Interview with Craig Newmark, founder of Craiglist at Travelling Geeks London

As mentioned at the end of my last post, I managed to film a short video interview with highly respected internet entrepreneur Craig Newmark at the incredibly well attended Travelling Geeks event in London yesterday.   I also filmed a short interview with tech blogger and web legend, Robert Scoble.

Craig, founder of pioneering online community network Craigslist, is widely recognised as one of the fiercest proponents of a free internet.

Fitting then that he is part of the Travelling Geeks consortium of high powered US geeks, bloggers and entrepreners touring the country this week as part of Innovation UK.

Craig is @craignewmark on Twitter.  Here’s his video:

Thanks again Craig.  Was really good to chat to you, thanks for taking the time to give an interview at the end of what was probably a really long day.  I hope your jetlag has cleared.

As it says on Craig’s bio on craigslist.org:

Craigslist started off as an email list for friends and co-workers about events going on in the San Francisco Bay area.

What started as a fun side project in Craig’s living room has since grown into one of the busiest sites on the internet, helping people with basic day-to-day needs such as finding a job, an apartment and a date, all within a culture of trust.

If you’re still puzzled as to how it works, the Craigslist UK site states:

craigslist provides local classifieds and forums for jobs, houses, for sale, personals, services, local community, and events.

It’s a huge community resource in the States and its influence should not be underestimated.  The closest thing to Craigslist most people have heard of in the UK is the ever popular Gumtree network, owned by eBay.  Craigslist generates more than 20 billion page views per month according to the factsheet at Craigslist.org

Here’s Craig’s blog post about being involved in a panel at RebootBritain, one of the events on the Travelling Geeks’ UK itinerary.

I filmed a number of other videos with people at Travelling Geeks London.  I’ll be uploading as many as I can tonight.

This is all very exciting but I have to get ready for tomorrow’s interview on BBC Radio Manchester! Really looking forward to meeting Becky Want.   Much yet to do.

Related posts:

1. Craig Newmark, Craigslist founder talks about 7 Wonders in 7 Days
2. Robert Scoble Shares How I Can Get More People Involved with 7 Wonders in 7 Days at Travelling Geeks London.
3. 7 Wonders In 7 Days interviews the web’s Favourite Geeks
4. Robert Scoble’s tips for engaging with more people
5. BBC Radio Manchester interview live

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