When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last.

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as...

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as...

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 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 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...

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...