Show HN: A self-published art book about Google's first 25 years

johndamaia | 77 points

Marques Brownlee recently published a video about the Humane AI Pin (device) [1] and I noticed this book in some of the device shots, found it curious and had (incorrectly it seems) assumed it was some kind of internal Google swag.

Well played Mr. da Maia :)

1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TitZV6k8zfA&t=867s

bap | 16 days ago

As a fan of Google this looks amazing, but a bit expensive for me right now.

Just one question: aren't you worried about Google blocking it? You are using a lot of their trademarks, and it could be easily confused with an official book.

101008 | 16 days ago

Really cool, but I want the visual history of the internal meme generator!

topherjaynes | 16 days ago

I pay great attention to the appearance of a book when I buy it. From this point of view, this book suits my taste very well. I like the design of the cover and the slightly frosted texture.

PixelEngineer | 16 days ago

Nice job! I'm always surprised how relatively little is findably recorded about Google's history. It's one of the most important and influential companies of the past hundred years. I love to read all the different bits of insider info and company lore that I can. I think I have some old Apache log files that still contain lines with the "BackRub" user agent.

xnx | 16 days ago

Looks really nice! What service/publisher did you go with to publish the book?

archagon | 16 days ago

I remember watching it on YouTube. Really liked the book design. How expensive/difficult is it to have each page in different colour? Tell me more about the page quality. Also it looked like "product sans" at first glance, if yes then how is it licensed? Why didn't you choose flat binding?

Anyway congratulations on the book release. It's really a beautiful creation and worthy of being an art piece.

subidit | 16 days ago

Sold out in the EU already? Any ideas when it's going to be available again?

theolivenbaum | 16 days ago

Why can't I buy this in / get shipped to Australia? :(

kylethorne | 16 days ago

Does this thing have an ISBN? I can't find it on the site.

raybb | 16 days ago

I like the idea but aren't you afraid that Google won't approve or authorize the book? Try to contact them

8mobile | 14 days ago

This is awesome, I am so impressed :)

Added to my bookmark wishlist to take a look at when Christmas comes!

bwb | 14 days ago

Already sold out in the EU :(

flipez | 16 days ago

Nice, this would be a great tabletop book for any SWE chill room.

datascienced | 15 days ago

Nice! Ordered mine ;)

roynasser | 16 days ago

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miyah | 6 days ago