Tim O'Reilly



Early Life Tim O’Reilly was born in Cork, Ireland in 1954. He and his family moved to California shortly after he was born. O’Reilly found he had a fondness for literature as he grew up. In 1975 he graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. cum laude in Classics. With his new degree, he got a job involved with writing computer user manuals.

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Career
If Tim O’Reilly would have followed his high school’s aptitude test, which told him he should be a priest, things would be very different today then what they are. Tim O’Reilly has become Silicon Valley's leading intellectual in the field of technology and information science. One of his biggest accomplishments he completed, by the age of 24, was founding the growing and profitable publishing company O'Reilly Media in 1978. This 32 year old business has surpassed four recessions and has overcome the decline of printed text (i.e. books). 

In addition to publishing some of the best-selling computer reference books -- published the Missing Manual seriesThe "Missing Manual" series is a 117-volume collection on a variety of topics, varing from: how to manage your money and how to use Windows 7.-- O'Reilly Media organizes more than a dozen large conferences (e.g. Web 2.0 Summit, the Web 2.0 Expo, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, and the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference).

O'Reilly media focuses on other various businesses. These include an online education division, a service for reading books online, a popular magazine called  Make (or MAKE) , and a venture capital firm that invested in Blogger, the most popular blog platform in the world. Tim O'Reilly's importance has been significant in nearly every important technology development of the past three decades. Prior to the release of the Kindle, O'Reilly's company was already involved in the e-book business, more than 20 years in the field; it created the first commercial website; and it was making money off the open-source software movement when software patents were still the rage.

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Contributions '

 Tim O'Reilly contributed the majority of his life to information science and technology, from his college years working with computer manuals to his present life leading O’Reilly Media. Like other information scientists Tim would spend most of his time reading and gathering information, after interpreting certain information O’Reilly would put his results and interpretations into technical writings. [1] 

 In 1978 Tim founded a media company that published books, web sites, and conferences on computers and emerging technology, Tim named the company O’Reilly Media. According to oreilly.com “O’Reilly Media is considered to be the best computer information publishing company in the world” [2] ; it is known for creating the first web portal website and Global Network Navigators which allowed the first clickable advertisements on the net [1]. Not only did O’Reilly Media publish information but they also helped by brainstorming.

 In late 2004 during a conference, Tim thought of a way to revolutionize the World Wide Web. The term Web 2.0 was created and was an idea that would change the internet forever. The idea of Web 2.0 was to allow people to interact through the internet by creating blogs, networking communities, and sharing information [3] . Today social media sites are the most popular types of websites, if it wasn’t for O’Reilly Media and its contributions many of the technologies we see today wouldn’t have existed.

 Tim O’Reilly’s contributions not only changed technology but they changed the world in every aspect: from the way we communicate, travel, and even think. These contributions are important because without them we would still be living in the past, in a sense it enables mankind to do what once they couldn’t. In this world knowledge is power and the spread of information that Tim O’Reilly is giving the world is priceless as quoted “We're entering a new world in which data may be more important than software” [4].

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;"> References

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);"> [1] http://oreilly.com/about/

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);"> [2] http://oreilly.com/oreilly/tim_bio.html

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);"> [3] http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);"> [4] http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/tim_oreilly.html <p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;">edited by Gabrielle Walden-Alves 8:13 pm

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Publications, Patents, and other Intellectual Property '

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Publications: <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Unix Power Tools: 100 by Shelley Powers, Mike Loukides, Jerry Peek and Tim O'Reilly (Feb 9, 2009) <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Windows XP in a Nutshell, Second Edition by David A. Karp, Tim O'Reilly and Troy Mott (Feb 7, 2005) <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Tim O'Reilly in a Nutshell: Collected Writings of the Founder of O'Reilly Media, Inc. by Tim O'Reilly (2004) <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Windows 98 in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) by Tim O'Reilly, Troy Mott and Walter Glenn (Sep 2, 1999)

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Windows 95 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) by Troy Mott and Tim O'Reilly (Jun 8, 1998) <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Using & Managing Uucp (Nutshell Handbook) by Ed Ravin, Dale Dougherty, Grace Todino and Tim O'Reilly (Sep 1996) <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Volume 3: X Window System User's Guide: Standard Edition (X Window System User's Guide Vol. 3) by Tim O'Reilly and Valerie Quercia (Jul 7, 1994)

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Managing Uucp and Usenet by Tim / Todino, Grace O'Reilly (1994)

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">UNIX Power Tools (In a Nutshell) by Mike Loukides, Tim O'Reilly, Jerry Peek and et al. (Mar 13, 1993) <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Volume 4: X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual: Standard Edition (Definitive Guides to the X Window System)by Adrian Nye and Tim O'Reilly (Aug 9, 1992) <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">[http://www.amazon.com/Toolkit-Intrinsics-Programming-Reference-Manuals/dp/0937175587/ref=la_B000APBZHM_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1348432006&sr=1-14 X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming & Reference Manuals, Vols. 4 & 5, Release 4 (Guides to the X Window System) ] by Tim O'Reilly and Adrian Nye (Sep 1, 1990)

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">X Window Sys Users GD by Tim O'Reilly and Valerie Quercia (Jul 1, 1989)

