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.
On Twitter
- 90.7% of [Marin county] residents 12 and older were fully vaccinated as of Monday. A whopping 97.3% of Marin’s elig… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 hours ago
- Whom would you trust the most to build the AI behind autonomous weapons used by the pentagon? 6 hours ago
- What’s the dumbest thing you’ve heard at a tech conference? Vapor ware (like Comcast tru2way doesn’t count). Fair… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 14 hours ago
- Thought provoking piece on use of AI in combat. google.com/amp/s/www.wire… 15 hours 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… 15 hours ago
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Recent Posts
- 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 2009
Twitter and foursquare: the tipping point to getting local business online
Getting small local businesses to go online has been the holy grail of the Internet. I’ve written before about some of the reasons local business don’t go online and suggested several ways that they could use emerging technologies to get … Continue reading
Posted in foursquare, lbs, social networking, twitter
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Building sandcastles on the Web
As I’ve been figuring out what to do next, I’ve also spent a lot of time thinking about what I’ve done in the past. The sad reality of building Web products is that your work quickly disappears. Just as waves … Continue reading
Posted in journalism, newspapers, product management
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Favorite airports from around the world
I’ve been doing a lot of travel the last few years and have gone through a lot of airports. There are huge variations in quality from airport to airport and even within terminals of the same airport. A few stand … Continue reading
Posted in airlines, travel
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The benefits of starting from scratch
Today marks the second anniversary of the launch of Virgin America, an upstart carrier that has inspired many loyal followers. Virgin America is a clear example of the benefits of starting from scratch. Among Virgin’s features: Brand new planes. Cheerful … Continue reading
Posted in airlines, customer service, travel
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Past, present and future of online maps
Google announced yesterday that it has added more detail on its maps, highlighting businesses and landmarks. They even solved the Albert Einstein Memorial problem that I wrote about last year. Businesses and landmarks are important because they make maps more … Continue reading
Posted in bing, google, local search, maps, microsoft
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Missing out on the big stuff on Twitter and Facebook
One of my friends recently got engaged and posted that fact on Facebook. I missed it. It’s one of the frustrations of the constantly flowing river of news in social networks — births, deaths, weddings and job changes get lost … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, social networking, twitter
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