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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- What is the biggest miss by the sharks on @ABCSharkTank? (A deal they passed on which blew up after.) Anything bigg… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 10 hours ago
- Trying to figure out who the biggest asshole in trump cabinet is. Pompeo, Barr, devos. It could be recency bias, but man azar is an asshole. 12 hours ago
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- This is what a real lockdown looks like. Stay safe, my DC/MD/VA friends. (The hearts are some of my favorite places… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 19 hours ago
- Nixon’s ghost *really* doesn’t want that comparison. cnn.com/2021/01/14/pol… 19 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
Top Posts
- A sample Groupon merchant agreement
- Searching vs. browsing
- Because manholes are round
- Facebook drives 6MM people to Friendster!
- How daily deal companies could improve the merchant experience -- and why they won't
- A look at Groupon's extremely lopsided merchant agreement
- Favorite things, day 6: First Republic
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Category Archives: web 2
Newspaper companies can’t unring the bell
American newspapers are in trouble. So far this year, the Rocky Mountain News and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer have shuttered their presses. Tribune is in bankruptcy. My first employer, the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, is also there. Publishers have threatened to … Continue reading
Posted in journalism, media, newspapers, publishing, twitter, web 2, web 2.0
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Who needs newspapers?
I read two thought-provoking pieces this week on the decline of newspapers from voices outside the newspaper business and one Really Dumb Idea from a voice on the inside. Author Clay Shirky, Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable: When someone demands … Continue reading
Posted in journalism, media, newspapers, web 2, web 2.0
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A tale of two media companies
You’ve got a competitor with deep pockets, huge brand recognition and a lot of traffic that is interested in your content. What do you do? Here are two very different approaches: GateHouse Media is suing The New York Times Co., … Continue reading
Posted in google, hulu, journalism, newspapers, television, video, web 2, web 2.0, YouTube
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Communicating amongst friends: how technology changes human relationships
I realized recently that I’ve been communicating with one of my closest friends over IM for more than 10 years. We talk almost daily, several times a day. I have no doubt that we wouldn’t be as close without the … Continue reading
Posted in email, facebook, flickr, im, instant messaging, social networking, twitter, Uncategorized, web 2, web 2.0
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All the news that’s fit to tweet
Local, local, local. It’s the new mantra for news. I was reminded of this last week after the train I was riding in struck a pedestrian. The event was insignificant to all but a few hundred, maybe a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in journalism, media, newspapers, social networking, twitter, web 2, web 2.0
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Take my picture, please
I’ve been testing out a couple of relatively new social networking sites lately — FriendFeed and brightkite. Both reminded me of a pet peeve I have about social networking sites: they all want your picture, but they don’t make it … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, social networking, web 2, web 2.0
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More Americans get their news from… Facebook?
I found out about Tim Russert’s death today through Facebook. One of my friends had updated his status to say he was “shocked by Tim Russert’s death.” I glanced over at my Google Talk contacts and noticed that two other … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, im, instant messaging, journalism, media, newspapers, publishing, social networking, twitter, web 2, web 2.0
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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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3D maps meet geotagged pictures
Microsoft’s Virtual Earth has a phenomenal addition to Live Search Maps that allows users to create virtual aerial tours. Here’s an example using pictures from my trip to Kauai: The tours can be exported as a video file and uploaded … Continue reading
Posted in flickr, geotagging, maps, mashups, microsoft, photography, web 2, web 2.0
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Yahoo! Local gets Yelpy
Yahoo! Local has rolled out some new features to increase the Web 2.0-ness of its local search product: RSS feeds. You can subscribe to feeds of all reviews near you. If you find a reviewer you like, you can stay … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, city guides, local search, search, web 2, web 2.0, yahoo, yelp
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