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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- Thought provoking piece on use of AI in combat. google.com/amp/s/www.wire… 52 minutes ago
- Good take on development post COVID. (A lot speculative, of course.) If it ends up creating real downtowns in pla… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 hour ago
- The Giants nearly had this monstrosity, instead of the gorgeous stadium they have now. Yes, you need to dress for f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 hours ago
- CBS median age in primetime is 63. Seems the median age of Emmy voters is quite a bit younger. 12 hours ago
- I know @jaketapper has a list of people he who won’t book on his show. I wonder how long the list is of people who… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 23 hours ago
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- 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
- Favorite things, day 4: TiVo
- Favorite things, day 5: Alaska Airlines
- Favorite things, day 6: First Republic
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
The ad is a lie
While watching the Olympics, I was struck by a gorgeous animated ad. A lobster conducts an orchestra of other sea creatures playing Gershwin. As soon as I recognized Rhapsody in Blue, I knew it had to be a United Airlines … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, airlines, travel
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The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!
I’ve long advocated that news organizations geotag the news. But I’ve been skeptical of automated systems for doing this. Google News recently provided a terrific example of what can happen when you use entity extraction for such a task: In … Continue reading
Posted in geotagging, google, journalism, local search, maps, media, newspapers, web 2.0
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All the news that’s fit to tweet
Local, local, local. It’s the new mantra for news. I was reminded of this last week after the train I was riding in struck a pedestrian. The event was insignificant to all but a few hundred, maybe a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in journalism, media, newspapers, social networking, twitter, web 2, web 2.0
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How’s the weather out there?
One of the things that takes getting used to living in the Bay Area is the many microclimates. Temperatures and conditions can vary dramatically within a few miles. I was deciding whether to head out to the Beach Chalet, a … Continue reading
Posted in geotagging, google, maps, social networking, twitter, web 2.0
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NYT pays tribute to the best fake political team in television
The New York Times ran a great profile of fake news purveyor Jon Stewart this weekend. According to a 2007 Pew poll, Stewart was tied with real newsmen Brian Williams, Tom Brokaw, Andersen Cooper and Dan Rather for #4 as … Continue reading
Posted in journalism, media, television, video, YouTube
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