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Hello from the first day of SMX West 2017! We're in San Jose, Calif., where the opening keynote conversation is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. PT. Jason Douglas, PM Director for Actions on Google, will talk about Google Assistant with Chris Sherman and Greg Sterling from Shadow Making Search Engine Land. Douglas will talk about the developer ecosystem growing around Google Assistant, and specifically Google's term for tools and features that enable brands, marketers, developers Shadow Making and others to interact with users via Google Assistant. Think of stocks a bit like smartphone or tablet apps.
The keynote conversation is expected to start at the top of the hour, and we'll be posting live blogs here once it begins. So check back, or stay tuned, and feel Shadow Making free to refresh the page for the latest from SMX West! Alright, we're ready to go. I will use JD for Jason Douglas, CS for Chris Sherman and GS for Greg Sterling. (Fingers crossed that I can keep up with three people talking on stage!) I'll also try to sprinkle in a few tweets along the way. Jason will start with a brief introduction before the conversation begins. It reminds audiences of Google's mission Shadow Making to organize the world's information. He says Google thinks we're now at an inflection point in how information is accessed.
Douglas explains how Google was born in the age of organizing web content, accessible through a simple text box - users could type in what they were looking Shadow Making for and get blue links to web pages and documents. Technology doesn't stand still, he says - computing has changed. We have computers in our pockets and we use them to do more than search for information. We order movie tickets and food. Our cars and televisions are computers. Computers are everywhere. The cost is the Shadow Making complexity. Do I have to install a new app just to change my light bulb?