Reviews

Weaving the Web: The Past, Present and Future of the World Wide by its Inventor by Tim Berners-Lee

rmichno's review against another edition

3.0

First third was interesting as TBL was closely involved in championing and shaping the Internet by introducing the web. Second third of the book was less interesting as he related his time spent on the W3C organization. Last third was a bit dull as he speculated on the future of the web. The book lost steam by the end.

lizmart88's review against another edition

3.0

Though a bit old, the first 2/3 of the book are very informative. Tim does an excellent job of explaining the infrastructure of the Internet in a very clear way. He leads us through the development of browsers and the world wide Web without condescending to non computer scientists, but also in a clear and interesting way. The last third, however, is a bit out of date. It's well written and provides a window into his psyche as he was contemplating the future of the Internet in 1999.

meghan47's review against another edition

4.0

Written in accessible, not-overly-technical prose, this is an interesting look at the history of the Web and Berners-Lee's predictions and hopes for its future (back in 1999).

marcella's review

didn't finish.