Comments on: Notes from Marissa Mayer, VP of User Experience, Google http://www.pushbuttonfor.org/notes-from-marissa-mayer-vp-of-user-experience-google/ the Interaction Design, User Experience and Business blog by Gino Zahnd and Damien Newman Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Notes from Marissa Mayer, VP of User Experience, Google at WWWorker - Sascha A. Carlin http://www.pushbuttonfor.org/notes-from-marissa-mayer-vp-of-user-experience-google/#comment-455 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:56:46 +0000 http://www.pushbuttonfor.org/notes-from-marissa-mayer-vp-of-user-experience-google/#comment-455 [...] Push Button For: Interaction Design, User Experience and Business » Blog Archive » Notes from Marissa Mayer, VP of User Experience, Google. Thanks for sharing, Gino. google, ia, knowledge+management, productivity [...] […] Push Button For: Interaction Design, User Experience and Business » Blog Archive » Notes from Marissa Mayer, VP of User Experience, Google. Thanks for sharing, Gino. google, ia, knowledge+management, productivity […]

]]> by: Gino Zahnd http://www.pushbuttonfor.org/notes-from-marissa-mayer-vp-of-user-experience-google/#comment-454 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:42:57 +0000 http://www.pushbuttonfor.org/notes-from-marissa-mayer-vp-of-user-experience-google/#comment-454 Dan: No one asked that, but I reckon it has something to do with the halo effect around their Search product. It was amazing to watch folks swarm after her talk; like a rock star was in the room! Dan: No one asked that, but I reckon it has something to do with the halo effect around their Search product. It was amazing to watch folks swarm after her talk; like a rock star was in the room!

]]> by: Dan http://www.pushbuttonfor.org/notes-from-marissa-mayer-vp-of-user-experience-google/#comment-447 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:15:36 +0000 http://www.pushbuttonfor.org/notes-from-marissa-mayer-vp-of-user-experience-google/#comment-447 Did she say why Google has had no successful products aside from Search and Ad Words? Or why she continues to get so much press attention and uncritical coverage despite this? Just wonderin'... Did she say why Google has had no successful products aside from Search and Ad Words? Or why she continues to get so much press attention and uncritical coverage despite this?

Just wonderin’…

]]> by: Gino Zahnd http://www.pushbuttonfor.org/notes-from-marissa-mayer-vp-of-user-experience-google/#comment-436 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:31:54 +0000 http://www.pushbuttonfor.org/notes-from-marissa-mayer-vp-of-user-experience-google/#comment-436 Damien: you're right about the HTML thing. What I meant to say was Sergei didn't want to creat a "better" page than the one he had already built, which was a lone form field. Yes, their profits are insanely high. But the revenue is coming from products that they have already proven; not from the newer products, or products in their labs. One thing Mayer did say regarding Google's presence in Asia, is that on a recent visit she had requested that they "please change [Google] over there so that it fits culturally. It'll be interesting to see how that manifests itself. Damien: you’re right about the HTML thing. What I meant to say was Sergei didn’t want to creat a “better” page than the one he had already built, which was a lone form field.

Yes, their profits are insanely high. But the revenue is coming from products that they have already proven; not from the newer products, or products in their labs.

One thing Mayer did say regarding Google’s presence in Asia, is that on a recent visit she had requested that they “please change [Google] over there so that it fits culturally. It’ll be interesting to see how that manifests itself.

]]> by: Damien Newman http://www.pushbuttonfor.org/notes-from-marissa-mayer-vp-of-user-experience-google/#comment-435 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:38:31 +0000 http://www.pushbuttonfor.org/notes-from-marissa-mayer-vp-of-user-experience-google/#comment-435 A while back, could be some time now, a blogger posted a dozen or so things mentioned in a Mayer talk. One of them being that Sergei's lack of HTML knowledge also contributed to simplicity. As I heard somewhere else recently, sometimes what can seem like a big decision now, was just a small one based on "made sense" back then. I just read this morning, in <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/business/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003285480" rel="nofollow">Hollywood Reporter</a> of all things, that Google's quarterly profits rose by 92%, which reflect "by some estimates, that [they are] grabbing a quarter of all the money flowing into online advertising.". I know Google <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-google6oct06,0,945092.story?track=mostviewed-homepage" rel="nofollow">recently announced</a> it was going to focus less on new products and more on new features - having been getting lost in its own volume of product releases. So I wonder how that changes the dynamic of a company internally, from one that was innovating in big steps, now being asked to innovate in increments. Personally, I think 'Docs and Spreadsheets' is a perfectly suitable name for an application. Or two. Most importantly though - it is widely known that the Korean search portal <a href="http://www.naver.com" rel="nofollow">Naver</a> succeeded in Korean language search where both Google and Yahoo! couldn't - but the Asian model for knowledge search seems to encompass a portal approach, with a convergence of a host of entertainment offerings, so I wonder how that might impact developments in this area. Especially as Asian companies begin to go global. A while back, could be some time now, a blogger posted a dozen or so things mentioned in a Mayer talk. One of them being that Sergei’s lack of HTML knowledge also contributed to simplicity. As I heard somewhere else recently, sometimes what can seem like a big decision now, was just a small one based on “made sense” back then.

I just read this morning, in Hollywood Reporter of all things, that Google’s quarterly profits rose by 92%, which reflect “by some estimates, that [they are] grabbing a quarter of all the money flowing into online advertising.”.

I know Google recently announced it was going to focus less on new products and more on new features - having been getting lost in its own volume of product releases. So I wonder how that changes the dynamic of a company internally, from one that was innovating in big steps, now being asked to innovate in increments. Personally, I think ‘Docs and Spreadsheets’ is a perfectly suitable name for an application. Or two.

Most importantly though - it is widely known that the Korean search portal Naver succeeded in Korean language search where both Google and Yahoo! couldn’t - but the Asian model for knowledge search seems to encompass a portal approach, with a convergence of a host of entertainment offerings, so I wonder how that might impact developments in this area. Especially as Asian companies begin to go global.

]]>