There are a lot of designers who think they understand technology and a lot of technology guys who think they understand design. But to put them together and make it robust and repeatable for the mass market? It's an art.

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

It's easy to solve a problem that everyone sees, but it's hard to solve a problem that almost no one sees.

People buy products, and they want to understand what those things are and how they are applicable to their life.

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.

I've been working with contractors designing and building a house on a nonstop basis since I learned about all these systems of audio, construction, electricity, energy, water systems.

Learn by doing. Learn through experiences. And this goes back to Steve Jobs' thing - which is the way you open up your knowledge of the world is by discovering it and learning about it, not through books, but by being there.