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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- The biggest winners in blowing up traditional TV model is people who don’t care about sports. They’ve been providin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 hour ago
- First time using Oculus. This thing is going back to Best Buy. 2 hours ago
- Ranked Choice Marriage. (This market scenario is different from markets with dowries.) npr.org/2021/03/02/972… 7 hours ago
- Technology in search of a problem. tp-link.com/us/support/faq… 8 hours ago
- I haven’t SEEN the results, but doing this without analyzing associated metadata is quite the feat. venturebeat.com/2021/03/04/fac… 11 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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Category Archives: reader
Occasional reader – Gas prices, trashing hotels, brain chemistry, hunger cafes
Some interesting reads from the past few weeks: Top Car Dealer Says High Gas Prices Are Good for the U.S. Auto Industry (WSJ) — The CEO of AutoNation views high gas prices as just what we need to spur innovation … Continue reading
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Occasional reader – Saying no to Google, popcorn prices popping, economics and height, Pringles
North Oaks tells Google Maps: Keep out – we mean it (Star Tribune) — A suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota has demanded that Google remove all images from Street View, citing its laws against trespassing. The city’s roads are privately … Continue reading
Posted in fun, google, maps, movies, privacy, random, reader, street view, weekly reader
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Occasional reader – Airport security, future of journalism, working with Yahoo!
Some interesting reads from the past couple of weeks: The Airport Security Follies (New York Times blog) – Pilot Patrick Smith takes a look at the idiocy of our airport screening processes. Smith argues (and I fully agree) that airport … Continue reading
Posted in airlines, journalism, media, newspapers, reader, social networking, travel, web 2, web 2.0, weekly reader, yahoo
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Occasional reader – Pennies, GPS, bribing Congress, Nats opener
Some interesting stories from the last couple of weeks: Penny Dreadful (New Yorker) — Please, please let’s kill the penny already. It’s one of the nuisances of everyday life. Aside from Lincolnphiles and the companies that make money selling zinc … Continue reading
Posted in consumer electronics, elections, fun, gps, local search, mobile, mobile search, random, reader, weekly reader
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Occasional reader – Hulu, Tellme, slum tourism, layoffs
Some interesting reads from the past couple of weeks: Hulu: Great Product, Still Screwed (Silicon Alley Insider) – The much-hyped video site from NBC and News Corp. is now out of beta. Hulu offers free access to full episodes from … Continue reading
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Occasional reader – Jon Stewart, privacy and Fauxbama
Some interesting items from the last few weeks: Jon Stewart’s pre-Oscar interview on Larry King Live (CNN) – This interview is a perfect example of why people like me are watching The Daily Show for news. Stewart is sharper and … Continue reading
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Online subscriptions and dumb criminals
A couple of interesting stories from the media this week: Success Without Ads – The New York Times looks at the success of Consumer Reports, online and offline. The all-subscription and no ad products have been remarkably successful. The magazine … Continue reading
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