183 Quotes by Tim Berners-Lee

WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project.

Imagine that everything you are typing is being read by the person you are applying to for your first job. Imagine that it’s all going to be seen by your parents and your grandparents and your grandchildren as well.

To be a hacker – when I use the term – is somebody who is creative and does wonderful things.

The nice thing about programming at the RDF level is that you can just say, I’ll ask for all the books. You can ask for all the shelves. You can ask for a given shelf whether a book was on it. And you’re not worrying so much about the underlying syntax.

Innovation is serendipity, so you don’t know what people will make.

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.

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.

The Google algorithm was a significant development. I’ve had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website.

I think IT projects are about supporting social systems – about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues.