# On its 20th birthday, the creator of the World Wide Web explains what the future holds

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/03/14/its-20th-birthday-creator-world-wide-web-explains-what-future-holds/
- Published: 2009-03-14T07:15:46+00:00
- Author: Bryan Miller

March 13th was apparently the 20th birthday of the World Wide Web! So, why not celebrate
this great day by taking a little time to stretch your thinking about the Web just
a bit – by watching the great video in the link below, in which Tim Berners-Lee 
explains how he invented the World Wide Web and sheds some light on how he believes
his brainchild will evolve in the future.

 

In this short talk, Berners-Lee explains how the World Wide Web all began because
he wanted to refine the way we use information and work together – and, apparently,
because his boss humoured him and agreed that he could spend time on it on the side
as a “play project”. All bosses with bright staff – take note!.

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It goes without saying that this particular play project ended-up revolutionising
our lives through the way the Web links documents together online. But this is just
the beginning. The future, Berners-Lee explains, will comprise evolving from the
current ‘linked documents’ approach to a ‘linked data’ approach. This is the next
revolution – and understanding what this means will be key to your online fundraising
and marketing activities in the future.

 

[Click here to read-on at Giving in a Digital World…](http://givinginadigitalworld.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/on-its-20th-birthday-the-creator-of-the-world-wide-web-explains-why-its-future-is-in-shifting-from-linked-documents-to-linked-data/)

 

 

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