I attended the Google I/O Extended conference at Google’s KW location. The main theme this year seemed to be about getting the rest of the world online.

Event Notes

• Currently there are 2.6 billion people on the internet, but there will be 5 billion in the future.
• Free and open information access can lead to regime change.
• +4% GDP due to internet access.
• It’s not just search. We have to drive the information by making it relevant and fun.
• Information access -> open communication -> drives change by allowing silent groups to have a voice.
• ~300 people at the KW office.
• Most effective ad length on YouTube is 12 seconds maximum.
• google.com/design - Unified design guidelines that are driven by material design.
• Minimize interactions with the device by showing relevant data first. Use sensors to understand the user’s current context.
• Maps Features: Fast, Accurate, Easy
• One Android SDK for all platforms: TV, phone, car, watch, etc.
• Chromebook Features: Speed, Simplicity, Security
• Google Drive encrypts your data in both during transit and storage.
• Google cloud
  • Allows small teams to run big operations.
  • Cloud.Debug allows live debugging on servers
  • Request tracing to see all service requests
  • Can set custom alerts on metrics
• Cloud DataFlow
  • Same code for both batch and streaming
  • Parallel data pipelines.
  • One pipeline for both batch (ETL) and streaming (continuous analysis).
• Blink - Chromes rendering engine
• Cross Platform Design
  • Link
  • Material Metaphor: Shared experience, Shared knowledge, back story for design, pre-defined information.
  • Ex: Paper has a long history, exists in the world, is tangible.
  • Magical Material - Not for the sake of artifice but for information. Ex: on touch the surface rises to the finger.
  • One typeface with various sizes and weights.
  • Use a color hierarchy to focus the gaze.
  • Material lives at the same scale as the device and expands to fill space.
  • Obey physics so no teleporting.