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Tim O'Reilly: We are becoming part of the machine

Tim OReilly opened the keynote phase of the Web 2.0 Expo describing the Web 2.0 philosophy: "Its about building the global computing network and harnessing all the collective intelligence of all the people who are connected....We are talking about persistent computing in which we are becoming part of a great...

Tags: Web Technology, Web 2.0 Expo, General

Blog posts 2007-04-16

Tim O'Reilly's code of (mis)conduct

So Tim OReilly, Web 2.0s philosopher-king apologist, has an excuse for the rampant and uncontrollable misogyny of the blogosphere. In response to the Kathy Sierra outrage, OReilly told the BBC: "The fact that theres all these really messed-up people on the internet is not a statement about the internet....

Tags: Blogging, Tim O'Reilly, OReilly, blogosphere, Internet

Blog posts 2007-03-29

Expanding the open source business model

How much would you pay for some really good open source documentation?Its an important question. As a business model, we have seen that open source can pay for programming and support services. But technical writing lags. Good instruction is a multi-part process. It starts with basic documentation, a description of...

Tags: open source, OReilly, business models, management, support, mass market, documentation, Applications, General

Blog posts 2007-01-03

Bill O'Reilly, you're SO right about young people and tech

Because I agree with talk show shouter Bil OReilly about five percent of the time, I never thought I would type those letters in the sequence Ive just written in this posts title. However, when I read GamePolitics.coms piece about OReillys outburst on his RadioFactor show this past Friday,...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2006-11-19

Additional Resources

The ROI From Twitter: "Don't bother" telling your CFO, O'Reilly says

O’Reilly Media held a Webinar this afternoon that was promoted as delivering “power tips” on how to use Twitter. In the question and answer period, after Tim O’Reilly and Sarah Milstein delivered their tips, one of the questions was: “How do you quantify...

Tags: ROI, Twitter, Tweets, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-05-21

The Obama lesson to Rupert Murdoch

The Obama lesson to Rupert Murdoch"I learn from criticism"There certainly is no shortage of that around here. I visit here often but it's not out of loyalty, more like a junkie getting his fix. I would really like to kick the habit and move on to looking and...

Tags: Government, Tools & Techniques, Games, OPEN SOURCE, Planetside, Obama, Rupert Murdoch, Dana

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

ETech 2009 Preview

ETech 2009 PreviewAppreciate the ETech previewHey Christopher,Thanks for the preview of ETech and we're glad you'll be joining us at the conference this year. One of our contributing editors has been conducting some ETech speaker interviews, another way to get a sense of the amazing discussions that will happen at...

Tags: ETech 2009 Preview

Discussion threads 2009-02-26

On Bookworms and open source eBooks

On Bookworms and open source eBooksExactly what Open Source is forWhile O'Reilly may some day find it interesting to develop significant customizations on top of the BSD-licensed public Bookworm codebase, we don't have any plans in that direction today beyond some oreilly.com eCommerce plumbing.

Tags: Bookworms, open source ebook, open source

Discussion threads 2009-02-16

Top automotive searches in October 2008

Rank Search Term Volume 1. honda 1.90% 2. toyota 1.80% 3. harley davidson 1.29% 4. ford 1.20% 5. nissan 0.91% 6. honda motorcycles 0.86% 7. hyundai 0.82% 8. dodge 0.79% 9. chevrolet...

Tags: Hitwise, Motorcycle, NB

Blog posts 2008-12-07

UNIX - Let's get together and feel all right

People have often accused me of dreaming too much and not having my thoughts anchored in reality, particularly in this world of multi-billion dollar technology companies and big business, when huge amounts of money are at stake and every competitor is vying for the top spot. In...

Tags: GPL, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., CDDL, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-18

Podcast: Web 2.0 Summit action, Twine, Ballmer will dunk Google, the gPhone and more

Podcast: Web 2.0 Summit action, Twine, Ballmer will dunk Google, the gPhone and moreNo News is Bad NewsIf web 2.0 participation is squelched, then what does web 2.0 mean? (see http://www.aboutus.org/Oreilly.com#Additional_Information and/or digg it @ http://digg.com/tech_news/Scandalous_Censorship_Tim_O_Reilly_arbitrarily_censors_Blog_Web_2_0_Summit )"We don't need no ..." yea -- LOL. The web contains information. It is...

