I'm a ux designer at Concur, have not been there very long but there is an extensive/exhaustive re-design in the works which HN readers will appreciate. Just have a little more patience...
Finally! Thank you google, this is so awesome! Finally, thank you google! Oh my gosh, LOL fell off my chair when I read, so HAPPY!!!!! thank you GOOGLE, so happy. When So HAPPY! I can't belive it, this is best day ever!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you hoogle!!!!!!!
What would be really interesting is to read this same type of story by someone from HN who has a kids or a mortgage, marriage etc.. I don't mean to be rude, but quitting your job keslert in your 20s, esp. with your skill set, seems brave but my god, the self centered egotistical praise you both write and solicit is a bit of a bore and, unfortunately, I see as a common trait among the young, smart tech crowd.
All the effort and cost behind physical and software interaction innovations but not a hint of speech interaction/recognition. Did they cripple 'Ok Google', Voice Search from their Android fork as well?
Absolutely, the Grandma/Grandpa demographic has been clamoring for a headache inducing 3d, gestures requiring learnability, Dolby Digital Plus, app carousel, etc.. etc.. mobile phone.