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 Weaving
the Web
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has been hailed
by Time magazine as one of the 100 greatest minds of this century.
His creation has already changed the way people do business, entertain
themselves, exchange ideas, and socialize with one another. With
new online businesses and communities forming every day, the full
impact of Berners-Lee's grand scheme has yet to be fully known.
Berners-Lee's creation was fueled by a highly personal vision of
the Web as a powerful force for social change and individual creativity.
He has never profited personally from the Web but has devoted himself
to its continued growth and health. Now, this low-profile genius
tells his own story of the Web's origins-from its revolutionary
introduction and the creation of the now ubiquitous WWW and HTTP
acronyms to how he sees the future development of this revolutionary
medium. Today, Berners-Lee continues to facilitate the Web's growth
and development as director of the World Wide Web Consortium and
from his position at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science.
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web, is currently the director
of the World Wide Web Consortium, the coordinating body for Web
development, and heoccupies the 3Com Founders chair at the MIT Laboratory
for Computer Science. Recipient of numerous awards, he received
the distinguished MacArthur Fellowship in 1998. He lives in Cambridge,
MA.
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