About
RAKESH AGRAWAL
I am Senior Director of Product at Audible.
I have been designing and marketing Internet services since 1993. I have worked at Tellme, AOL Search, uReach Technologies, washingtonpost.com and startribune.com.
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- RT @tomasvanammers: Ten words and phrases that are bringing down your CV https://t.co/JzJfnqTzUs 1 hour ago
- RT @ca_dmv_bot: Customer: NICKNAME OF DISCEASED FRIEND DMV: HAMMER CAN BE A PENIS OR A GUN. ALSO NO HUMMER ON ANI Verdict: DENIED https://… 2 hours ago
- Enjoying this wonderful bit while it lasts. And the overall prudishness of DMV, where everything is sexual, hitle… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 hours ago
- RT @pt: First Twitter let spammers pay $8 to boost content, now it’s killing organic bots & moving to commercial bots only. It’s all just w… 2 hours ago
- Said in Ticketmaster testimony to congress: most of those fees go to the venues. Unsaid: Ticketmaster owns many of the venues. 4 hours ago
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Recent Posts
- A finance guide for millionaires and billionaires
- Rakesh’s travel secrets for your holiday travel
- Lobsterclass – free classes on product management
- Getting down to numbers: quantitative research
- Pricing the COVID-19 vaccine
- Favorite things, day 1: podcasts
- Rakesh’s travel secrets for your holiday travels
- Favorite things, day 2: credit cards
- Favorite things, day 3: Hawaii
- TiVo remains king of TV
Top Posts
- Watching American football in Dublin
- Social media and the new world of work -- my take
- Asking meaningless questions: CBS' faulty poll on TSA screening
- Weekly reader: PayPal vs. Square, AmEx, Yahoo! as patent troll and deals
- Are LivingSocial, Google Offers and the rest as bad as Groupon?
- 9 ways to improve the Facebook news feed
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
My first San Francisco visitor
Got my first San Francisco visitor last week when Wanita stopped by before we headed off to Kauai. (OK, technically Jason and Jeff were out here earlier, but Wanita was my first house guest.) We managed to pack a lot … Continue reading
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Au revoir, DC
It’s been a long, fun ride. It’s hard to believe it’s been four years. I’ve been fortunate to meet a lot of great people and make some friendships that will last a long time. The last month has been hectic … Continue reading
Posted in personal, photography
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How not to design an ATM
I’ve written before about problems with the UI on ATMs, such as repeatedly asking what language you want and having you enter cents for withdrawals when no ATM I know of dispenses pennies. I ran across another problem the other … Continue reading
Occassional reader – Camera clues, misplaced revenge, drunk dialing, ExtraGeek – Feb. 2, 2008
Yes, yes, I know. I’m behind. The new job, a coast-to-coast commute, moving and trying to maximize time with my DC friends have taken their toll on my reading and blog writing time. Photo Clues Lead to Camera’s Owner (AP) … Continue reading
Posted in fun, random, weekly reader
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Microsoft yodels for Yahoo!
The announced Microsoft bid for Yahoo! means a lot of different things for lots of people. An emboldened competitor for Google. A stronger ad network for advertisers. Heightened acquisition hopes for AOL. Better benefits for Yahoo! employees. (Microsoft has the … Continue reading
Posted in aol, google, iphone, microsoft, mobile, mobile search, social networking, wireless, wireless data, yahoo
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