So I have a blog

Submitted by timbl on Mon, 2005-12-12 14:52. ::

In 1989 one of the main objectives of the WWW was to be a space for sharing information. It seemed evident that it should be a space in which anyone could be creative, to which anyone could contribute. The first browser was actually a browser/editor, which allowed one to edit any page, and save it back to the web if one had access rights.

Strangely enough, the web took off very much as a publishing medium, in which people edited offline. Bizarely, they were prepared to edit the funny angle brackets of HTML source, and didn't demand a what you see is what you get editor. WWW was soon full of lots of interesting stuff, but not a space for communal design, for discource through communal authorship.

Now in 2005, we have blogs and wikis, and the fact that they are so popular makes me feel I wasn't crazy to think people needed a creative space. In the mean time, I have had the luxury of having a web site which I have write access, and I've used tools like Amaya and Nvu which allow direct editing of web pages. With these, I haven't felt the urge to blog with blogging tools. Effectively my blog has been the Design Issues series of technical articles.

That said, it is nice to have a machine to the administrative work of handling the navigation bars and comment buttons and so on, and it is nice to edit in a mode in which you can to limited damage to the site. So I am going to try this blog thing using blog tools. So this is for all the people who have been saying I ought to have a blog.

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Submitted by Groonk (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 16:26.

I too look forward to hearing more of your thoughts and ideas.

Submitted by Narref (RecursTeca) (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 16:17.

In extensive and increasing use a network as the present Internet, we are many the users who we hoped to know the directions experts who as you, can facilitate the understanding and the pursuit day to day of the great network. From my modest position of blogger, I have added in my blog announced of the appearance of your blog and the translation of your first post to the Spanish language ( First post of Tim Berners-Lee .

Congratulations in your new adventure

Narref.

Submitted by Rafael Slonik (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 15:48.

Thank You for the WWW. Without it I wouldn't live.

Submitted by Mike Schnoor (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 15:28.

Thanks for your work! Now let's see how you'll interact with all the junk coming from social blogs, social networks, social software and the whole good load from web 2.0 ;) Tough luck on that!

Submitted by Kingsley Idehen (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 15:19.

Tim,

Nice to see your DataSpace initialization. Next step, SPARQL access to the triples in your DataSpace :-)

Submitted by TheCric (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 15:14.

Because of your work, so many people can work together, so many people have discover each other than you open a new world of communication between people.

With YOUR WWW we have got messengers + Internet games + webmails + free videos + P2P + wiki(pedias or not) and now blogs and IPPhones -- woo I forgot we 've got Works too ;-)

All that together help people to discover them and many people from many countries have discover they can love each others.

Blogs are a natural child of www, remember how useful blogs were with tsunami and katrina.

Because of you, we have probably a more united planet and many children wouldn't be there if you didn't have done your work.

Thank you very very very much Sir Tim Berners-lee

Merry Christmas and Happy new Year

Submitted by OldieGal (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 15:11.

Thank you for creating a blog. I hope you will take frequent moments to let us in the wide world know what you're doing with your time now that you've become famous -- and I hope you became richer, too!

Amazing that such small little impulses have created such a huge explosion!

--A Fan.
Mesa, Arizona, USA

Submitted by Paul (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 14:57.

Should be a very interesting read!

Did you ever think back in the day that the web would make it this far? How has the focus of the web differed from what you had first invisioned?

Anyway, thanks for blogging, I've subscribed to the feed!

Submitted by Alex (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 14:31.

Thanks for all the good work and have a nice 2006!

Submitted by Jeebs (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 14:08.

Keep me posted!

Submitted by Riad (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 14:03.

Thank you for creating the Web as we know it today!
Keep on the good job with the W3C

Submitted by Phil Hunt (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 13:48.

This web thing, it'll never catch on...

Submitted by Jonathan D. (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 13:08.

Welcome to the world of blogging, it's truly revolutionized the industry of the Internet, in my opinion. I spend more time writing in blogs than I do actually reading them, but overall you'll find them useful I think.

Submitted by Rich (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 12:52.

Because of your work, I work with former soviet scientists to design and share online training schedules for athletes throughout the world. People are people regardless of where they are located; with dreams and the inner quest for knowledge. 20 years ago this would have been impossible. Even though the geopolitics would have still gone the way they had, the net has allowed us to be more than non combatants..we have become friends.

Thanks for that and more...

Submitted by RB (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 12:43.

*Blogosphere*

Submitted by Michael (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 12:40.

That, looking back, there was any doubt about the potential here - truly amazing.

Submitted by Eachran Gilmour (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 12:26.

Thanks for making the world a more open space.

I thought that the WTO would be a good start for transforming the process of government at least across national borders. I quite like the idea of using the secretariat of the WTO as the centre for a Wikipedia of trade - a sort of open source world government at least for a very specific and complicated issue which needs many brains to provide a solution.

Good luck.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 12:17.

But I thought Al Gore invented the internet ...

Submitted by Sudhakar (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 12:05.

Welcome to Web 2.0 tim :-) Merry Christmas.

Submitted by Derek Martin (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 11:44.

