaton — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:48:33 -0400

Craig Newmark has a new gig: As well as working on his famously successful Craigslist, he's dabbling in philanthropy. But since he doesn't have Bill Gates' piles of cash, he's using a different asset--his voice.

7 Essential Steps to Surviving a Post-Layoff Existence

Adam Frucci — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:00:00 -0500

So you're one of the unlucky ones. The entire economy is crumbling around us, and with every single company in existence looking to cut costs and become more efficient, you were deemed to be expendable.

Oodle Brings Its "Weirdo-Filter" to Facebook Marketplace

Chris Dannen — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:11:41 -0500

Classifieds site Oodle announced today that it will re-invent the Facebook Marketplace as a “social” market in which users can buy and sell with friends and community members. The new Oodle-powered classifieds are slated to launch in the first quarter of 2009, according to Oodle CEO Craig Donato. Marketplace will retain its existing look and feel, but function more like Oodle's own site.

The Frenemy Relationship in Business

Steve Johnson — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:00:41 -0500

Frenemies in the Henhouse: Dances With Wolves

Startup Radio Show, The Takeaway, Recreated the Morning Edition

Linda Tischler — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:55:07 -0400

It's 11 A.M., four days into her new gig, and Adaora Udoji is already exhausted. "It sounded like such a good idea a year ago, to get your ass up at midnight," she says, laughing. "But it's for a great cause."