Tags: Web 2.0, Podcasts, Digital music, Digital media, Twine, RSS, MP3, Gphone, Steve Ballmer, Web, podcast, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-10-20

Stallman's dream and GPLv3

Stallman's dream and GPLv3You begin with a false premis"If you don't share his views, and work in the propriety software industry, then this might be a very scary thing."I don't believe anyone is "scared" by Stallman, his views, or open source. No more than they scared by the whacko...

Tags: Linux, Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Wind River VxWorks, GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, Stallman, software

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

What are open source committers worth?

What are open source committers worth?Heads-up Dana: TypoIt's Nat [b]Torkington[/b]:)P.S.Nat Torkington's [url=http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cookbook/] Perl Cookbook[/url] proudly resides in my reference library.Nat knows open source! ;)He is a Perl of great pricehad to get that pun in somewhere...

Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, Nat Torkington

Discussion threads 2007-07-13

iTunes Plus - Getting more than you bargained for!

iTunes Plus - Getting more than you bargained for!Forget iTunesI think when you subscribe to any service, you buy into the company and/or their business ethic. I've bought about a thousand songs from iTunes, but the way I see it, it seems the fancier we made the music experience,...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, audio, Now IT, Apple iTunes, music

Discussion threads 2007-06-04

Do SaaS ventures need VCs?

Do SaaS ventures need VCs?Don't confuse SaaS with Web 2.0Let's don't confuse SaaS with Web 2.0. There is plenty of overlap, but they are not the same thing. A lot of Web 2.0 is straight up collaboration around simple models. Web 2.0 doesn't need much VC--the apps...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Channel management, software, Do SaaS, Web 2.0, SaaS company, software-as-a-service, Web

Discussion threads 2007-05-28

Calling Linux users - Let's create a resource for Dell/Ubuntu owners

Calling Linux users - Let's create a resource for Dell/Ubuntu ownersMeet the community!Every new Linux user is welcome to meet the community at http://ubuntuforums.org/index.phpA huge source of knowledge. Friendly, helpful people, ready to answer every question you may have. Their motto: there are no dumb questions!Greetz, Pjotr.first thing is to...install...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Ubuntu, Linux, Dell Computer Corp., newbie

Discussion threads 2007-05-25

Why VPN can't replace Wi-Fi security

Why VPN can't replace Wi-Fi securityYou mean people who say VPN is the only way to go?You mean people who say VPN is the only way to go? Ah they're extremely common. In fact they're probably the ones that voted this blog down.I was about to mention EAP-TLS,...

Tags: VPNs, Wireless LANs, Wireless security, Network security, password, VPN, Wi-Fi, security, VPN IS, Wi-Fi security

Discussion threads 2007-05-12

Happy Sun Day

My best friend in England is a fan of the soccer team Sheffield Wednesday, which plays most games on Saturday.So despite this being Tuesday, I hereby proclaim it Sun Day. As in Sun Microsystems.Fulfilling the promises of CEO Jonathan Schwartz, Sun today released new versions of its Java Development Kit...

Tags: Development, Distributions, General, java, Sun Microsystems

Blog posts 2007-05-08

Enterprise 2.0 as a corporate culture catalyst

Ive only recently had a chance to catch up and read Tom Davenports post a few weeks ago about his skepticism of Enterprise 2.0s ability to wreak significant cultural and hierarchical change inside organizations. Those of you tracking the Enterprise 2.0 story know the drill, namely that applying Web 2.0...

Tags: Wikis, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web 2.0, User Generated Content, Tagging, Social Software, Social Computing, SOA, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SaaS, RSS, Products, Network Effects, Mashups, Governance, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Enterprise 2.0, Crowdsourcing, Collective Intelligence, Collaboration, Business Process Management, Business Models, Blogs, ATOM, Architecture of Participation

Blog posts 2007-05-05

Web 2.0: Is O'Reilly's vision a keeper? Amazon vs. Alexaholic

Web 2.0: Is O'Reilly's vision a keeper? Amazon vs. AlexaholicWeb 2.0 Principles and Best Practices is not a book ?Tim O'Reilly has helped publish many a tech how-to manual. But, has he really written the definitive book on Web 2.0?they released a book for business leaders in Nov 2006 –...

Tags: vision, connotation, O'Reilly, Web 2.0, Tim, Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc., Web

Discussion threads 2007-04-23