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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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Author Archives: Rakesh Agrawal
That’s what puppies look like on the inside
After more than 12 years of heavy business travel, I thought I’d seen it all. As I was waiting at the security checkpoint at Dulles yesterday, I saw a woman almost put a carrier with three puppies through the X-ray. … Continue reading
Marketing on social networks
Social networks like MySpace and Facebook are among the leaders in user engagement, with many users returning daily and some visiting many times a day. They’ve almost reached the same level of engagement as email* and have double the engagement … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, facebook, marketing, social networking, web 2, web 2.0
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The power of location in presence
I travel frequently and have friends scattered throughout the country. I usually do a bad job of keeping track of who is where, who has moved, etc. Last week I was in Boston. As I headed out to dinner, I … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, google, gps, lbs, maps, social networking, wireless, wireless data
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Tracking the trackers
My friend Jason ran in the Marine Corps Marathon yesterday. The marathon, like many races, uses a chip on runners’ shoes to track times. The Marine Corps Marathon also offered runner alerts: you could sign up before the race to … Continue reading
Posted in mobile, random, wireless, wireless data
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Trying new ways to cover fires
Crises force people to think differently. Faced with a rapidly moving story, media outlets in Southern California have done an outstanding job in adopting Web 2.0 tools to keep readers informed during the tragedy. SignOnSanDiego, the Web site of the … Continue reading
Posted in geotagging, journalism, maps, media, newspapers, web 2, web 2.0
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Google Maps gets social
Google has added a profile page for its My Maps and local reviews products. The profile page allows users to roll up their maps and reviews onto one page. Here’s a screenshot of my profile page: In addition to links … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, google, local search, maps, social networking, yelp
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Forgetting our freedoms
Very few occupations are constitutionally protected. Journalism is one of them. The first amendment says: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the … Continue reading
Posted in fun, journalism, media, newspapers, random
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Google Satellite View, the hard way
From the Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum, a book of pictures of London taken from a balloon. The book covers eight square miles.
The quest for buried treasure in mapping
I wrote the other day about MapQuest’s new beta launch and how they’ve so far missed the mark on mapping innovations that have occurred in the last two years. Maps can serve many purposes. Finding a business or a place … Continue reading
Posted in aol, geotagging, google, maps, yahoo
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