In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was very difficult to know what you could put in a Web page and reliably have most of your readership see it.

Physicists analyse systems. Web scientists, however, can create the systems.

The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information.

The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect - to help people work together - and not as a technical toy.

The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation.

If I had taken a proprietary control of the Web, then it would never have taken off. People only committed their time to it because they knew it was open, shared: that they could help decide what would happen to it next.. and I wouldn't be raking off 10%!

AI is not just heading for our industry, it will radically change the machinery we use in marketing.