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Why Tim is the canonical The Conference Organizer
O'Reilly convened the 1998 Freeware Summit that named 'open source,' then built OSCON and the Web 2.0 Conference into the events where entire technology movements were named and made legible. He is the archetype of using conferences as the coordinating infrastructure of a hype cycle.
The The Conference Organizer monetizes the hype directly through events, tickets, and sponsoring. See the role on the 23-role map →
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