Director of W3C (w3.org), the Web standards place. Founded webfoundation.org - let web serve humanity. CTO inrupt.com to develop solidproject.org

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Joined October 2009
Today @Wikipedia celebrates its 20th birthday. It stands as a shining example of the #WebWeWant — an open, collaborative space providing free access to knowledge across the globe. Thank you @jimmy_wales & the whole @Wikimedia community. Here’s to the next 20 years. #Wikipedia20
Happy 20th birthday, @Wikipedia! #Wikipedia20 Our favourite online encyclopedia—and one of the web’s greatest achievements—launched #OnThisDay in 2001. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
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Kudos also to @wikidata and @dbpedia as sources of crowdsourced data to drive apps
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Tim Berners-Lee retweeted
Then there's this, enacted this summer for BLM.
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Today, @johnwbruce and I will join @marjoriepaillon in conversation at this year’s @WebSummit Conference. We’ll discuss the ongoing work of @Inrupt and our efforts to change the way the web works, so it works better for us all. More details here: websummit.com/schedule/times…
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On the desperate need for a #readwriteweb ... check out @project_solid also @BlueGriffonApp and @dokieli let’s build solid as a space where anyone can be creative and also just get stuff done, no lock in, all standard, universal back end, total control, totally standards
New article! This ones explores the fantastic user interface of Microsoft FrontPage, and compares it to contemporary alternatives. invisibleup.com/articles/33/
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Starting today, more organizations worldwide can take the first step towards building a trusted web where innovation flourishes and everyone - businesses, developers, and web users - share the benefits. 5/6
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