Googler Jeffrey Veen Working On Orkut

It looks like Jeffrey Veen, a Googler who has done an awesome job redesigning Google Analytics (which I'm dying to check out for myself) is now leading a team of 30 people working on improving a host of Google features, including Orkut.

(Jeffrey Veen's blog) On a personal note, I've got a much different job now that the design work on Analytics has wrapped up. I now lead a team of over 30 designers and researchers responsible for the user experience of Google's web applications. We're working on Gmail, Calendar, the Office-like tools, Blogger, Orkut, Picasa, Talk and a bunch more. And that means I get to dig into some of what I consider the Web's most interesting challenges and work with some of the smartest people in the industry.

Although I know Jeff's attention will probably be focused on Google's more prestigious tools (such as Blogger, Picasa and Calendar) I hope he takes the time to consider adding some useful features to Orkut, (such as Google Talk, RSS feeds or even Picasa Web Albums).

Note: Jeff seems to have deleted his profile on Orkut. Perhaps I am posting this to deaf ears.

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