Innovation, design, and simplicity at google

ABSTRACT

This talk will cover the philosophies of innovation and design at Google, complete with examples of how these philosophies have affected and produced various Google services. Other topics to be covered include: how Google approaches building products with simplicity, its pragmatic and experimental approach to launching products, and a discussion of the academic computer science skills that large, distributed, web-based systems like Google require.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.0 GENERAL

General Terms:
Human Factors

Keywords:
design, innovation, simplicity