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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- Talking to a company that averages 5 seconds to a live human. If you can do that, you have my loyalty for a long ti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 8 hours ago
- What is your favorite screenshot OCR / annotation tool. Tried @AdMakerae ... seems like it would do the trick, but dies instantly. 9 hours ago
- RT @hunterwalk: Giving a Shit is surprisingly often a competitive advantage 9 hours ago
- Then you are a real ass for stealing someone’s iPad. Just drop it in the mail, no questions asked. Maybe Apple stor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 9 hours ago
- Benefits of EMR: complete histories, tests available to doctors immediately. Downside of EMR: groupthink. 10 hours ago
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- Let’s not call Goldman Sachs evil (yet, and for this potential infraction)
- 5 things Andrew Yang must do for the next debate
- My personal environmental footprint
- FAANG + Microsoft market matrix
- Thoughts on this week’s suicides and how you can help
- Autonomous vehicles are going to affect a lot of jobs
- How technology chips away at jobs
- How to turn on the innovation light bulb
- Autonomous vehicles are going to change the world in more ways than you know
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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Checking in with foursquare at SFO
With the increasing use of mobile applications such as Yelp and foursquare, it’s becoming possible to pull ideas from thin air. Users of these apps can leave tips for others to find that are linked to a specific location. In … Continue reading
Posted in audio, foursquare, geotagging, lbs, local search, maps, mobile, social networking, twitter
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Now we’re going Places
I’ve been writing about Twitter and location since my first post about Twitter in 2007. This week, Twitter launched Places, which allows users to add their location to a tweet. Here’s a screenshot from 2007: and today: In 2007, I … Continue reading
Posted in geotagging, gps, lbs, local search, maps, mobile, social networking, twitter
Tagged export
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iPad puts on its business suit
Most of the discussion around Apple’s iPad has been about what a great consumer device it is. It’s a book reader, movie player, newspaper, photo viewer, RSS reader and more. But the iPad has a lot to offer businesses as … Continue reading
Posted in apple, foursquare, ipad, iphone, local search, mobile, social networking
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EVO vs. iPhone
I’ve been using an HTC EVO since last Friday. As an iPhone user for the last two years, this is the first Android phone that has appealed to me. CrunchGear has a good comparison of the technical specs of the iPhone … Continue reading
