Thoughts from Tim O Reilly at the Web2.0 Summit in San Francisco this week

Tweets from Tim O'Reilly...

One of the very valuable things you can do on twitter is follow thought leaders on a day to day basis and get a sense for some of the BIG PICTURE things happening in the world.

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 hosts conferences on technology topics, including the Web 2.0 Summit, the Web 2.0 Expo, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, and the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference.

Following are some his latest tweets from the Web 2.0Summit this week in San Francisco - (there is also some great content available from the conference available on line - click here for a sampling)




RT @WebwareWebSum: media & broadcasting companies using Qik, which is compatible with ~75 mobile handsets, for breaking news #web2summit about 10 hours ago from twhirl


Retweeting @jonl: New Worldchanging.com initiative: http://inauguratechange.com/ about 10 hours ago from twhirl


Retweeting @WebwareWebSum: Sungevity wants to help other companies cut 15-40 percent of costs with its platform #web2summit about 10 hours ago from twhirl


Retweeting @ravenme: GoodGuide wins the audience vote in the Web 2.0 Summit LaunchPad. #web2summit about 10 hours ago from twhirl


Post by @monkchips The Hard Work Starts Now http://tinyurl.com/64wuyq is very good. Perspective on the challenges ahead. about 10 hours ago from twhirl


RT @gcolony: The newspaper industry in the U.S. had a market cap of $85 billion five years ago. The cap is now down to less than $5 billion. about 11 hours ago from twhirl


RT @dhinchcliffe: Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook's daily activities are not centered around trying to justify a $15 billion valuation #web2summit about 11 hours ago from twhirl


@tobybot Yep, the Wattzon data is indeed alarming. To really solve the climate problem, we need to replace 80% of our current energy mix. about 11 hours ago from twhirl in reply to tobybot


@enricopulatzo Watts are a constant measure of energy use. Translate our lifestyle into watt equivalents. Gets everything on the same basis. about 15 hours ago from twhirl in reply to enricopulatzo


Saul Griffith: govt uses more energy on our behalf than the average person in the world uses in total. #web2summit about 15 hours ago from twhirl


Saul Griffith: measuring the "embodied energy" in our stuff - wattzon uses wiki style db to build tools to uunderstand this. about 15 hours ago from twhirl


Saul Griffith: land area required for renewables at scale to power current lifestyle would be 7th largest country in the world. #web2summit about 15 hours ago from twhirl


Saul Griffith at #web2summit: Galileo: wattzon.com, how much power do I use in my life? Reducing all our power usage to constant wattage. about 15 hours ago from twhirl


Sorenson: "If we don't have a network, our army won't be able to fight." Asks industry for help in bringing Army up to speed. #web2summit about 16 hours ago from twhirl


Sorenson - botnet attacks in Georgia before the "kinetic attacks" - this is our future. #web2summit about 16 hours ago from twhirl


Sorenson - malware problems as soldiers use facebook etc. on military systems #web2summit about 16 hours ago from twhirl


Sorenson - real time communication/training between 7 Stryker divisions worldwide, use of real-time video, chat #websummit about 16 hours ago from twhirl


Sorenson: "tactical internet" lags commercial internet. Now building Army applications that "get better as people use them." #web2summit about 16 hours ago from twhirl


General Sorenson, CIO of US Army on stage at #web2summit Talking about the challenge of keeping up w new tech capabilities. about 16 hours ago from twhirl

Retweeting @vascellari: @timoreilly on Poor Quality Startups http://www.andreavascellari... #w2e about 19 hours ago from twhirl


Andy Oram's counterargument to the idea that the Internet has changed elections http://tinyurl.com/65ettg Worth keeping in mind. about 19 hours ago from twhirl


What would an energy "moon shot" look like. Compares moon investment to energy. http://snurl.com/56a8h But this is bigger than a moon shot. about 19 hours ago from twhirl


The presidency and the climate challenge. http://snurl.com/56a63 Good image: balloon popping, not bathtub overflowing. about 19 hours ago from twhirl


Meet me and authors of Twitter report at tweetup tonight 6:30-8 House of Shields, 39 Montgomery St, SF, open to all, not just #web2summit about 20 hours ago from twhirl


New O'Reilly Radar report: "Twitter and the Micro-Messaging Revolution http://snurl.com/569ed about 20 hours ago from twhirl


@dahowlett It's actually a different story than the one you're covering. Both important, but not the same. 8:59 PM Nov 5th from twhirl in reply to dahowlett


@dahowlett I'll also point out that I did a talk w/ about 15 Fortune 500 CIOs this AM; they are starting to understand my vision of Web 2.0. 8:58 PM Nov 5th from twhirl in reply to dahowlett


@dahowlett Point here is to get the Web 2.0 crowd to realize there's great demand/opportunity for their skills in other areas. 8:57 PM Nov 5th from twhirl in reply to dahowlett


