19 September 2012 - 3:26pm | posted by | 1 comment

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: “It's a great honour to be inducted into the Digital Hall of Fame”

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: “It's a great honour to be inducted into the Digital Hall of Fame”Sir Tim Berners-Lee: “It's a great honour to be inducted into the

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who was inducted into the BIMA Digital Hall of Fame at ad:tech London this afternoon, has said that it is a great honour.

In an acceptance speech video on BIMA's Digital Hall of Fame website, the founder of the world wide web thanked the millions of people worldwide making the web what it is today, saying:

“When I accept an award like this, I do it on behalf of a lot of people; millions of people now, who have been making the web work because they thought it was a good idea.”

Sir Tim also thanked BIMA and The Drum for his induction and congratulated the other inductees to the BIMA Digital Hall of Fame.

The Digital Hall of Fame celebrates the impact Britons have had on the digital landscape.

The acceptance speech video can be viewed here.

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9 Oct 2012 - 00:47
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It still amazes me today that its only back in 1989 and out of frustration Timothy Berners Lee wrote a shareable code. http://

18 months later, from grass roots support it started to grow in popularity..to an essential part of our daily life toda y A.K.A. Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft etc..

Sir Timothy-Lee-Berners you are eXtraordinary.

Isextraordinary Information with Inspiration

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