Tim O'Reilly

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Tim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. In addition to Foo Camps ("Friends of O'Reilly" Camps, which gave rise to the "un-conference" movement), O'Reilly Media also hosts conferences on technology topics, including the Web 2.0 Summit, the Web 2.0 Expo, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, the Gov 2.0 Summit, and the Gov 2.0 Expo. Tim's blog, the O'Reilly Radar, "watches the alpha geeks" to determine emerging technology trends, and serves as a platform for advocacy about issues of importance to the technical community. Tim's long-term vision for his company is to change the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators. In addition to O'Reilly Media, Tim is a founder of Safari Books Online, a pioneering subscription service for accessing books online, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, an early-stage venture firm.

How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care by Tim O'Reilly , Mike Loukides , Julie Steele , Colin Hill August 2012 Ebook: $0.00	Economic Impact of Open Source on Small Business: A Case Study by Mike Hendrickson , Roger Magoulas , Tim O'Reilly July 2012 Ebook: $0.00
The Twitter Book by Sarah Milstein , Tim O'Reilly Second Edition November 2011 Print: $19.99 Ebook: $15.99	The Facebook Application Platform: An O'Reilly Radar Report by Tim O'Reilly , O'Reilly Radar Team June 2009 Ebook: $149.00
Twitter and the Micro-Messaging Revolution: Communication, Connections, and Immediacy--140 Characters at a Time by Abdur Chowdhury , Gregor Hochmuth , Ben Lorica , Roger Magoulas , Sarah Milstein , Tim O'Reilly June 2009 Ebook: $99.00	The Twitter Book by Tim O'Reilly , Sarah Milstein May 2009 Ebook: $15.99
Windows XP in a Nutshell by David A. Karp , Tim O'Reilly , Troy Mott Second Edition January 2005 Print: $44.99	Unix Power Tools by Shelley Powers , Jerry Peek , Tim O'Reilly , Mike Loukides Third Edition October 2002 Print: $74.99 Ebook: $55.99
UNIX Power Tools by Jerry Peek , Mike Loukides , Tim O'Reilly , et al. October 2002 OUT OF PRINT	Windows XP in a Nutshell by David A. Karp , Tim O'Reilly , Troy Mott April 2002 OUT OF PRINT
Peer-to-Peer by Nelson Minar , Marc Hedlund , Clay Shirky , Tim O'Reilly , Dan Bricklin , David Anderson , Jeremie Miller , Adam Langley , Gene Kan , Alan Brown , Marc Waldman , Lorrie Faith Cranor , Aviel Rubin , Roger Dingledine , Michael Freedman , David Molnar , Rael Dornfest , Dan Brickley , Theodore Hong , Richard Lethin , Jon Udell , Nimisha Asthagiri , Walter Tuvell , Brandon Wiley February 2001 Print: $29.95	Windows 98 in a Nutshell by Tim O'Reilly , Troy Mott , Walter Glenn August 1999 Print: $44.99
Windows 95 in a Nutshell by Tim O'Reilly , Troy Mott June 1998 OUT OF PRINT	UNIX PowerTools by Jerry Peek , Tim O'Reilly , Mike Loukides Second Edition August 1997 OUT OF PRINT
Using & Managing UUCP by Ed Ravin , Tim O'Reilly , Dale Dougherty , Grace Todino-Gonguet January 1996 OUT OF PRINT	X Users Guide Motif R5 by Valerie Quercia , Tim O'Reilly Second Edition June 1994 Print: $34.95
Volume 3: X Window System User's Guide by Valerie Quercia , Tim O'Reilly Fourth Edition June 1994 OUT OF PRINT	X Toolkit Intrinsics Prog Vol 4M by Tim O'Reilly , Adrian Nye Second Edition August 1992 Print: $34.95
Volume 4: X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual by Adrian Nye , Tim O'Reilly Third Edition August 1992 OUT OF PRINT	Managing UUCP and Usenet by Grace Todino-Gonguet , Tim O'Reilly Tenth Edition June 1990 OUT OF PRINT
termcap and terminfo by John Strang , Linda Mui , Tim O'Reilly April 1988 Print: $29.95

