I’ve been to a lot of technical conferences, both as a presenter and attendee, so I feel at least somewhat qualified to offer my opinion of the recent Google IO conference in San Francisco. I am not here to enumerate the product announcements or offer my in-depth opinion on every topic, you can find all you want of that (and more) out on the web.  Instead I am going to try and convey the general feeling and impression I got from the event, colored with my years of experience in the software industry.

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