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Welcome Jon Bruner to Radar

By Jim Stogdill
August 23, 2012

Where are my manners? Jon Bruner posted his first piece to Radar two weeks ago and I’m just now getting around to welcoming him. Jon joins our Radar team this month from Forbes where he covered the technology of data. …

Help the O’Reilly animals

By Edie Freedman
July 18, 2012

No one needs to be told that the tarsier and the camel are O’Reilly Media icons. So are the llama, the elephant, and the flying fox. And hundreds of other animals. Authors speculate on the significance of the animals chosen …

Cross-platform mobile development is a breeze with C#

By Rachel Roumeliotis
April 6, 2012

Find out why using C# for cross-platform mobile development will take you less time and less code while bringing your apps to a wider audience.

The stories behind a few O'Reilly "classics"

By Tim O'Reilly
February 17, 2012

Tim O'Reilly: "It's amazing to me how books I first published more than 20 years ago are still creating value for readers."

The stories behind a few O'Reilly "classics"

By Tim O'Reilly
February 17, 2012

Tim O'Reilly: "It's amazing to me how books I first published more than 20 years ago are still creating value for readers."

My Thoughts on Codecademy

By Scott Gray
December 29, 2011

Creator and director of the O'Reilly School of Technology, Scott Gray, discusses the state of tech journalism, education, as well as his thoughts on the future and Codeacademy.

Looking for the future? Watch the "crackpots"

By Mac Slocum
October 7, 2011

The future of technology will be shaped by the passion of enthusiasts — this was a central point in a recent discussion between Tim O'Reilly and Charlie Rose.

A student interview gives insight into how OST works.

By Trish Gray
August 22, 2011

Having enrolled in a whopping 19 courses and completed 12 so far, Student of the Month Charles Daly knows a thing or two about the O'Reilly School of Technology. Read on to get a feel of what it's like to be an OST student:

Go inside Google+ with Tim O'Reilly and Bradley Horowitz

By Mac Slocum
August 19, 2011

Join Tim O'Reilly and Google VP of Product Management Bradley Horowitz on August 23 for a free webcast that will go behind Google+ and Google's embrace of social data.

Go inside Google+ with Tim O'Reilly and Bradley Horowitz

By Mac Slocum
August 19, 2011

Join Tim O'Reilly and Google VP of Product Management Bradley Horowitz on August 23 for a free webcast that will go behind Google+ and Google's embrace of social data.

Don't learn recipes, learn how to cook.

By Josh Nutzman
April 26, 2011

Have you ever watched the TV show on the Food Network called "Chopped?" Each episode features four chefs competing for a $10,000 prize for cooking the best meal, comprised of three dishes: an appetizer, an entr�e, and a dessert. One...

A writable API for O'Reilly

By Terry Jones
March 21, 2011

Fluidinfo's new O'Reilly API contains information from O'Reilly, Amazon, Google Books, LibraryThing, and GoodReads. But most importantly, anyone can "write" their own information to the book and author objects.

A writable API for O'Reilly

By Terry Jones
March 21, 2011

"Useractive Learning" Starts Early

By Josh Nutzman
March 17, 2011

One of my first "useractive" learning experiences happened when I was in elementary school, when my class participated in the National Geographic Kids Net acid rain project.: An OST engineer describes an early encounter with "useractive learning."

Interim report card on O'Reilly's IT transformation

By Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D.
February 23, 2011

Implementing O'Reilly's new IT strategy is like swapping out airplane wings mid-flight. We're making considerable change, but at the same time we can't disrupt the services and projects that are already underway.

Developer Week in Review

By James Turner
February 9, 2011

The way things are going, next year's Google I/O will sell out before it opens for registration and Oracle will have managed to alienate every open source developer alive.

What lies ahead: Gov 2.0

By Mac Slocum
December 31, 2010

Tim O'Reilly recently offered his thoughts and predictions for a number of areas we cover here on Radar. In this segment he discusses open government's shift from theory to practice.

What lies ahead: DIY and Make

By Mac Slocum
December 30, 2010

Tim O'Reilly recently offered his thoughts and predictions for a number of areas we cover here on Radar. In this section he looks at the link between do-it-yourself enthusiasm and future businesses.

