When I encounter a problem - something that's not quite right with a product - I enjoy breaking it down in my mind and exploring possible alternative solutions: Why this? Why not that? I apply the latest in technology and design to reinvent that product and solve my frustrations.

We built the iPod in weeks. It had to be what I thought it was going to be because there wasnt time for endless refinements.

If you're not having doubt, you're not pushing the boundaries far enough.

Every person I talk to has a story about how their smoke alarm went off or woke them up with a battery beeping. So you take it off the wall and you take the battery out and say screw this. They hate the products.

Over the next ten years, everything that has a cord is going to have data in it.

Google has the business resources, global scale and platform reach to accelerate Nest growth across hardware, software and services for the home globally.

Even if you have constrained resources, don't cut corners. People will feel it.