Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee
Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee OM KBE FRS FREng FRSA FBCS, also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. He made a proposal for an information management system in March 1989, and he implemented the first successful communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocolclient and server via the Internet sometime around mid-November of that same year...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth8 June 1955
should-have ideas important
The most important thing that was new was the idea of URI-or URL, that any piece of information anywhere should have an identifier, which will allow you to get hold of it.
creative doe wonderful
A hacker to me is someone creative who does wonderful things.
space giving over-you
The more you enter, the more you become locked in. Your social-networking site becomes a central platform - a closed silo of content, and one that does not give you full control over your information in it. The more this kind of architecture gains widespread use, the more the Web becomes fragmented, and the less we enjoy a single, universal information space.
freedom mean political
It's time to recognise the Internet as a basic human right, that means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring Internet packets are delivered without commercial or political discrimination, and protecting the privacy and freedom of Web users regardless of where they live.
internet ifs values
When you go onto the internet, if you really rummage around randomly then how do you hope to find something of any of value?
usa people net-neutrality
When I invented the web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA.
science proposal invention
WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project
rights people want
As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web we want.
goal support world
The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our web-like existence in the world . We clump into family , association, and companies.
communication thinking way
I think in general it's clear that most bad things come from misunderstanding, and communication is generally the way to resolve misunderstandings, and the Web's a form of communications, so it generally should be good.
unhappy trying example
Now, if someone tries to monopolize the Web, for example pushes proprietary variations on network protocols, then that would make me unhappy.
dont-change
Cool URIs don't change
years able duty
It is the the duty of a Webmaster to allocate URIs which you will be able to stand by in 2 years, in 20 years, in 200 years.
sex technology legends
Legend has it that every new technology is first used for something related to sex or pornography. That seems to be the way of humankind.