What lies ahead: Net Neutrality

By Mac Slocum
December 29, 2010

Tim O'Reilly recently offered his thoughts and predictions for a number of areas we cover here on Radar. In this segment he looks at the future of smartphones and he explains why the realities of spectrum capacity will shape net neutrality.

What lies ahead: Publishing

By Mac Slocum
December 28, 2010

Tim O'Reilly recently offered his thoughts and predictions for a number of areas we cover here on Radar. Here he discusses the near-term future of publishing.

What lies ahead: Publishing

By Mac Slocum
December 28, 2010

Tim O'Reilly recently offered his thoughts and predictions for a number of areas we cover here on Radar. Here he discusses the near-term future of publishing.

What lies ahead: Data

By Mac Slocum
December 27, 2010

Tim O'Reilly recently offered his thoughts and predictions for a number of areas we cover here on Radar. First up: the new calculus of data, the rise of predictive analytics, and the importance of sensors.

Join OST on Facebook and Twitter

By Trish Gray
June 11, 2010

Here at the O'Reilly School of Technology, we're always looking for ways to make it easier for busy people to fit valuable career training into their lives. So now that Facebook and Twitter have become ubiquitous, it only makes sense that we utilize these tools for the betterment of our students, alumni, and potential students.

The Story of the O'Reilly School of Technology - Part 2

By Scott Gray
May 17, 2010

In this multi-part series of blog posts, I'd like to tell the story of the O'Reilly School of Technology and the new Make: Mathematics project. This is also a great opportunity for me to explain and justify our overall mission...

The Story of the O'Reilly School of Technology, and the Make Mathematics project - part 1

By Scott Gray
May 4, 2010

In this multi-part series of blog posts, I'd like to tell the story of the O'Reilly School of Technology and the new Make: Mathematics project, which is also an opportunity for me to explain and justify our overall mission and...

Scribd Store a Welcome Addition to Ebook Market (and 650 O'Reilly Titles Included)

By Andrew Savikas
May 18, 2009

The document-sharing site Scribd has launched a new "Scribd Store" selling view and download access to documents and books. As part of the launch, there are now more than 650 O'Reilly ebooks now available for preview and sale in the Scribd store, and all include DRM-free PDF downloads with purchase. (Scribd will soon be adding EPUB as a format, and...

Guess the Book, Episode Two - Back on the Streets of Sebastopol

By Kathryn Barrett
April 6, 2009

This second episode of Guess the Book leads Sara Peyton and her trusty videographer, armed with a copy of Programming ASP.NET 3.5, to the offices of a local newspaper where one willing volunteer attempts to decipher the book's cover. Now it's your turn to help out—which book we should use for our next episode and why?

Why Ugly Teams Win--Scott Berkun's Essay from Beautiful Teams

By Sara Peyton
March 27, 2009

A new book from O'Reilly, Beautiful Teams, takes you behind the scenes with some of the most interesting teams in software engineering history. In a series of entertaining, informative, and thought provoking essays you'll learn about the successes and failures of leading programmers, architects, project managers, and thought leaders. You'll hear the tales from Tim O'Reilly, Cory Doctorow, Andy Lester, and more.

Tim O'Reilly Makes the Argument for Open Publishing--Just Pick the Hat to Fit the Head

By Sara Peyton
February 25, 2009

At TOC, Tim O'Reilly, the founder and CTO of O'Reilly Media, eloquently answered a question posed by Matthew Bernius, the co-director of the Open Publishing Lab at RIT. The question: "Why should publishing be open?" Tim's answer: "We have found through experiments that we can make a living when we give our content away." It's simple, Tim insists. All you have to do is pick the hat to fit the head. Watch the video to learn more.

Calling All O'Reilly Authors--New Twitter Account Just for You

By Sara Peyton
February 18, 2009

Here at O'Reilly we're Twitter converts. Not that we've given up our Facebooking, blogging, emailing, and press releasing, but we're twittering, too. We encourage all our authors to join and participate in Twitter. And, at Tim O'Reilly's suggestion, we've also created a new Twitter group account just for O'Reilly authors. You can view it here--http://twitter.com/oreillyauthors--and find out what some of our authors are up to.

Who are you and why are you here?