What's Mine is Yours
by Tim O'Reilly , Dylan Field , Brian W. Fitzpatrick , Nolan Goldberg , Jud Valeski
March 2011
OUT OF PRINT

Free is More Complicated than You Think
by Tim O'Reilly
April 2008
Video: $39.95

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Best of Strata Rx 2012: Disruptors: What Healthcare Will Look Like In 2020
June 28, 2013
In this highly rated session from Strata Rx 2012 four prominent disruptors in the health data field - DJ Patil, John Mattison, Tim O'Reilly, and Benjamin West - discuss how they think big data will impact the future of healthcare. Topics discussed ...

Webcast: Points of Control: The Battle for the Internet Economy
October 27, 2010
More than any time in the history of the Web, incumbents in the network economy are consolidating their power and staking new claims to key points of control. It's clear that the internet industry has moved into a battle to dominate the Internet Economy...

Webcast: What is Gov 2.0?
May 11, 2010
What is the open government revolution and why should technologists care about it? Join Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Media founder and CEO, for a discussion about improving efficiency and transparency in government, citizen-government collaboration, and government...

Webcast: Web 2.0 Expo Preview
April 22, 2010
Web 2.0 Expo, co-produced by O'Reilly Media and UBM TechWeb, showcases the latest Web 2.0 business models, development paradigms and design strategies for the builders of the next-generation Web. In this webcast, we'll provide insight into the big themes...

Webcast: Web Squared
June 25, 2009
As we approach the six-year mark from the original Web 2.0 thesis, the trends are becoming clearer than ever. Once applications live in the cloud, the key to success will be harnessing network effects so that those applications literally get better...

Webcast: Twitter Power Tips
May 21, 2009
Full Video: Available on Safari Books Online At first blush, Twitter appears to be an easy and friendly medium. But don't be deceived: it's also powerful and complex, supporting a rich third-party ecosystem and tapping subtle human dynamics. In ...

Inside Google+: Bradley Horowitz talks with Tim O'Reilly
August 23, 2011
Google is famously driven by data. Until Google+ that data was about web pages, places and news. Now that Google has added people to the mix, how will they use this data? Is social data really critical to Google's mission of organizing the world...

Webcast: Tim O'Reilly and Dave Campbell Explore How to Accelerate Insights from Data
May 14, 2012
Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, talks with Microsoft Technical Fellow Dave Campbell about new tools for data. While Microsoft creates its own tools for data, it also works within the larger data community and ecosystem. Thinking of ...

