If you use the original World Wide Web program, you never see a URL or have to deal with HTML. That was a surprise to me - that people were prepared to painstakingly write HTML.

Quote by Tim Berners Lee

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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...

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,...

In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was...

In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any...

The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any...

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...

Physicists analyze systems. Web scientists, however, can create the systems.

Physicists analyze systems. Web scientists, however, can create the systems.

You affect the world by what you browse.

You affect the world by what you browse.

I think IT projects are about supporting social systems-about communications between people and machines. They...

I think IT projects are about supporting social systems-about communications between people and machines. They...

Compared even to the development of the phone or TV, the Web developed very quickly.

Compared even to the development of the phone or TV, the Web developed very quickly.

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...

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...

Everybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could...

Everybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could...

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,...

The challenge is to manage the Web in an open way-not too much bureaucracy, not...

The challenge is to manage the Web in an open way-not too much bureaucracy, not...