Founded in 1995 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Craigslist -- the brainchild of Craig Newmark -- now spans 150 cities globally and hosts three billion page views per month.
Sometimes it's a good thing when other people read your personal e-mails. For Street alum Daniel "D-Mac" McQuade, boredom, Vegas and girls propelled him to international cyber-stardom -- or at least 2,200 "unique visitor" hits per day.
D-Mac is Philadelphia Weekly's first professional blogger.
Joshua Radin missed out. He missed out big, and he knows it. When Radin's college buddy Zach asked him to contribute a song to his upcoming movie's soundtrack, Radin turned him down; he didn't have the money to record the track.
Are you a victim of the Man and his corporate coffee machine? Do you feel ridiculously uncomfortable when Starbucks baristas insist on addressing you by name?