Occupation: Computer Scientist Birth: June 8, 1955
The story of the growth of the World Wide Web can be measured by the number of Web pages that are published and the number of links between pages. Th….
The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect..
It's time to recognise the internet as a basic human right. That means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring internet packets are delivere….
We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges..
Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make..
The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people..
When you understand things, there's no more magic..
The goal of the Web is to serve humanity. We build it now so that those who come to it later will be able to create things that we cannot ourselves i….
The amount of control you have over somebody if you can monitor internet activity is amazing..
The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect - to help people work together - and not as a technical toy..
I think, in general, it's clear that most bad things come from misunderstanding, and communication is generally the way to resolve misunderstandings ….
The Semantic Web isn't inherently complex. The Semantic Web language, at its heart, is very, very simple. It's just about the relationships between t….
There are billions of neurons in our brains, but what are neurons? Just cells. The brain has no knowledge until connections are made between neurons.….
To be a hacker - when I use the term - is somebody who is creative and does wonderful things..
The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information..
The search button on the browser no longer provides an objective search, but a commercial one..
Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design..
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 do….
If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other..
The internet explodes when somebody has the creativity to look at a piece of data that's put there for one reason and realise they can connect it wit….
The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past..