Craig Raw
CTO & Rock Star
Craig started tapping away in BASIC on a ZX Spectrum computer 21 years ago, and things just haven't been the same since. After progressing to a PC and the big wired world, he graduated with a BSc. Eng. and moved into the telecommunications field as a qualified engineer, putting up radio towers (of all things).
A change of career into focused software development using C++ followed before he adopted Java as his medium for implementing the ideas that created Quirk's technology. He joined Quirk as CTO in 2001 and became CEO in 2005 following international expansion. Craig is also responsible for SearchStatus, an extension for the popular browser Firefox. SearchStatus has achieved some minor fame in the search industry, due in the most part to the suggestions and support from its users amongst which it can claim some notable names.
Craig believes in leadership from the front, daring differentiation and continuous innovation, amongst a host of other wordy euphuisms. An outdoor lifestyle, worn guitar and trusty bottle of whiskey complete his arsenal.
Blog posts by this author
- Earn $1500 by referring our next Java Programmer
- Can search emulate the web browser?
- Firefox 3 and SearchStatus
- The BrandsEye blog
- Kulula stole our moolah!
- Social network virtual machine
- iPhone implications
- SearchStatus adds Compete rankings
- Amatomu Search Plugin
- Alexa, Compete and Quantcast
- New feed URL
- Sun open sources Java
- The Microsoft monopoly is just economics
- Thanks, Geoff!
- How should we address you, Sir?
- All your stats are belong to us
- What if search engines were open?
- Google Analytics to replace PageRank?
- So what's your readership?
- Acting Now
- Open Sourced Amazement
- Alexa says Google is king, but not in mail
- Emarketing ethicality?
- Viral campaign goes to the dogs
- Notable anecdotal
- Microsoft strong-arms SenderID
- The Third Button
- Blind bots and worker bees
- A reason for being?
- Drip Irrigation
eMarketing News
Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletter which is packed with interesting eMarketing news, views and other quirky titbits.
What Our Clients Say
Great toolbar! I especially like the highlight keyword function that uses different colours each time you try. - Craig H-B, Red Pepper Solutions
Sign Up for a Site Audit
Is your site: search engine friendly, accessible, useable? Yes, No, Maybe? A Quirk site audit will determine all this and more.
| Cape Town | London | Johannesburg |
| Tel: +27 (0)21 462 7353 | Tel: +44 (0)20 7470 8855 | Tel: +27 (0)11 467 4749 |
 |
 |
 |