Retweeting @dhinchcliffe: @techcrunch has a detailed summary of Yang/Battelle's 12 rounds just now. http://bit.ly/tc_yahoo_w2s #web2summit 8:55 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Retweeting @christine: #web2summit John Doerr's 11 tips for surviving the downturn: http://bit.ly/LWlPp 8:52 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


RT @christine: doerr at #web2summit: staple a green card to the diploma foreign nationals graduating with US physical science/eng degrees 8:51 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


RT @precipice: I'm feeling positive about Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff: http://snurl.com/55phf Need a good bad cop. 8:49 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Summary of my opening remarks at #web2summit: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/... Also see great SJ Merc intvw this AM (looking for link) 8:45 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


RT @pahlkadot: to my friends at #web2summit, please come to the charity auction tonight, get tipsy, and blow your bonus on one of the lots. 8:44 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Mary Meeker slides about economy at #web2summit -- available at http://bit.ly/1dRGC (via @albertwenger) 8:27 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


@rafe can you use #web2summit hashtag with @webawaresum? 8:26 PM Nov 5th from twhirl in reply to Rafe


Retweeting @isaac: rt @niubi: "What Obama Means to America's 'Info Ops' | Danger Room from Wired.com" ( http://tinyurl.com/5tq8o7 ) 8:25 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


RT @albertwenger: Larry Brilliant at #web2summit: we need modern equiv of The WELL that supports constructive conversation on impt topics 7:51 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Retweeting @Rafe: Larry Brilliant: Software (and Google) lags the "search for meaning" we have in our lives. #web2summit 7:50 PM Nov 5th from twhirl

Doerr backstage at #web2summit: "Eric Schmidt is moving from being the best technology executive in America to being the best executive. 7:49 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Doerr at #web2summit: Underfunded areas in energy: energy storage, & geothermal. Enough thermal in US to power entire country; 0 investment 7:28 PM Nov 5th from twhirl

@monkchips Thanks for the best wishes on #web2summit. Sorry we'll miss you but so glad that you're hard at work on paying gigs. 7:25 PM Nov 5th from twhirl in reply to monkchips


Doerr at #web2summit: Energy market 6x size of current tech market. Huge opportunities in smart systems for managing energy. 7:23 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


@chrisabad Yes, Obama did successfully transfer "Yes we can" to all of us. Found myself invoking it in new, broader context at #web2summit 7:19 PM Nov 5th from twhirl in reply to chrisabad


Doerr at #web2summit: 80,000 segways on order by USPS; postal union didn't want the productivity improvement!!!! And that was that... 7:16 PM Nov 5th from twhirl

Doerr at #web2summit: why iPhone matters: Device knows who you are, broadband, in your pocket. Ultimately a bigger oppty than the PC. 7:16 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Doerr at #web2summit: Digital and Green each about 30% of total Kleiner investments. 7:14 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Doerr at #web2summit: Forbes is wrong in saying Kleiner no longer doing internet. Just added 2 more partners in that area in fact. 7:14 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Doerr at #web2summit: Advice to startups is really good. Ten great lessons. Will have online tomorrow, I hope. 7:12 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


RT @make: Mini-me Nautilus: This delightfully crazy bugger built a mini-sub 1/10th replica ofNemo's Nautilus http://tinyurl.com/6hqcbr 7:07 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Doerr at #web2summit: At height of dotcom boom, VC funds raised $100B; peak in 2007 only $37B; new commitments in 08, $15-16B, 2009: $10-12B 7:05 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Retweeting @rabble: Really amazing, Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com managed to get obama's % exactly & was 2 tenths of a % off for McCain 7:03 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Doerr at #web2summit: Govt should reinvigorate the original vision of DARPA, funding basic R&D. 7:00 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


John Doerr at #web2summit: Tech advice for Obama: 1) invest way more in clean energy; 2) invest way more in science & tech education! 6:58 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Meeker at #web2summit: Lessons from 2001 tell us that there will be a dip, but the trends are still with us, and growth resumes. 6:38 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


@lukamarinko I think the FCC whitespace win by Google is a huge opportunity for developers and innovators. 6:37 PM Nov 5th from twhirl in reply to lukamarinko


Meeker at #web2summit: Top 10 emerging markets will pass the top 10 developed markets in internet users this year. 6:35 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Meeker at #web2summit: I've never seen such big industry realignment as the moves in mobile after the launch of android. 6:33 PM Nov 5th from twhirl


Mary Meeker at #web2summit: Skype poised to have more users than China Mobile, the largest telco in the world. 6:31 PM Nov 5th from twhirl

Getting ready for opening remarks at Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Why we're still just at the beginning of using the network as platform 4:57 PM Nov 5th from twhirl