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.

In many ways, people growing up with the Web and now the Semantic Web take the power at their fingertips for granted.

Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.

I'm an optimist about humanity in general, I suppose.

I think IT projects are about supporting social systems - about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues.

When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last.

When you understand things, there's no more magic.