God Bless Craig

I think we all need to take a moment and appreciate the simple brilliance of Craig's List. I mean, of all the classified ad boards, used-retail sites, and job search engines on the net, Craig (or whoever it is who runs the site) is the only person who thought to put everything together in one site. No flashy graphics, no pop-up ads, just an assload of people with an assload of stuff to offer. Where else can you find an apartment, concert ticket, a used trombone and a bowling partner all on one site? And browsing the Casual Encounters section provides hours of entertainment in itself. But the thing that really impresses me is how ridiculously popular it's gotten without much advertising or publicity. I guess word-of-mouth can actually exist in the media age.