Is Twitter Revolutionizing the Web? - Tim O'Reilly

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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[humanist7117]

He is infected with the "you know" virus.

[EmelinaChaCha]

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?

[leeroynaggins]

Was in Tokyo during the earthquake in March last year.

Twitter was the only way to communicate for many people.

It's much better than email in an emergency situation.

[erikis894]

His answer was a simple "no"

[cutelyaware]

His answer was a simple "no", but then he drove to a much deeper question of what's going on in the larger sense. He says don't worry about Skynet, and I agree. His reason is that people are integral parts of the man/machine hive mind that is being knitted together. The only thing I will add is the observation that the human/computer nodes in the internet function exactly like neurons in a brain. Nuf said.

[DudeWithaPage]

no

it gives justin beiber fans a sick satifacation with knowing what kinda muffin he is eating....

[moushuusati]

He's saying that you people come on to every new little piece of shiny technology that comes your way.

[buzzybeemarketing]

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.

[astilla29]

is there really a need?

[brianahier1]

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...

[dirty1dizzle]

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