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Why Is the Web the Way It Is Today?
Publish Date: Dec. 15, 2005In what direction could the internet have gone if it were not for the FSF/GNU movement and how would the internet have looked today? Tim O'Reilly offers his perspective. What Is Web 2.0
Publish Date: Sep. 30, 2005Defining just what Web 2.0 means (the term was first coined at a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International, which also spawned the Web 2.0 Conference), still engenders much disagreement. Some decry it as a meaningless marketing buzzword, while others have accepted it as the new conventional wisdom. Tim O'Reilly attempts to clarify just what we meant by Web 2.0, digging into what it means to view the Web as a platform and which applications fall squarely under its purview, and which do not. What Is Web 2.0
Publish Date: Sep. 30, 2005Defining just what Web 2.0 means (the term was first coined at a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International, which also spawned the Web 2.0 Conference), still engenders much disagreement. Some decry it as a meaningless marketing buzzword, while others have accepted it as the new conventional wisdom. Tim O'Reilly attempts to clarify just what we meant by Web 2.0, digging into what it means to view the Web as a platform and which applications fall squarely under its purview, and which do not. Is Perl Still Relevant?
Publish Date: Jul. 7, 2005With the emergence of .NET, J2EE, Python, PHP, et. al, has Perl lost its niche as a scripting glue language? Tim O'Reilly comments. Books That Have Shaped How I Think
Publish Date: Jul. 7, 2005In 2004, I greatly expanded and updated this text for the print piece, Tim O'Reilly in a Nutshell. Here are a few of the books that have played a large role in my life. Get Your Hands Dirty!
Publish Date: Jan. 21, 2005January 2005. Hackers of all stripes refuse to just take what they’re given. They’re driven to remake it, and getting there is more than half the fun. In the latest O'Reilly catalog, Tim writes about the host of new books and products within that celebrate the hacker impulse. We've got the information you need to hack, remix, and master technology at home and at work. So go on, get your hands dirty! Pick the Hat to Fit the Head
Publish Date: Oct. 27, 2004October 2004. Larry Wall once said, "Information wants to be valuable." The form in which information is presented contributes to that value. At O'Reilly Media, we offer a variety of ways for you to get your technical information. Tim O'Reilly talks about some of them in his quarterly letter for the O'Reilly Catalog. Technology and Tools of Change
Publish Date: Aug. 13, 2004Building the next generation of technology won't be easy, and will require developers, entrepreneurs, and the customers they serve to learn new skills. O'Reilly has a collection of new and favorite tools for building the future, including a new "Technology & Society" book series, a new "Web 2.0--Web as Platform" conference, and a new print-on-demand, custom books service called SafariU. Open Source Paradigm Shift
Publish Date: Jun. 21, 2004This article is based on a talk that I first gave at Warburg-Pincus' annual technology conference in May of 2003. Since then, I have delivered versions of the talk more than twenty times, at locations ranging from the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, the UK Unix User's Group, Microsoft Research in the UK, IBM Hursley, British Telecom, Red Hat's internal "all-hands" meeting, and BEA's eWorld conference. I finally wrote it down as an article for an upcoming book on open source,"Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software," edited by J. Feller, B. Fitzgerald, S. Hissam, and K. R. Lakhani and to be published by MIT Press in 2005. The Architecture of Participation
Publish Date: Jun. 21, 2004 State of the Computer Book Market
Publish Date: Apr. 16, 2004We've launched a new market research group at O'Reilly. Its mission is to develop quantifiable metrics for the state of technology adoption. Aided by Nielsen BookScan sales data, which shows us trends in what people are buying, we're able to evaluate trends in technology adoption that should help us do a better job of forecasting technology growth patterns. Tim O'Reilly shares some of the analysis. Amazon and Open Source
Publish Date: Feb. 14, 2004Amazon realized early on that amazon.com was more than just a book site, more in fact than just an e-commerce site. It was beginning to become an e-commerce platform. Open source has been a key part of the Amazon story, and although Amazon has closed code, it has created its own "architecture of participation" that may be even richer than that of many open source software development communities. The Future of Technology and Proprietary Software
Publish Date: Dec. 23, 2003In celebration of its 25th anniversary, InfoWorld did a feature on where technology has been and where it's headed: 25 Years of Technology. Tim O'Reilly answered some questions for that piece about the future of technology and proprietary software. Many of his comments were included in the article, but here they are in their entirety, as well. Did Amazon Listen?
Publish Date: Dec. 17, 2003After all that controversy over Amazon's 1-Click patent, what's this about them receiving a patent for new features on their ordering forms? Tim explains that Jeff Bezos never said he'd stop filing for patents, but that he'd think twice before enforcing them in a potentially offensive way. O'Reilly's E-Book Strategy
Publish Date: Nov. 22, 2003O'Reilly's e-book strategy is to build a flexible data repository supporting XML web services that will allow us to deliver content into a variety of channels. The O'Reilly Network, which offers online content in bite-size chunks, is the "smaller" part of the strategy; Safari, a database of thousands of books that you can search across, is the "bigger" part.

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--Ziff Davis Smart Business

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