Tim O'Reilly is well-known as publisher of some of the best computer books in the world. But there is much more to O'Reilly Media.

"O'Reilly conferences and summits bring alpha geeks and forward-thinking business leaders together to shape the revolutionary ideas that spark new industries. From the Internet to XML, open source, .NET, Java, and web services, O'Reilly puts technologies on the map."

In this interview, Tim talks about the first books he published, open source, user groups, the classics and why he has those weird animals on the book covers.