Craig Newmark

Yeah. You're not. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. That's the nerd cliche again. Yeah. I'm still socially awkward. Sometimes I can disguise that. Yes. But that's still me. And it's not going to change now that I'm in my sunset years.

Yeah. Well, that's the purpose of Miss Connections. Yeah. Which anecdotally I know works once in a while because I've encountered over the years a bunch of couples which had gotten married. No, off of Miss Connections. Yes. And I like that a great deal. It is romantic in a understated way. Oh, yeah. Well, how did that start? How did that Miss Connections start? Well.

Yeah. Well, that's the purpose of Miss Connections. Yeah. Which anecdotally I know works once in a while because I've encountered over the years a bunch of couples which had gotten married. No, off of Miss Connections. Yes. And I like that a great deal. It is romantic in a understated way. Oh, yeah. Well, how did that start? How did that Miss Connections start? Well.

Yeah. Well, that's the purpose of Miss Connections. Yeah. Which anecdotally I know works once in a while because I've encountered over the years a bunch of couples which had gotten married. No, off of Miss Connections. Yes. And I like that a great deal. It is romantic in a understated way. Oh, yeah. Well, how did that start? How did that Miss Connections start? Well.

Jim decided he wanted to put it up. He was the boss then, so he did. Oh, Jim was the guy running the company at that point? When I realized that, again, I'm a terrible manager, I'd already hired Jim, who's a good manager. Jim, what's his name? Jim Buckmaster. Jim Buckmaster, yeah. You'll see pictures of us together, and if it looks like we're at eye level, it's because I'm standing on a box. Okay.

Jim decided he wanted to put it up. He was the boss then, so he did. Oh, Jim was the guy running the company at that point? When I realized that, again, I'm a terrible manager, I'd already hired Jim, who's a good manager. Jim, what's his name? Jim Buckmaster. Jim Buckmaster, yeah. You'll see pictures of us together, and if it looks like we're at eye level, it's because I'm standing on a box. Okay.

Jim decided he wanted to put it up. He was the boss then, so he did. Oh, Jim was the guy running the company at that point? When I realized that, again, I'm a terrible manager, I'd already hired Jim, who's a good manager. Jim, what's his name? Jim Buckmaster. Jim Buckmaster, yeah. You'll see pictures of us together, and if it looks like we're at eye level, it's because I'm standing on a box. Okay.

Yeah. He's a smaller guy? He's a foot taller than me.

Yeah. He's a smaller guy? He's a foot taller than me.

Yeah. He's a smaller guy? He's a foot taller than me.

So it makes for a good conversation.

So it makes for a good conversation.

So it makes for a good conversation.

That's the old office space, and I was the one who suggested the gag there. Yeah, that's right. And kudos to your guys for being really good at pulling stuff up.

That's the old office space, and I was the one who suggested the gag there. Yeah, that's right. And kudos to your guys for being really good at pulling stuff up.

That's the old office space, and I was the one who suggested the gag there. Yeah, that's right. And kudos to your guys for being really good at pulling stuff up.

Well, it was an early use of it. And our approach was to be this minimal monetization thing. And there's no category for that online. So that caught the spirit and worked.

Well, it was an early use of it. And our approach was to be this minimal monetization thing. And there's no category for that online. So that caught the spirit and worked.

Well, it was an early use of it. And our approach was to be this minimal monetization thing. And there's no category for that online. So that caught the spirit and worked.

I'm sure people ask you that a lot. I don't remember much of that at all. Everything is a blur. And unfortunately, I wasn't smart enough to keep a lot of records. And so a lot is lost. Like from the Internet Archive in the Wayback Machine, I could see the first site that I put up was mid or late 96. And that was pretty good. And I evolved that kind of minimal style.