Programming is how we talk to the machines that are increasingly woven into our lives. If you aren't a programmer, you're like… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
When you have to prove the value of your ideas by persuading other people to pay for them, it clears out an… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
We were the first people to do advertising on the Web. I actually saw in 1993 that the ad could be the… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The thing we should all be looking for are people who want to make a difference. I'm a big believer in the… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I guess I would just say that in general, one of my weaknesses is that I love everything. There's too much of… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
My original business model - I actually wrote this down - was 'interesting work for interesting people.' — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Why did Google, for example, recently decide to offer free 411 service? I haven't talked to people at Google, but it's pretty… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The fact that there's all these really messed-up people on the Internet is not a statement about the Internet. It is a… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Early on, when software was developed by computer scientists, just people working with computers, people passed around software because that was how… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Virtually every real breakthrough in technology had a bubble which burst, left a lot of people broke who'd invested in it, but… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
We want to show how technology can be applied to fix our problems. We need to celebrate not just success but to… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I believe people are fundamentally good and want to find things that make life better for themselves. There are social dynamics for… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Conferences are really like parties, and an A-list party is one where A-list people are in attendance. You figure out who are… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
No matter your sector, chances are that people are already twittering about your products, your brand, your company or at least your… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
A lot of the websites built through the 1990s used Perl. The first webmaster of Sun Microsystems coined a wonderful phrase. He… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Amazon is increasingly dominating online commerce. People are starting their searches there, which of course threatens Google because it takes away some… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
There is people who make stuff with words. There is people who make stuff with programs. And I really believe that that… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I think that Microsoft will increasingly feel margin pressure from Linux as well as people saying: well actually the applications that really… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
We don't market products narrowly. We market big stories about the industry, things that matter to a lot of people. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups,… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
In social networks, you gain and bestow status through those you associate with. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Programming is how we talk to the machines that are increasingly woven into our lives. If you aren't a programmer, you're like one of… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
When you have to prove the value of your ideas by persuading other people to pay for them, it clears out an awful lot… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Anyone who puts a small gloss on a fundamental technology, calls it proprietary, and then tries to keep others from building on it, is… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
We often get blinded by the forms in which content is produced, rather than the job that the content does. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
It's hard to make something as large as a government change. It's a little bit like building the transcontinental railroad. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
We were the first people to do advertising on the Web. I actually saw in 1993 that the ad could be the content, the destination. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The thing we should all be looking for are people who want to make a difference. I'm a big believer in the Silicon Valley… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
