An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started. Tim O'Reilly finishinventionmake Change image and share on social
I see publishers bemoaning their fate and saying that this is the end of publishing. No! Publishers will recreate themselves. Some of that comes from my experience as a print publisher. Tim O'Reilly bemoanendexperience Change image and share on social
A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books. Tim O'Reilly bookdialoguereader Change image and share on social
Conferences are really like parties, and an A-list party is one where A-list people are in attendance. You figure out who are the really important people to invite and get them to show up as speakers or as guests. Then everybody wants to be there. If you don't know who the important people are, you shouldn't be doing a conference. Tim O'Reilly attendanceconferencefigure share on social
A lot of my energy is going to Code for America, Jen Pahlka's non-profit startup. We're doing a lot of great work teaching government how to apply technology and changing the culture of government. Tim O'Reilly americaapplychange Change image and share on social
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 company that helps change the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators. Tim O'Reilly businesschangecompany Change image and share on social
I find that creative streak I think often leads in programmers to be good predictors of where culture as a whole is going to go. And that is where I think I've tried over the years to in some ways use my customers as a filter or a predictor of where technology as a whole is going to go. Or where the world as a whole is going to go. Tim O'Reilly creativeculturecustomer share on social
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 bitebuildchange Change image and share on social
I personally own six or seven thousand books, so I - and I certainly don't want to see them go away. Tim O'Reilly bookpersonallythousand Change image and share on social
Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don't want to run out of gas on your trip, but you're not doing a tour of gas stations. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money. Tim O'Reilly attentiongasolinemoney share on social