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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

The important thing is the diversity available on the Web.

The important thing is the diversity available on the Web.

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.

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...

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...

Web pages are designed for people. For the Semantic Web, we need to look at...

Web pages are designed for people. For the Semantic Web, we need to look at...

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...

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 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 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,...

Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it...

Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it...

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...

One of the greatest titles we can have is old friend. Today is the day...

One of the greatest titles we can have is old friend. Today is the day...