I've Always Liked Simplicity.

You Can Wear Ruffles; You Can Be A Jock, And You Can Still Be A Great Computer Scientist, Or A Great Technologist, Or A Great Product Designer.

The Googly Thing Is To Launch Products Early On Google Labs And Then Iterate, Learning What The Market Wants - And Making It Great. The Beauty Of Experimenting In This Way Is That You Never Get Too Far From What The Market Wants. The Market Pulls You Back.

You Have To Ruthlessly Prioritize.

The Prime Reason The Google Homepage Is So Bare Is Due To The Fact That The Founders Didn't Know Html And Just Wanted A Quick Interface. In Fact, It Was Noted That The Submit Button Was A Long Time Coming And Hitting The Return Key Was The Only Way To Burst Google Into Life.

Theres No Such Thing As Flickr Pro Because Today, With Cameras As Pervasive As They Are, Theres No Such Thing, Really, As Professional Photographers When Theres Everything Thats Professional Photographers. Certainly Theres Varying Levels Of Skills But We Didnt Want To Have A Flickr Pro Anymore. We Wanted Everyone To Have Professional Quality Photo Space And Sharing.