Douglas Edwards joined Google in 1999 as employee No. 59, and lived through some of its early developmental steps, including the creation of the Google Doodle and Gmail. Something of an outsider in a culture dominated by engineers, Edwards helped the company develop what he calls "a human voice," and stayed through the company's eventual IPO.

He left in 2005, and after writing about his experiences on his blog, Xooglers, he decided it was time to write a book. The result is "I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee...