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
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?
creative doe use
To be a hacker - when I use the term - is somebody who is creative and does wonderful things.
scientist physicist
Physicists analyze systems. Web scientists, however, can create the systems.
people working-together toys
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.
diversity challenges world
We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.
dream business lunch
Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.
goal humanity able
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 imagine.
people innovation serendipity
Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make.