On its 20th birthday, the creator of the World Wide Web explains what the future holds
Howard Lake | 14 March 2009 | Blogs
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!.
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.
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.