Thanks for the job, Tim. My industry (web development) didn't even exist until you came along. Computers bored me until the web came about. Now I have a job I enjoy. Fast functionality. I look forward to reading your thoughts...

Submitted by mark rush (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 11:04.

Im looking forwards to web2.0 - i read somewhere (ages ago) that wiki's were the original concept for websites and that the content supposed to be edited online etc?? - lets hope google and MS dont spoil it for everyone...

Submitted by MisterACE (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 10:32.

Tim you have made life better, what more can you contribute.

Have a Merry Christmas!

Submitted by Siegfried (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 10:26.

Hi,
thanks for Web1 and welcome to Web2. Have fun and let us participate in what you're thinking.

Submitted by Kiffin (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 10:22.

Welcome to the club of blogging folks around the world. I look forward to reading your entries, and I hope that you will remain inspired by interacting with us, through exchanging thoughts about whatever comes to mind, etc.

Submitted by CarloS (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 10:20.

Tim, It takes two steps to get addictive to blogging !

goodluck !

CarloS

Submitted by J Smyth (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 10:17.

.. to have the opportunity to read your blog.

Welcome to the blogging community, Tim!

I believe I went to the same school as you in Battersea Rise(Emanuel School), although you were a few years ahead.

Submitted by Michael Schwarz (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 10:06.

Dear Mr. Tim,

I am so thankful to you, that words can't express it. I thank you so much for what you've done!

Welcome to the bloggers and my the queen soon make you a Knigth, if possible!

The Very Best Regards
Mike

Submitted by Catch (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 10:05.

You think it'll catch on, that 'Internet'-thing?

Submitted by Paul van Voorst (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 09:57.

Mr Berners-Lee,

You own my respect and gratitude. Thanks to your hard labour and persistance we have a magnificent web and together with other standards an easy to use enviroment. Thank you!

Have a joyfull Christmas and a happy 2006!

Submitted by Sinéad (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 09:18.

Dear TBL,

Loving your work, Tim, many thanks for having the vision to create such a wonderful tool.

Sinéad

Submitted by David Petherick (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 09:03.

Tim, you can probably see from the response here that a 'proper' blog is a format people can relate to - looking at Design Issues, although the content is gold dust, it has no context or reference points surrounding it, and so clicking the link is a "shot in the dark".

It's an honour to be able to be in touch with you!

Submitted by Duncan (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 08:58.

Tanks to you I have a job

Many thanks & much respect.

Submitted by Richard (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 08:57.

I was blogging before TBL! Actually, to be only 421st commenter on this post is one of the highlights of my year...

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 08:56.

Thnx 4 the www, i don't knowww wwwhat do wwwithout it.

Submitted by guy barsheshet (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 08:48.

just another thank you

Submitted by George (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 08:39.

Words can't express your significance. Thank you.

Submitted by caser (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 08:35.

www is a great idea:)

Submitted by domain (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 08:34.

--
So this is for all the people who have been saying I ought to have a blog
--
hi Timbl,

yes, now you can say:

this is my car
this is my home
and
this is my blog :-)

best Regards
domain

Submitted by Zhasper (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 08:24.

I'd say "welcome!", but it just doesn't feel right, even as irony.

I can definitely say "Thanks!" though :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 08:22.

Ya era hora y muchas gracias por tan maravillosa idea. Internet también habla en Español.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 08:09.

Welcome to the 'sphere! :)

Submitted by David Foster (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 07:25.

Not sure if you really read this but get back in touch sometime! Merry Christmas! Cheers David.

Submitted by shaunytwo (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 07:24.

As with everyone else here, we want, nay, demand more!
more of your thoughts, more history and more speed and are you going to allow us to see into the future with you?

Submitted by sureshot (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 07:20.

Nice to have such an icon in the blogosphere. :o)

Submitted by barosl (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 06:45.

Thank you for your inviting to the Web!
I'm really not good at English. Sorry for posting so little. :-)

Submitted by Al (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 06:27.

Hello Tim,

I'm pretty sure you know very well that the www is the greatest technological creation in modern history. Although I suppose somebody else would have invented it earlier or later if you hadn't, I just wanted to say thank you for having done such incredible pioneer work on a sector that has changed the lives of us all.

Yours truly,
Albert Moeller

Submitted by SoloGen (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 06:17.

Hi! (:
Welcome to the blogosphere granddaddy! (: I like to hear more about your thoughts about blogs, wikis, and etc.

Submitted by Piero Fissore (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 06:13.

So, a direct way to say something to sir Tim...

Too much words, too much feelings, really too much. I don't know if "thank you" can reassumes, but this is the only thing that comes out of my mind right now that can join the whole.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Please, don't stop!

Best wishes,
Piero.

Submitted by Oliver (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 06:12.

Tim - Thanks so much for the net...

You have saved me from a life of scanning items in the supermarket...

Submitted by Ricardo Duarte (not verified) (%c) on Mon, 2005-12-19 05:56.

Mr. Tim,

Thank you so much for the www. It changed our lives forever and you are most responsible for that.

Best regards,

Ricardo Duarte