Archive for the ‘People’ Category

Obama Seeks Commerce Secretary, Skiis

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Breaking news on Huffington Post:

“The position of Commerce Secretary is too important to remain unfilled another day,” Mr. Obama said.  “That’s why it is absolutely essential that this Craigslist thing work.”

President Obama reportedly scanned the “sporting goods” category for bargains while he was at it.

Fired Sale

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

CNBC reports that the office furnishings of former Merrill CEO John Thain are being liquidated on CL in a veritable “fired” sale, e.g. “Chandelier, still sparkles despite the current economic environment $37 K.”

Corn Pone For All

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Couple opens home to 32 for Thanksgiving Dins

CRAIGSLIST IS HIRING

Monday, October 20th, 2008

In our San Franciso office for the following positions:

  • Accounts Receivable Coordinator
  • Customer Service Representative
  • Network Engineer
  • Programmer
  • Systems Administrator

Curb Alert

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Patriots looking to unload an unwanted defensive back.

Box Baby Reunited

Monday, September 1st, 2008

Abandoned in a cardboard box 40 years ago, James Face was recently reunited with the family that found him via a posting on CL:

Face never knew that Gallegos felt like she lost one of her children. He never knew Tom Jr. would grow up wondering what happened to the baby he found. He never knew Tom Gallegos Sr. went to police, hoping to adopt the abandoned baby, only to be turned away.”Yes, I was serious,” said Tom Sr., 71. “They told me I already had too many kids. I told them I had five children. I told them that was OK, it would be like throwing one more potato into the pot.”

Piano Man

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Claiming to be the 1st ever to bring a piano onto the NYC subway, this sterling fellow jockeys 4 uprights bought on craigslist around the streets of lower manhattan for busking purposes. A passerby was quoted as saying “Man what are you doin’ here?”

Bed, Bath, and Beyond

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Florida CL user offering her house and self as a package deal.

Props for thinking outside the box in a tough real estate market.

CL Cat Rescued

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

A Denver man who put an ad on craigslist hoping someone could lend a hand and get a cat down from the top of a 60-foot tree in front of his house got the help he needed.

craigslist cat rescued

A professional tree trimmer with a bucket truck showed up Tuesday morning to rescue the high-climbing feline.

New Recruit

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

MySQL guru, open-source evangelist, prominent tech blogger, and long time Yahoo engineer Jeremy Zawodny has now announced that he will be gliding into our little Shangri-La as of July 21st.

We’re excited to have him joining our team.

Worth mentioning that the CL tech hiring bit remains set to “1″ for star LAMPerl developers, systems heavyweights, and networking wizards.