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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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Wikipedia and pop culture
The Wall Street Journal has some interesting comparisons that highlight Wikipedia’s skew toward pop culture. Additional comparisons are in the story, along with a trivia quiz.
GOOG = filthy rich?
I came across this sponsored link when searching on Google’s ticker symbol: Today’s featured item on Woot is this USB Missile Launcher. (Sorry, it’s sold out.) I bet there are more than a few of these in the Googleplex.
Posted in advertising, fun, google
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A group for everything
Every once in a while, I get comments on my flickr pictures asking to add one of my pictures to a group, use it with a news story or include it in a travel guide. I’ve contributed pictures to groups … Continue reading
YouTube reshaping the American political process
YouTube and CNN announced today debates with Democratic and Republican candidates for president. The debates will feature video questions uploaded to YouTube and will air on CNN this summer and fall. Audience questions have been featured in presidential debates before, … Continue reading
Apple TV brings your media to life
I bought an Apple TV over the weekend. It’s quite simply the most elegant, well-designed consumer electronics device I’ve used. Apple TV works with iTunes to bring music, video, movies, photos and podcasts to life on your HDTV. (In geek … Continue reading
Posted in apple, consumer electronics, media, television, video, YouTube
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Breaking news: CNN.com rising, CNN falling
Great AdAge piece comparing the declining audience for CNN with the increasing audience for CNN.com. The piece quotes Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons saying, “I worry about CNN more than I do about CNN.com.” CNN’s ratings have been on a … Continue reading
Posted in journalism, media
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Mastering a new way of storytelling
I pick on The Washington Post a lot. It’s my local paper, so many of the examples I use come from it. But they also have, handsdown, the best newspaper Web site in the country. A recent project on how … Continue reading
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The vanishing phone book
The New York Times has a story about the shrinking phone book. This year’s Manhattan phone book is 142 pages smaller than last year’s, despite an increasing population. The culprit? People ditching their landlines for cell phones. At the end … Continue reading
Google Street View hits The Daily Show
Lewis Black has a hilarious rant on privacy issues of Street View from the “worldwide leader in freaking people out”. The Freakonomics blog has an interview with Google Product Manager Stephen Chau on Street View. More on: google, maps, Street View
Posted in fun, google, maps, street view
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