Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/02/Tim_OReilly_Talks_Web_20
Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, argues that microblogging service Twitter is changing real-time information search in a way that will revolutionize the web. O’Reilly goes on to discuss the impact web search engines like Google have had on shaping human/computer interactivity.
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FORA.tv Studios presents Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, speaking to Blaise Zerega, President and CEO of FORA.tv, about the origins of Web 2.0, the rise of Twitter and the investment that got away.
Tim O’Reilly is the founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. O’Reilly Media also publishes online through the O’Reilly Network and hosts conferences on technology topics, including the O’Reilly Open Source Convention, the O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, and the Web 2.0 Conference. Tim’s blog, the O’Reilly Radar “watches the alpha geeks” to determine emerging technology trends, and serves as a platform for advocacy about issues of importance to the technical community. Tim is on the boards of MySQL, CollabNet, Safari Books Online, Wesabe, and ValuesOfN, and is a partner in O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.
Blaise Zerega comes to FORA.tv from Conde Nast Portfolio where he served as deputy editor and led the magazine’s technology coverage. Prior to holding that position, Zerega was managing editor and played a critical role in the launch of both Portfolio.com and the magazine. Both properties have earned the highest industry honors. Before joining Portfolio, Zerega was the managing editor of WIRED. He helped Wired earn numerous prizes, including a National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2004 and another for the Single-Topic Issue category in 2002. Wired was also named best magazine in America by the Chicago Tribune in 2004. Zerega was also the editor of Red Herring magazine, once the bible of Silicon Valley, and the news editor at Forbes ASAP. Zerega makes frequent media appearances and has been on such programs as Today and The View as well as on NPR and CNN. He graduated from New York University and received his graduate degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin.
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February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
He’s saying that …
He’s saying that you people come on to every new little piece of shiny technology that comes your way.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
I don’t have high …
I don’t have high hopes for Twitter. Its popularity is driven by internet marketers, MLMers and some powerful people out of Silicon Valley. And now the liberal news media is on the band wagon. Twitter isn’t a very advanced idea. A newbie programmer could have put it together.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
is there really a …
is there really a need?
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
Seems strange that …
Seems strange that most of these anti-Twitter comments are from relatively obscure folks that might have nothing important to say anyway. You can say want you want about Mr. O’Reilly’s point of view, but discounting the obvious power of Twitter is silly…
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
If Tim O’ Reilly is …
If Tim O’ Reilly is asking if Twitter has revolutionized the internet i am about to cancel my subscription to SAFARI BOOKS ONLINE.
Twitter is a great function, but that is all. It is nothing more than a FUNCTION A FUNCTION PEOPLE
in NO WAY HAS TWITTER REVOLUTIONIZED THE INTERNET haha
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
I once came upon a …
I once came upon a barrel of fish. At the bottom of the barrel were the stinkiest fish of the group. but then i rolled the barrel to one side & discovered that a man was lying there, talking, talking twittering away, to no-one really. He was the stinkiest . . . no he was the stankiest!
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
Twitter adds to the …
Twitter adds to the information overload and every day’s junk… we could definitely do without… people who don’t like to make efforts writing good stuff are happy using twitter.. it’s fast, it’s easy, it doesn’t require much effort…. But what Tim O’ is saying is interesting and those writing twitter off might want to listen to the whole interview first… In Japan since mobile email came to existence 12 years ago, people have written more short messages than anytime in history.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
Wow just lost so …
Wow just lost so much respect for Tim Oreilly…
new low..
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
Twitter is rubbish, …
Twitter is rubbish, users had to invent the @ and # conventions to make up for its shortcomings and lack of tagging or response mechanisms (which are conventions almost as old as the net!). Its just a poor mans short format messageboard. Whats different is the degree to which it is used, which can only possibly be put down to good PR.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
He is infected with …
He is infected with the “you know” virus.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
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February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
I never could get …
I never could get into Twitter. I guess many people cry for attention.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
I HATE TWITTER. I …
I HATE TWITTER. I made an account and deleated it. Seriously, and Im 22. It’s so plain and theres nothing exciting about it at all.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
I have a lot of …
I have a lot of geek friends who have used the internet for a long time.. not one will touch it. What is the driving force behind twitter? The mainstream media?
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
Psychologically, …
Psychologically, people who say “you know”… do not. It’s a verbal clue. This dude needs to consciously pick a different delay method.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
I’m typically right …
I’m typically right on top of internet trends, but I think twitter is overrated. It’s like updating your facebook status all day, but no one’s watching unless you’re famous or popular. Besides text-to-internet, I don’t understand how it’s revolutionary. YT was a much larger revolution and it didn’t even get a nod.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
It goes one of two …
It goes one of two ways. Either we embrace the speed and condensation of this trendy thing or we face a paradigm shift that retreats from shortening attention spans and conditioning users to becoming little more than soundbite generators.
As a personal preference, I’m choosing the latter, for better or worse.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
Realtime …
Realtime communicaiton will always be relevant.. twitter however is probably just a fad.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
knowledge is power.
knowledge is power.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
I disagree. That’s …
I disagree. That’s the way communication tends to be trending: very short, and very public.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
I think it is to an …
I think it is to an extent, because it’s a peek into little portions of other peoples’ lives.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
to answer the …
to answer the question, no, it is not.
but it is a silly, useless thingy