I spent the entire long weekend moving–what a way to spend my free time. During the process, I heavily used craigslist to do everything from selling furniture to looking for roommates. I was literally living on the site, checking various sections for new items every hour and subscribing to a dozen RSS feeds.

No matter what the new wave of design and style that web 2.0-ites love to tout–from the rounded corners to the smooth gradients–craigslist does it right with its simple-to-use-and-lightning-fast-to-download-party-like-it’s-1995 web design. In terms of a redesign, I think that anything busier than the one done by a panel at SXSW would be too much. And even then, I would still stick with the old style.

But, in terms of functionality, I have a few items for the craigslist feature wish list. And, here they are:

• Add the ability to delete items that you don’t find useful, thereby uncluttering the list of posts as you dwindle down the choices (you can always undelete them for yourself later).
• Picture thumbnails beside each listed item, if available.
• Ability to message the poster directly using craigslist (no more opening up your email program a million times).
• Ability to manage a set of responses to posts that you can easily message to posters (this would have helped during my apartment hunt).
• Remembering your location when you login and post a new classified.

A lot of these features can be pretty easy to code up. But, testing it within the craigslist infrastructure is probably what is stopping them from implementing too many new features at once. Hopefully though, they are working on at least some of these.

Do you have any suggestions for new craigslist features? Leave some suggestions in the comments.

Over at the forums of yay hooray is an interesting thread where people are redesigning well known logos in the style of Web 2.0. Some of the companies include citibank, Fedex, and Nike. They’ve all been rebranded with the soft gradients and pastel colors that we’ve all come to love (or hate). The thread is really active with many designers giving their best shot at logo 2.0.

What is your take on the style of Web 2.0 logos? Are you in love with their soft corners? Or do you think all this soft gradient business is taking the edge out of the look and feel of web technologies?

Update: livewavecam has a gallery of some of the logos, so you don’t have to wade through the comments.

A well-designed logo is easily spotted, and belies the difficulty of its creation. Anyone who has tried their hand at creating an original and unique logo understands the difficulty and importance of the design. The logo is not only a simple graphic identification, it is the very entity that represents your company. It is also how your customers first experiences your company, and you better make sure that it has impact.

When it comes to logo design, critiques can provide an invaluable insight into elements about your design that you may not have thought of. Enter LogoPond, which allows users to upload, rate, and comment on logos, all embedded in an easy to navigate site.

The rating system is pretty typical of a reviews site. You can easily rate logos on any page that the logo appears, and you can also leave comments for each logo. Browsing can be done by tag, color, and date. However, there doesn’t appear to be many people tagging in depth with color yet, since many of the colors only yield a few logos.

For any logo geek out there, LogoPond is a great alternative to those large logo books that you can peruse at Borders. It’s also a valuable resource for obtaining community critiques and ratings. Currently, there are about 1000 logos uploaded, which is a good amount. As the community grows, expect LogoPond to be a major resource for logo designers. I’m already inspired just by perusing their site!

It looks as though LogoPond is being done pro bono at the moment, with some revenue coming in from Amazon book referrals and sponser banners. An interesting functionality to add would be to allow designers to upload different revisions of their logos. Then, we can all learn from seeing logos go through different design phases, and also how the designer responds to specific critiques.