In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was very difficult to know what you could put in a Web page and reliably have most of your readership see it.

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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...

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...

You affect the world by what you browse.

You affect the world by what you browse.

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...

Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable.

Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable.

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...

The important thing is the diversity available on the Web.

The important thing is the diversity available on the Web.

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,...

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...

Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex...

Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex...

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

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

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

IT professionals have a responsibility to understand the use of standards and the importance of...

IT professionals have a responsibility to understand the use of standards and the importance of...

The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is...

The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is...

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...