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I find that creative streak I think often leads in programmers to be good predictors of where culture as a whole is… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Just do something that lights you up, and lights up your customers, and lights up the world and scale to that. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Pursue something so important that even if you fail, the world is better off with you having tried. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
We're entering a new world in which data may be more important than software. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
At O'Reilly, the way we think about our business is that we're not a publisher; we're not a conference producer; we're a… — 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
The Lean Startup isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those… — 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
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