tag:,2008:/1/tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945- 2008-09-24T12:24:40Z Comments for Happy Birthday World Wide Web! Movable Type 4.1 tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945 2006-08-06T21:02:37Z 2007-12-16T23:16:11Z Happy Birthday World Wide Web! 15 years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee publicly released his WWW project onto the Internet. According to Wikipedia: "On August 6, 1991, he [TBL] posted a short summary of the World Wide Web project on the alt.hypertext newsgroup. This date also marked the debut of the Web as a publicly available service on the Internet." As... Richard MacManus http://www.readwriteweb.com original WWW logo15 years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee publicly released his WWW project onto the Internet. According to Wikipedia:

"On August 6, 1991, he [TBL] posted a short summary of the World Wide Web project on the alt.hypertext newsgroup. This date also marked the debut of the Web as a publicly available service on the Internet."

As the Wikipedia states, this was the point when hypertext was married to the Internet.

The original alt.hypertext posting is still available, thanks to Google Groups:

"The WWW project merges the techniques of information retrieval and hypertext to make an easy but powerful global information system."

Also note that Berners-Lee made available the first Web browser - "prototype (very alpha test) simple line mode browser" - and the first hypertext editor. For, you know, reading and writing on the Web ;-)

Via Alex and Justin and Jeremy, who points to a BBC timeline.

]]> tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38191 Comment from kedaar on 2006-08-07 kedaar http://kedaar.blogspot.com yo man

Long live WWW

]]> 2006-08-07T10:31:53Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38192 Comment from Ivan Minic on 2006-08-07 Ivan Minic http://www.burek.co.yu :) I've been online half that time :D

]]> 2006-08-07T10:54:44Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38193 Comment from Nick on 2006-08-07 Nick This WWW thing seems lame. I don't think it's going to catch on.

]]> 2006-08-07T12:21:04Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38194 Comment from Walter Stevenson on 2006-08-07 Walter Stevenson http://www.walterstevenson.com This should be a national holiday. No joke.

]]> 2006-08-07T13:44:07Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38195 Comment from julie on 2006-08-07 julie very good news indeed.

]]> 2006-08-07T13:53:56Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38196 Comment from digitalsista on 2006-08-07 digitalsista I have been online for 13 years thanks to Mr. Lee

]]> 2006-08-07T13:57:50Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38197 Comment from Dave on 2006-08-07 Dave http://www.big-yoy.co.uk/spreadsheets/holiday/index.php respect! look how big this new internet thing has become

]]> 2006-08-07T14:00:16Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38198 Comment from cassio on 2006-08-07 cassio http://www.cassiodorus.com Yes, and before that there was, in 1960, Ted Nelson and Project Xanadu, and in 1962, Marshall McLuhan and "The Gutenberg Galaxy" (still in print and still a fascinating read).

We are still dealing with issues that Nelson and McLuhan discussed. Forty years ... technology takes time to become absorbed into culture.

]]> 2006-08-07T14:11:56Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38199 Comment from Captain Jason on 2006-08-07 Captain Jason I kinda miss the old BBS's though...

]]> 2006-08-07T14:11:58Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38200 Comment from world wide suckers on 2006-08-07 world wide suckers dont u just hate the way that internet has taken over our daily lives, i hate it and i wish it was dead. die internet! die!

]]> 2006-08-07T14:22:05Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38201 Comment from Ian Monroe on 2006-08-07 Ian Monroe http://www.monroe.nu Gopher pwns HTTP.

;)

]]> 2006-08-07T14:24:11Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38202 Comment from ihatetheinternet on 2006-08-07 ihatetheinternet oh my god, the web is such a fucking USELESS tool, i cant understand why you people are all so happy that its been around for 15 years already. i mean, it just invites a bunch of hackers to take over your whole computer, while all it does for you is that it gives access to some shitty online games and porn, thats basically it. we were so much better off in the good old days before computers were around, i cant believe all you geeky motherfuckers have become corrupted by comps. the PC takes all your free time, and ruin your eyes. i wish the fucking internet had never been invented, goddamit.

]]> 2006-08-07T14:28:10Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38203 Comment from antonio ciccarone on 2006-08-07 antonio ciccarone http://www.antoniociccarone.com HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mr. Internet!

]]> 2006-08-07T14:39:15Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38204 Comment from Kevin on 2006-08-07 Kevin http://www.nextwebgen.com I remember reading that in class that very day and going to the lab to try it all out...We had no idea what it would become...

]]> 2006-08-07T14:55:48Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38205 Comment from Max Kelley on 2006-08-07 Max Kelley http://www.maxkelley.com Ugh.. that's not when the internet was invented, it was when the World Wide Web was invented... there's a difference.

]]> 2006-08-07T15:15:43Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38206 Comment from wellwisher on 2006-08-07 wellwisher Happy Birthday.
I feel the web should be used more often to share research data.
cancer , aids, research should be all coordinated to help people find solution to these killer diseases.
microsoft is doing a great job by donation so much money, where is google and other tech companies ??

]]> 2006-08-07T15:27:55Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38207 Comment from Luke Labern on 2006-08-07 Luke Labern http://lukelabern.com I think the "WWW" picture should have a Union Jack background. I love you Tim.

]]> 2006-08-07T15:56:26Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38208 Comment from Old Timer on 2006-08-07 Old Timer Struff before the web was cool too - using a hayes 3/12 modem to connect to a WildCat BBS - and downloading ASCII pron pictures to print on a tele-type like printer.

I used to love chicks with nice @'s!

]]> 2006-08-07T19:09:11Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38209 Comment from micah on 2006-08-07 micah wow.
that is THE day I was born.
and my birthday was yesterday of course.
wow.
i never knew this.
that's amazing.

]]> 2006-08-08T00:09:33Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38210 Comment from Velipoja on 2006-08-08 Velipoja Happy birthday,WWW from Velipoja.

]]> 2006-08-08T09:07:18Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38211 Comment from Dick on 2006-08-08 Dick And all this time I thought Al Gore invented it all.

]]> 2006-08-08T11:54:15Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38212 Comment from J Bruce on 2006-08-09 J Bruce Happy B-day WWW!

]]> 2006-08-09T17:35:49Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38213 Comment from David O'Mara on 2006-08-12 David O'Mara http://pcdave.blogspot.com Long Live The World Wide Web . . . 15 wonderful years of the internet . . . Just think how big the web has become . . . I use it daily to find my news and to socialize . . check e-mail . . . watch my fave Tech Shows . . . broadband has made for many improvements . . . and portable media devices being able to connect to it is awesome too . . cell phone and data networks connecting the the internet makes it an integral part of everyday life . . . aww . . the wonders of the World Wide Web . . . Long Live the Internet . . .

]]> 2006-08-13T00:29:57Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38214 Comment from Wade Allen on 2006-08-23 Wade Allen Happy Birthday!!

]]> 2006-08-23T14:49:56Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.4945-comment:38215 Comment from alexjohnc3 on 2006-09-02 alexjohnc3 http://asolis.net/ Damn, it's a couple of months older than me. Well, happy birthday. Who wants cake?

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