Weaving the Web

The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web

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Tim Berners-Lee, Mark Fischetti: Weaving the Web (2004, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media)

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English language

Published April 9, 2004 by Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media.

ISBN:
978-0-606-30358-3
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2 stars (1 review)

The history and original design of the World Wide Web by its creator

6 editions

A complex story told too simply

2 stars

While it's nice to read the story of the origins of the WWW, the voice of the ghostwriter is very strong here. Berners Lee is great at crediting his colleagues, and how it was not him, but a team that developed the protocols and technologies that led to the web, but there is a tension with the need to have a 'heroes journey' narrative here, which fills the book with contradiction. Each chapter tells a little bit of something interesting, but overall the book is a bit too Hollywood to enjoy.

Subjects

  • E-Commerce - General
  • General
  • Internet - World Wide Web
  • Computer - Internet