A Fireside Chat with dave carlsson, a lead Android developer at Google
Details
Please join us for a Fireside Chat with dave carlsson, a lead Android developer at Google.
Schedule:
5 mins - Intro and social awkwardness
10 mins - Bio/personal history at Google/life at Google
5 mins - Open Source at Google and why you should do your work in the open
10 mins - App UX: why it matters and how to do it
20 mins - Google Material Design (engineering)
10 mins - What’s new in Android and Material Design
20 mins - Question and answer / socialize availability
Following the discussion, there will be a brief Q & A.
Abstract:
Material Design is Google's visual design system for Android, iOS, and the web. Since being introduced in 2014, Material has seen broad success both inside and outside of the company, particularly among smaller teams who lack their own design resources. dave carlsson, a technical lead and engineering manager on the Material Design team at Google, will discuss the engineering side of Material for Android.
The talk will cover what it’s like to build a design system at Google, the importance of good app user experience, and why it’s so hard to build a button. dave will also discuss Open Source at Google, how to work with your designers, and some of where Android and Material Design may be going next.
dave carlsson's Bio:
Tech Lead / Engineering Manager, Google Material Design
dave started at Google in… some time ago, as part of Ads. Since then, he's built products for web and Android and has worked in Search (twice), Machine Learning, Social (yes, G+--that one), Commerce, Books, and Android.
He moved to New York at the beginning of 2017 as an engineering manager and tech lead for Material Design for Android and web. He and his team support Android developers at Google and through our Open Source UI libraries, and through design and engineering outreach and education.
He is known for helping Google engineers build beautiful Android applications, with a focus on front-end and UI development (also, for being “that other person in a suit”). His first priority is the success of Google’s engineers and helping them solve problems. People come to dave directly when they need help with Android engineering, Material Design engineering, or if they need support or guidance navigating the great big company that is Google.