Craig Newmark - a TechZombie TV presentation (1 of 2)

Spencer Striker's TechZombie TV presents an interview with Craig Newmark.

Craig Newmark, world famous Internet entrepreneur best known for being the founder of the San Francisco-based international website Craigslist, took time out of his busy day to talk to students in Spencer Striker's Social Media Optimization & the New Web class at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater.

About Craig:
"A web-oriented software engineer by training, with 30 years of IT experience at companies such as IBM and Bank of America, Craig now spends his days working as a customer service rep at craigslist. In 1995 while Craig was working at Schwab, he started craigslist as an email list for friends and co-workers about events going on in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1999, Craig retired from IT consulting to work full-time on craigslist. 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. Craig is involved with a variety of community efforts and is particularly interested in organizations promoting public diplomacy, mideast peace and new forms of media such as participatory journalism."

Students from the Media Arts & Game Development Program at UW-Whitewater had the opportunity to ask Craig various questions ranging from Craig's opinion on the future of social media, how to use the web for social good, what kind of smartphone Craig carries, to how he uses Twitter.

Featuring -

Craig Newmark
Craigslist.org
twitter.com/craignewmark

Spencer Striker
Media Arts & Game Development @ uww.edu/games
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
GameZombie TV @ youtube.com/gamezombieutube

Spencer Striker is the founder of the Webby Award winning original series, GameZombie TV, a professor of Media Arts & Game Development at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, and a PhD candidate in Educational Communications & Technology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison

Students Featured -

Heather Hoile
Richard Fosness
Ben Bannow
Danielle Zimmerman
Kelsey Squires
Rachel Radschlag
Domenique BowTie Malone
Adam Sullivan
Jonathan Stassen

Credits:
Executive Producer: Spencer Striker
2D Graphics: Chris Proost
Motion Graphics: Andrew Von Haden
Audio: Kristi Neumann (Featuring the "Tron" remix)
Camerawork/Producer: Adam Sullivan
Production Manager: Jonathan Stassen
Associate Producer: Gillian Morgan

Category:

Education

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