It's difficult to imagine the power that you're going to have when so many different sorts of data are available. Tim Berners-Lee More Quotes by Tim Berners-Lee More Quotes From Tim Berners-Lee 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. Tim Berners-Lee legends technology sex People keep asking me what I think of it now that it's done. Hence my protest: The Web is not done! Tim Berners-Lee technology people thinking 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. Tim Berners-Lee rights want people What is a Web year now, about three months? And when people can browse around, discover new things, and download them fast, when we all have agents - then Web years could slip by before human beings can notice. Tim Berners-Lee three people years 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. Tim Berners-Lee html writing people What we believe, endorse, agree with, and depend on is representable and, increasingly, represented on the Web. We all have to ensure that the society we build with the Web is the sort we intend. Tim Berners-Lee society science believe [With AI] Somebody's going to have to think of a completely new algorithm, a new way of doing goal-based planning. Tim Berners-Lee algorithms goal thinking Whatever the device you use for getting your information out, it should be the same information. Tim Berners-Lee information use should 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. Tim Berners-Lee professionalism standards lasts If I had taken a proprietary control of the Web, then it would never have taken off. People only committed their time to it because they knew it was open, shared: that they could help decide what would happen to it next.. and I wouldn't be raking off 10%! Tim Berners-Lee technology taken people That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That was the only thing I insisted upon. Tim Berners-Lee universality clue ideas The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our weblike existence in the world. We clump into families, associations, and companies. Tim Berners-Lee support goal world Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space. Tim Berners-Lee technology space needs It was really hard explaining the Web before people just got used to it because they didn't even have words like click and jump and page. Tim Berners-Lee pages used people I suppose it's amazing when you think how many things people get involved in that don't work. Tim Berners-Lee get-involved people thinking I have built a moat around myself, along with ways over that moat so that people can ask questions. Tim Berners-Lee moats people way 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. Tim Berners-Lee duty able years Cool URIs don't change Tim Berners-Lee dont-change Now, if someone tries to monopolize the Web, for example pushes proprietary variations on network protocols, then that would make me unhappy. Tim Berners-Lee unhappy example trying 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. Tim Berners-Lee communication way thinking
