On Google Video you can find a recent 30 minute Google Tech Talk presentation by Jen Fitzpatrick, engineering director at Google and in charge of Google’s user experience team, which is responsible for the user interface design and usability analysis of Google’s many products.
“Focus on the user and all else will follow”, says Fitzpatrick. “From its inception, Google has focused on providing the best user experience possible.”
In this presentation Fitzpatrick takes the viewer through “the art and science behind Google’s design process” and shares examples of “how design, usability and engineering come together in Google’s unique culture to create great products”.