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...even as Craigslist continues to thrive - it's expected to rake in some $80 million this year - the site's design and user experience have changed little since it began. "There is a stunning lack of innovation in classifieds," says Craig Donato, founder and CEO of Oodle, which doubled the number of monthly visitors to its site over the past year to nearly two million. The San Mateo, Calif., company with 50 employees and some $19 million in venture capital funding recently made headlines for its deal to host classifieds on walmart.com. Once just a search site that scraped listings...
...furniture ever since. The keys to its success have been the (mostly) free listings and a grassroots, community focus that relies heavily on users flagging inappropriate ads. Although it is now a for-profit business with 25 employees (the dot-org suffix is pure nostalgia), the site's founder, Craig Newmark, still refers to it as a "public service" rather than a profit-driven venture...
...Bernie Tang are tamping down costs simply by being flexible with the time. "I had really wanted a night wedding," says Li, but it was hard to argue with the $15,000 savings they'll get by holding it on Saturday afternoon. Moving the date can help too. Danny Craig and Heather Pfisterer say holding their wedding on a Sunday rather than a Saturday got them a 33% discount at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach, Calif., on the minimum amount they were required to spend on food and drinks. More than half of caterers and wedding planners...
...everyone is sold, of course. "That paramilitary-style policing has proven not just ineffective, but also has led to greater instances of brutality," contends Craig B. Futterman, a University of Chicago law professor who co-wrote the analysis of the CPD's handling of misconduct allegations. With the CPD's largely white officers saturating black and Latino neighborhoods, Futterman warns, "it's going to be like an outsider-occupied territory...
...veterans living in Cambridge know what it offers. He said CHA can make more eligible veterans aware of the program by asking all patients about their veteran status. “I feel like you’re missing a lot of people,” said Councillor Craig A. Kelley to the CHA representatives in yesterday’s meeting. “If [patients have] got insurance, you’re not asking if they’re a veteran.” Currently, CHA routinely asks about veteran status only during the intake interviews for outpatient psychiatric...