Who was the first person to fly across the Atlantic? Lindbergh. Who was the second? No idea. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I have to say there are a lot of me-too products and companies. Yet another social network, of the 15th flavor -… — 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
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
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
There are a lot of lousy conferences that pander to sponsors. They end up creating an opportunity for boring speakers who are… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Everybody who goes into government gets somewhat chewed up in the process. Being a senior appointee is like being at a startup,… — 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
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
