Tim Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee is a name unfamiliar to most. He is the inventor of perhaps one of the greatest innovations of our time that we use frequently and on a daily basis; the World Wide Web (Internet). When Tim Berners-Lee first visualized the concept of the World Wide Web, he had a pretty solid plan for how he wanted it to work. His vision for social change and individual creativity far exceeded his own expectations. Berners-Lee’s overall intention for the development of the Web was to advance technology, change the way people do business, interact, socialize, entertain themselves, and exchange ideas. In the time since the evolution of the web, Berners-Lee has remained close to his brainchild by continuing to facilitate the Web’s growth and development. In his book, “Weaving the Web”, Berners-Lee recounts the journey that got his idea from mere thought to become a reality. Computer geniuses are sometimes referred to as computer geeks and “Weaving the Web” reads like that of a computer geek who is either incredibly humble about his contribution to society in the invention of the Web, or he is so intelligent that it is just another day in a job’s work…

The internet cannot win a Nobel Peace Prize, nor should it be able to. However the man who engineered the most impactful part of it, the World Wide Web, referred to hereafter as “the web”, can and should. The web opened up vast opportunities that the world would not be the same without, the possibilities that it has created is endless. With this development Tim Berners-Lee significantly changed the way the world interacts, works, and helps each other. As such, due to his creation and what it…

The Internet is used everyday by numerous people around the world, but few know the origin of the Internet. The Internet today has evolved from the original design of the ARPANET in the late 1960’s by the Department of Defense, which was created to share information from server to server, to the World Wide Web created in 1990 by Tim Berners-Lee which also shares information from server to server but allows the user to only use one program instead of switching programs to gain information from…

This age bracket has been brought up and surrounded with technology understanding it in ways that others cannot. This data can be interacted with another case study completed by Forbes in 2014 showed that on average most people currently only trust 1 person in their lives. This can be compared to the same study that was completed by Forbes 25 years ago where, on average, candidates said that they trusted 3 people. So what has changed over the past 25 years to drastically decrease these numbers?…

the freedom of speech. In order to answer such questions, a correct internet governance model need to be decided and implement. According to Dr. Lawrence B. Solum, “the optimal system of governance is a combination of regulation by transnational institutions, respect for the architecture that creates transparency, national regulation, and markets (Solum, 2008).” I support Multi-stakeholder Model as it allows civil society, businesses, civil society, governments, research institutions and…

The essay ‘The case of The Telegraph’ by James W. Carey, is part of his anthology entitled ‘Communication as Culture: Essays on Media and Society' (Carey, 1989). The novel was written in 1989 when the internet and other forms of technology were becoming fully integrated into society. Carey wrote the book because he felt the need to understand the origin of technology to better comprehend the relevant trajectories at the time (Carey, 1989). In the book, and more specifically the article ‘The case…

The protocol for the internet, the current one is ip6 which allows for 128^2 ip addresses for us to use, was developed by several people at cern Switzerland. Even though it might be the newest protocol being used it’s not the most common and it’s quite old. Ip4 is used by 94 percent of networks and computers as of now and ip6 was developed all the way back in 1998 with a mobile revision in 2004. Berners lee is considered the father of the world wide web and he created it actually just for…

Vint Cerf is a living legend and evangelist for Google. Briefly comment on his speech based on your readings in this Unit After reading his biography, his nickname of a “living legend” is right on the money; Cerf has accomplished so much in benefit of the telecommunication and internet fields that is really hard to keep track. While reading his speech, there is one thing that he says that I could no agree more “the internet has evolved and adapted new transmission technology”. Thanks to Vint…

his stories in public speaking (Burton 0:5:35). It is only with the inevitable death of his father that finally forces William to make some effort to repair the damage his relationship with his father has suffered with throughout the three years that they have gone not speaking to one another. While both Burton and Wallace’s William attempt to reconcile with his dying father, the motives to achieve this is different from Daniel Wallace to Tim Burton. In the novel, Wallace uses William’s attempt…

Tim Burton’s beautifully haunting production of ‘Edward Scissorhands’ introduces our protagonist, represented by Johnny Depp, and explores the fictional story of this solitary boy with an unfortunate seemingly threatening oddity, being thrust into a world where he is glaringly blatant in the midst of the suburbs. Despite his intimidating exterior, it is almost immediately exposed that Edward is just an innocent, childlike soul, intent on serving others. The purpose of this film was to delve into…