Creation of the Web

[dejai]

I stumbled across an interesting question posted by the, "Taiwan's Commonwealth magazine" before the turn of the millennium and I thought I might share it with you. Take note that the question is directed at the founder of the, "Web" Berners Lee.

Original Source: http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html#Internet
Q: What did you have in mind when you first developed the Web?

From A Short Personal History of the Web:

A: The dream behind the Web is of a common information space in which we communicate by sharing information. Its universality is essential: the fact that a hypertext link can point to anything, be it personal, local or global, be it draft or highly polished. There was a second part of the dream, too, dependent on the Web being so generally used that it became a realistic mirror (or in fact the primary embodiment) of the ways in which we work and play and socialize. That was that once the state of our interactions was on line, we could then use computers to help us analyze it, make sense of what we are doing, where we individually fit in, and how we can better work together.

Its quite interesting how "Spot on" he really was when you think directly in terms of the "Web" and not the "Internet". Its brings a sense of realism to the table when you think it took 2 men to create the internet and only 1 to create the web. (Where create is pure innovation and not necessarily functionality).

If you have found any interesting sources on the development of the internet or the web I would really enjoy if you shared them with the rest of the community and myself.

Thanks.