By Kurt Cagle
January 17, 2009

I'm going to do something that's just not done. There's this unwritten rule in journalism that when you write, your goal in doing that writing is to be the authority, to ask the hard questions of those who are the experts or the ones with power, to then render these in a compelling story to you, gentle readers, while at the same time never extending beyond the bounds of the page - or in this case the screen - to, well you.

Ignite Boston 5

By Mike Hendrickson
January 13, 2009

Ignite Boston 5 - February 12th @ the Hooley House

O'Reilly Week in Review for December 22, 2008

By James Turner
December 23, 2008

This week's podcast looks back at an interview we ran with physics rapper Katherine McAlpline in the fall, as well as announcing our first podcast quiz winner, and the new quiz question, that can win you your choice of any in print O'Reilly book.

O'Reilly Week in Review for Dec 15th, 2008

By James Turner
December 17, 2008

This week's (delayed) podcast includes excepts of interviews with Dr. Joshua Wurman about storm chasing and Professor Rich Gordon about the adoption of the web by traditional print media. There's also a new quiz question (your chance to win free O'Reilly books!)

Expanding The O'Reilly Forums

By Kurt Cagle
December 13, 2008

Forums have become an integral part of many communities over the years - as a webmaster on a number of different social sites, I found that the sites tended to live or die on the strength of their forums more than on any other component of the site. They provide a way for people to express their feelings, to communicate with one another, to explore deep concepts (and silly ones) and to learn, and as such they often form the vibrant backbone of communities regardless of the subject matter expressed.

The Best of O'Reilly - Now Available in Podcast Form

By James Turner
December 8, 2008

This week's episode includes excerpts of interviews with our JRuby authors and climatologist Andrew Weaver, as well as news of the SCO lawsuit and this week's quiz question. Now, for your listening pleasure, we present "O'Reilly Week in Review", a roundup of the best content from the site, as well as good-natured pokes at the industry and a trivia quiz that can score you your choice of books from the vast O'Reilly catalog.

Interview with Andy Oram: Upcoming Books and Current Trends

By Timothy M. O'Brien
November 23, 2008

This is a brief interview with Andy Oram about the state of the technology publishing market. What are the trends in online publishing, and how does it affect O'Reilly? In this interview, I ask Oram about his views on free books and I ask him to talk about some of the trends he has identified in computing and technology.

Announcing the 2008 O'Reilly Reader Survey

By chromatic
October 28, 2008

We spend a lot of time updating our site, and we spend a lot of time agonizing over which book or article or course to feature where. Yet there's one question we need to ask regularly. How do you find what's most useful and interesting?

Public Service Dept: The Blogger Challange for Public Schools

By Steve Weiss
October 3, 2008

At InsideRIA, we don't make a habit of going off topic, so forgive the quick digression in the name of greater causes: O'Reilly has signed on to the DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge, inviting our readers to join us in supporting a...

Work on Stuff That Matters--Tim O'Reilly @ Web 2.0

By Sara Peyton
September 18, 2008

Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, didn't mince words as he addressed the crowd this morning at Web 2.0 Expo in New York City. As CNET reported today, he said: "You have to conclude, if you look at the focus of a lot of what you call 'Web 2.0,' the relentless focus on advertising-based consumer models, lightweight applications, we may be living in somewhat of a bubble, and I'm not talking about an investment bubble. (It's) a reality bubble." Indeed, in the wake of Wall Street's tumble and anxiety all around, Tim is asking people to think about what they would do differently and to "work on stuff that matters."

Ignite Boston 4, This Thursday

By Mike Hendrickson
September 8, 2008

Ignite Boston 4 is this Thursday at the Hooley House in the Faneuil Hall area of Boston from 6:00 pm until ~10:00.

New iPhoneLive Conference in November

By Raven Zachary
September 4, 2008

Please welcome Raven Zachary, an iPhone maven and the chair for our new conference. He will be blogging on Radar about iPhone and mobile issues. -- Brady I am pleased to announce the launch of a new O'Reilly Media conference focused on the emerging iPhone ecosystem - iPhoneLive. Apple's iPhone is having a profound impact on the mobile telephony and...

Tim O'Reilly Offers Twittering Tips

By Sara Peyton
June 25, 2008

In today’s Santa Rosa Press Democrat story about Twittering, Tim O’Reilly offered some pithy and poetic insights to reporter Nathan Halverson on mini-blogging.