I think IT projects are about supporting social systems-about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues.

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The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives...

The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives...

Whatever the device you use for getting your information out, it should be the same...

Whatever the device you use for getting your information out, it should be the same...

I basically wrote the code and the specs and documentation for how the client and...

I basically wrote the code and the specs and documentation for how the client and...

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to...

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to...

The most important thing that was new was the idea of URI-or URL, that any...

The most important thing that was new was the idea of URI-or URL, that any...

The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing...

The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing...

When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT....

When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT....

If you use the original World Wide Web program, you never see a URL or...

If you use the original World Wide Web program, you never see a URL or...

The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one,...

The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one,...

Customers need to be given control of their own data-not being tied into a certain...

Customers need to be given control of their own data-not being tied into a certain...

Celebrity damages private life.

Celebrity damages private life.

Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space.

Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space.

That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That...

That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That...

What is a Web year now, about three months? And when people can browse around,...

What is a Web year now, about three months? And when people can browse around,...

We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where...

We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where...

The Web is now philosophical engineering. Physics and the Web are both about the relationship...

The Web is now philosophical engineering. Physics and the Web are both about the relationship...

We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media...

We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media...

Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be...

Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be...

We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.

We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.

Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.

Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.