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Date Published
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Kyle Kelly-Yahner
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273
Language
English
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Summary

TwilioCon is pleased to announce that Tim O'Reilly, a renowned entrepreneur and advocate for open source, will be a keynote speaker at the event. As the founder of O'Reilly Media, which published technical guides with animal faces to obscure languages, O'Reilly has adopted the motto "create more value than you capture." He is known for fighting against patents that stifle developer creativity, organizing the Open Source Convention, and investing in startups that promote open software. Now, he focuses on using digital publishing platforms to communicate data and harness collective intelligence. As a supporter of Code For America, O'Reilly works with civic-minded developers to empower their projects and guide them towards change.