Category Archives: web 2.0

YouTube reshaping the American political process

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

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 →

Posted in elections, google, journalism, media, video, web 2, web 2.0, YouTube | 1 Comment

Outside.in puts neighborhood news on the map

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Brady at O’Reilly Radar has a great post on Outside.in. The startup aggregates local blogs, organizes them by neighborhood and plots them on a map. I’ve written before about the importance of being hyperlocal. If I were running a media … Continue reading →

Posted in city guides, geotagging, journalism, local search, maps, media, newspapers, web 2, web 2.0 | Comments Off

Flickr vs. The Washington Post

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

There was a big bike race outside my door yesterday. Thousands of people showed up to watch pro cyclists from around the world in the 100km CSC Invitational. What’s the best source to find out about what happened yesterday? Oddly, … Continue reading →

Posted in flickr, geotagging, google, journalism, media, newspapers, photography, web 2, web 2.0, yahoo, YouTube | 4 Comments

User-created content search comes to Google Maps

Posted on May 28, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

One of the features promised when Google’s My Maps launched was that the content created would be searchable by users. I stumbled upon this feature in action while searching Maps today. This map was created by a local bar, showing … Continue reading →

Posted in google, local search, maps, search, web 2, web 2.0 | 1 Comment

Twittering up some dosas

Posted on May 28, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I was up in New York City over the weekend and got to see my favorite dosa vendor. Thiru Kumar runs NY Dosas, a dosa cart in Washington Square Park. It has good, cheap eats. ($5 for lunch in NYC.) … Continue reading →

Posted in mobile, mobile search, twitter, web 2, web 2.0, wireless, wireless data | 9 Comments

Beautiful architecture and DC’s ugly buildings

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The American Institute of Architects has a compilation of 150 structures as part of the online exhibit America’s Favorite Architecture. As with any such “top” list, there’s bound to be disagreement, but the site is worth exploring. The list is … Continue reading →

Posted in google, web 2.0 | 7 Comments

Newspapers vs. search engines

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The Tribune company’s soon-to-be owner, Sam Zell doesn’t like search engines. From the Washington Post: In conversations before and after a speech Zell delivered Thursday night at Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, Calif., the billionaire said newspapers could not … Continue reading →

Posted in google, media, newspapers, publishing, web 2, web 2.0 | 7 Comments

Map your world with Google Maps

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Google today released a feature I’ve been wanting for a long time — the ability to make your own maps. You can add placemarkers and draw lines and shapes on the map. You can also add pictures to a map, … Continue reading →

Posted in flickr, google, local search, maps, personalization, web 2, web 2.0 | 7 Comments

A new local platform from Topix

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’ve written before about the need for newspapers to go hyperlocal — allow readers to get ultra-targetted news about where they live from their neighbors. Topix, a company owned by newspaper companies, is offering a platform to do that. Topix … Continue reading →