Weaving The Web: Summary and book reviews of Weaving The Web by Tim Berners-Lee, plus links to an excerpt from Weaving The Web and a biography of Tim Berners-Lee.
Weaving The Web The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web by its Inventor
by Tim Berners-Lee
Hardcover: Sep 1999,
226 pages.
Paperback: Sep 2000,
255 pages.
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.
Berners-Lee offers insights to help readers understand the true nature
of the Web, enabling them to use it to their fullest advantage. He shares
his views on such critical issues as censorship, privacy, the increasing
power of software companies in the online world, and the need to find the
ideal balance between the commercial and social forces on the Web. His
incisive criticism of the Web's current state makes clear that there is
still much work to be done. Finally, Berners-Lee presents his own plan for
the Web's future, one that calls for the active support and participation
of programmers, computer manufacturers, and social organizations to make
it happen.
His vision of the Web is something much more than a tool for research
or communication; it is a new way of thinking and a means to greater
freedom and social growth than ever before possible.
PC Week
Tim Berners-Lee forever transformed the global
business and computing model with the creation of the World Wide
Web.
Kirkus Reviews
Weaving the Web is unique because it was written by Tim Berners-Lee,
who created the Web and is now steering it along exciting future
directions. No one else can claim that. And no one else can write
this--the true story of the Web.
Lew Wilks, President, Internet & Multimedia Markets, Qwest
Anyone who needs to understand the most fundamental
change in society since the Industrial Revolution must read Weaving the
Web. It is the definitive book on where the Internet has been and where it
is going by the person most responsible for its creation.
Jeff Papows, President and CEO, Lotus Development Corp.
Tim Berners-Lee is the most qualified person on the
planet to chronicle the Web. With the introspection and concern only a
parent can truly express, he reaches beyond the common soundbytes of our
industry to define how the Web is dramatically impacting the very course
of humanity.
Alan Baratz, Ph.D., President, Java Software, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Only one individual has the authority and unique
perspective to document the creation and evolution of the World Wide Web.
Tim Berners-Lee recounts with indisputable clarity and candor how it all
really happened the politics involved in bringing his model to life at
the CERN physics lab, the infamous browser wars, the integration of Java
technology, the creation of W3C and more.
Jeff Papows, President and CEO, Lotus Development Corp.
Tim Berners-Lee is the most qualified person on the
planet to chronicle the Web. With the introspection and concern only a
parent can truly express, he reaches beyond the common soundbytes of our
industry to define how the Web is dramatically impacting the very course
of humanity.
Alan Baratz, Ph.D., President, Java Software, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Only one individual has the authority and unique
perspective to document the creation and evolution of the World Wide Web.
Tim Berners-Lee recounts with indisputable clarity and candor how it all
really happened the politics involved in bringing his model to life at
the CERN physics lab, the infamous browser wars, the integration of Java
technology, the creation of W3C and more.
Michael Dertouzos, Director, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
A compelling combination of techno-history and
visionary philosophy.
Laugh and sob as you read about the information age economy's new dominant class.
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Lew Wilks, President, Internet & Multimedia Markets, Qwest
