"Hey, I really want to know what Craig Newmark thinks. Oh. A bird." (Actually, this photo is a lot better than Craig's)By now, aficionados of San Francisco Web journalism have probably noticed the San Francisco Chronicle's new "City Brights" online feature; a group of "luminaries" who, essentially, blog about whatever they see fit. We're ostensibly supposed to be compelled to read it. Playing up the implementation of the unpaid "luminaries" on the very day many of the paper's most veteran
Internet provider of everything -- literally everything -- Craigslist today announced it will do away with its lawsuit-magnet "Erotic Services" section and replace it with a new "adult" category that will be monitored by staff.
Fit for a king, eh?That being said, those with a need for a "Gorgeous Blonde Bombshell" or "SweEt & PeTiTe....SexXxy Blk/AsiAn HOTTIE!!!!!!!!" are not entirely out of luck -- the ads won't expire for another week. "Erotic" is still listed as a service both on the loc
There's an app for that...Calling all computer-whiz nerds: not one, but two Bay Area-based Web application contests were announced this week. First, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has been helping to promote the DataSF App contest, which challenges entrants to create civic-minded applications based on the newly available government data featured on the new clearinghouse of city data (he even wrote about it here, and tweeted about writing about it here. Naturally, we're writing about him twe
Photo by SFMike, via Civic Center
Shots from YBCA's "Music for 16 Futurist Noise Intoners." [Civic Center]$2 Portrait Project: Game of chess with Carry. [Caliber]Bag Ladies: These gals have a few words to say about handling luggage on BART. [Muni Manners]CitiApartments pulls the ol' switcheroo. [SFAppeal]Craig Newmark on "Craigslist crimes." [Public Press]Things get all Don Delillo in Berkeley. [Daily Clog]Oh snap, coconut creamer is on sale. Stock up for the (delicious) apocalypse. [Veganasa
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