It was the Google logo and it had these two incredibly sad clip art pumpkins in the O’s.” He: “It’s a Halloween logo!” She: “Are those clip art?’” He: “Yeah, I found them on the Web.

As Marissa Meyer, Google’s chief experience officer remembers it, she was in the office at 3 a.m., trying to finish up some work before leaving on vacation when Sergei Brin came running in, all ...