March 13th, 2009
The Web turns 20
It’s hard to believe that just 20 years ago the Worldwide Web was merely a diagram. Sir Tim Berners Lee created a wonkish document dubbed “Information Management: A proposal”and created the infrastructure a lot of us depend on to a make a living.
This was the Web 20 years ago:
Also see: Gallery: The World Wide Web hits 20
Today, it’s our conduit to the world. Charles Cooper and Marshall Kirkpatrick have fine odes to Berners Lee and the Web. I’d just like to say that I’m thankful for the Web.
Here’s a video outlining the next evolution of the Web courtesy of TED:
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