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">DOS Meets Unix: A Departmental Computing Perspective (Nutshell Handbooks) by Dale Dougherty and Tim O'Reilly(Apr 1988) <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Unix Text Processing (Hayden Books UNIX library system) by Tim O'Reilly and D. Dougherty (May 1987) <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Patents & <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Intellectual Property:

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">When it comes to patents and intellectual property, Tim O'Reilly is a huge advocate for more open-source content and less restrictions.In an interview O'Reilly goes on to say, "... <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;"> the biggest negative trend in the technology industry is 'patent trolls' who are having a huge impact on preventing innovation." He says companies are spending their time suing each other for the monetary worth for technology they are not deploying themselves." Overall, he makes every attempt to provide free and open-source information whenever possible. <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Edited by Gabrielle Walden-Alves 6:39pm <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Awards and Recognitions 

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"> Tim O’Reilly has received multiple distinctions and awards for both himself and for projects and companies he’s had a hand in organizing. Examining his biography and his linkedin profile, Tim O’Reilly is particularly proud of a few different awards. Firstly, in 1998, Tim received InfoWorld’s Industry Achievement Award for his advocacy on behalf of the Open Source community [1]. The award, by InfoWorld recognizes those who have achieved important accomplishments in the field of enterprise technology. Being recognized for the momentum behind Linux, for collaborative software development, and reinvigorating the industry, shows how forward looking O’Reilly is. InfoWorld is a self-described leading source of information on emerging enterprise technologies, on explaining how these technologies work, and how to this technology can be used to drive their business [2].

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">In 2005, Tim O’Reilly was recognized by EContent magazine by being included on their EContent 100 in recognition of online information services [3]. EContent magazine focuses on marketing, digital publishing, and media, and targets executives and similar decision makers. The EContent 100 is a list of the top 100 companies that matter most in the digital conent industry which gives an interesting representation of the industry through the companies that make it work.[4] Being mentioned as one of these innovative companies shows that Tim O’Reilly has continuously been on the forefront of future ideas and has remained relevant with the development of the rapidly changing Information Sciences field. While the field is rapidly and constantly changing, Tim O’Reilly, as has been shown through these awards, remains on the forefront of innovation and remains firmly in the field. <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Critical Analysis and Interpretation '

<p style="margin:4.8pt0in6pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Tim O'Rielly is referred to by many as the 'Oracle of Silicon Valley', for his uncanny way of predicting the flow of technological innovation. His company, which started as a tech manual publisher, had gotten into e-books long before the Kindle was ever conceived as an idea. He is generally regarded with great reverence by the media because of his insightfulness about technology and web media as whole. Part of what makes him such a great author and speaker, and also another reason that the media loves him, is his ability to speak plainly about advanced technological concepts. Through the use of metaphors and analogies he is able to weave an image in the minds of his listeners.

<p style="margin:4.8pt0in6pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">In 1992 Tim O'Reilly published "The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog", one of the first books about the internet to gain mass popularity. It was eventually chosen by the New York Public Library to be listed as one of the most intellectually significant books of the 20th century. Later in 1999, Tim received the Industry Achievement Award from Infoworld, one of the foremost leaders in IT informational resources for professionals and decision-makers. He was given this award for his involvement and advocacy to help the open-source movement gain recognition. Google CEO Eric Schmidt is quoted as saying "Tim really can make a whole industry happen." in reference to his influence in popularizing the World Wide Web.

<p style="margin:4.8pt0in6pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">As a whole, the media regards Tim O’Reilly with much due gravity, in no small part because of his ability to make or break innovations in the virtual realm of the web. Those who have met him speak of him in almost a prophetic sense, which isn’t too far from the actual reality that is Tim O’Reilly. [6]

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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Application to IT or ITC Professionals '

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">​ As a technology related major in school there is a high possibility you will have to read a book by Tim O'Reilly or purchase one from O'Reilly Media's website either for a future jobs or class. As a CEO for a company that delivers the oppurtunity for others to learn from ebooks to tech conferences, he is extremely important for anybody pursuing a career in the technology field. In 2007 he opens O'Reilly School of Technology which is an accredited online learning campus for aspiring IT professionals.

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Tim O'Reilly is a big supporter for the free software and open source movements; therefore, making him a big reason why more job oppurtunities and flow of creativity in the programming world are rapidly progressing. More feats completed by O'Reilly include hosting the very first Web 2.0 conference with his company alongside John Battelle and MediaLive. To understand the significance of Web 2.0 refer to Web 2.0's wiki page. Another conference was the "Where" conference where location services were discussed and Google Maps was introduced. Focusing on the future, the O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference gathers every year to announce successful new business models, cutting edge technologies, unsurpassed digital design techniques, and what to do in order to map the future of the industry. <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Tim O'Reilly thrives off having collaborations of other IT professionals working together to expand knowledge and create something intriguing. <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">References '

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">[1] http://oreilly.com/pub/pr/651

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">[2] http://www.infoworld.com/about

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">[3] http://oreilly.com/pub/pr/1478

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">[4] http://www.econtentmag.com/Previous_EContent100_Winners

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">[5] http://thenextweb.com/video/2011/10/21/tim-oreilly-says-patent-trolls-could-be-the-end-of-silicon-valley/

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">[6] http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100501/the-oracle-of-silicon-valley.html

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">http://oreilly.com/tim/personal_bio.csp

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-oreilly

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">http://oreilly.com/about/