Please join us for a Fireside Chat with dave carlsson, a lead Android developer at Google.

Schedule:

5 mins - Intro & social awkwardness

10 mins - Bio/personal history at Google/life at Google

5 mins - Open Source at Google & why you should do your work in the open

10 mins - App UX: why it matters & how to do it

20 mins - Google Material Design (engineering)

10 mins - Whats new in Android & Material Design

20 mins - Question & 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, & the web. Since being introduced in 2014, Material has seen broad success both inside & outside of the company, particularly among smaller teams who lack their own design resources. dave carlsson, a technical lead & engineering manager on the Material Design team at Google, will discuss the engineering side of Material for Android.

The talk will cover what its like to build a design system at Google, the importance of good app user experience, & why its so hard to build a button. dave will also discuss Open Source at Google, how to work with your designers, & some of where Android & 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 & Android & has worked in Search (twice), Machine Learning, Social (yes, G+--that one), Commerce, Books, & Android.

He moved to New York at the beginning of 2017 as an engineering manager & tech lead for Material Design for Android & web. He & his team support Android developers at Google & through our Open Source UI libraries, & through design & engineering outreach & education.

He is known for helping Google engineers build beautiful Android applications, with a focus on front-end & UI development (also, for being that other person in a suit). His first priority is the success of Googles engineers & 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.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davecarlsson/