Google 'Doodles' reflect company's culture of innovation_美文

Google 'Doodles' reflect company's culture of innovation

Doodler Jennifer Hom said the team creates more than 300 Doodles each year in many different languages, but stays away from topics that are political or controversial.

“We basically think of anything that is innovative, artistic and nerdy, something that is appropriate for Google,” said Hom.

She said Doodle ideas can come from just about anywhere. Many, like the suggestion for an interactive rendering of a "buckyball" - a form of carbon composed of 60 atoms that looks like a molecule - come from inside the company.

“I never heard of what this was, but there were like 10 to 12 people in Google who are obsessed with buckyballs," said Hom.

Google's culture of innovation, the relaxed environment, the mix of work and play helps the creative process.

Doodle Engineer Khris Hom, no relation to Jennifer, animates artists' drawings. He said he first got involved with the team as part of a program to nurture innovation and growth.

“My involvement started out as a 20 percent project, which is a phenomenon at Google, where engineers get to spend one day a week or 20 percent of their time working on whatever they want. So I was building some little animation, and someone from the Doodle team saw them and said can you do that on the home page, and I’ve been having a blast here since,” he said.

These Google Doodlers say the irreverent humor of the artwork reflects that culture of innovation and the idea that Google should be a fun place to work or visit online.