Author Archives: Rakesh Agrawal

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About Rakesh Agrawal

Rakesh Agrawal is a 0-1 product leader. Ex-Amazon, Ex-Microsoft, as well as a number of startups. He tweets at @rakeshsfnyc

My commute as a metaphor for user-generated content

Posted on March 1, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I was stuck on the Dulles Toll Road this morning because a car caught on fire a mile or so ahead of me. (Yes, that’s two back-to-back hellish commutes.) As I watched the helicopter hover above the car, I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in gps, maps, mobile, mobile search, satellite navigation, web 2, web 2.0, wireless, wireless data | 9 Comments

How much will my commute suck today? Ask Google

Posted on March 1, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I was checking out Google Maps yesterday and noticed the addition of traffic to the map. It showed that traffic for the ride home was much worse than I’ve ever seen on a Wednesday night. Figuring it was a first-day … Continue reading →

Posted in aol, google, local search, maps, yahoo | 4 Comments

Searching vs. browsing

Posted on February 7, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I picked up a copy of The Wall Street Journal on Saturday and did something I hadn’t done in many years – look at the stock tables. I’d been on vacation for a week without my laptop and I wanted … Continue reading →

Posted in search, web 2, web 2.0 | 4 Comments

More stuff to read

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

While I’m traveling, I don’t have much time to write. But I’m still doing a lot of reading. I have a selection of the “best of” from my readings, chosen specifically for readers of this blog. You can find it … Continue reading →

Posted in random | 1 Comment

Watching American football in Dublin

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I arrived in Dublin on Super Bowl Sunday ahead of meetings with my team at AOL Dublin. Wanting to see how the Irish watch the Super Bowl, I set out to find a pub showing the game. I asked the … Continue reading →

Posted in travel | 3 Comments

On vacation

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’m on vacation next week and in Dublin the following week.

Posted in rocky's travel | 1 Comment

Hillary Clinton asks Yahoo! for answers

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Last week, we saw the media splash that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama made by announcing their candidacies on their Web sites. This week, the Clinton camp asked Yahoo! Answers users “Based on your own family’s experience, what do you … Continue reading →

Posted in search, social networking, yahoo | 2 Comments

Custom pictures come to credit cards

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

You can do a lot of things with your pictures these days – turn them into notecards, magnets, calendars, mugs, puzzles, stamps, T-shirts. With all the gimmicks credit card companies use to try to get you to pick their plastic … Continue reading →

Posted in personal finance | 1 Comment

Fare Guard – a (bad) option on low airfares

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Farecast is one of my favorite sites for checking out airfares. It’s a data junkie’s dream – Farecast does for airfares what Zillow does for real estate data. You can slice and dice airfare data in a number of different … Continue reading →

Posted in airlines, personal finance, travel | 3 Comments

Gmail and the geek set

Posted on January 21, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’ve noticed lately how many of my friends and colleagues have adopted Gmail addresses. Although Gmail is still a very distant 4th place (after Yahoo!, MSN and AOL) when it comes to the broad Internet audience, it seems to have … Continue reading →

Posted in email, google | 1 Comment