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Tim Berners-Lee
@timbl.bsky.social
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Inventor of WWW
Co-founder & CTO Inrupt.com | Lead, Solidproject.org
Co-founder WebFoundation.org & theODI.org
Founder w3.org
My memoir ‘This is for Everyone’ https://thisisforeveryone.timbl.com/
Follow me on Mastodon https://w3c.social/@timbl
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A special evening being interviewed by my old friend Juan Enriquez in Boston @brattletheatre.bsky.social... and no, that's not Juan in the photo 👀 but Rosemary Leith who could do the interview with ease after sitting through every book tour event 🙏
Rosemary stood on stage holding a mic and Tim sitting in a chair holding another.
October 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Started this week @92ndstreety.bsky.social in conversation with @camillefrancois.bsky.social . 🙏 to everyone for making it a full house.
Tim stood next to Camille smiling with a background with the 92NY lettering appearing multiple times.
October 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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A packed Keplers in Menlo Park, an amazing audience and a stage shared with @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social made for a great atmosphere last night. Huge thanks to Tom for the questions covering the web's history, it's future and everything in between 🌐
Tim and Tom on stage with a view of a packed front row.
October 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
timbl.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone reading my new memoir - you’ve made it an instant Sunday Times bestseller 🗞️

This Is for Everyone is available now from thisisforeveryone.timbl.com

@thetimes.com
A graphic of the cover of Tim Berners-Lee's news book with the wording 'The Instant Sunday Times bestseller'. The cover is a dark blue with a ring of rainbow pixels around Tim's name in the middle and the wording 'The Inventor of the World Wide Web' The print edition of the Sunday Times Bestsellers list. This Is For Everyone by Sir Tim Berners-Lee is placed fourth.
September 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
timbl.bsky.social
“The free, open access communications paradigm we have did not arrive like magic. It was the product of a fair amount of political wrangling” - that's why we must continue our fight for the web.

🙏 @washingtonpost.com for reviewing 'This Is for Everyone'

www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
Review | The inventor of the web says we can recapture its magic. Is he right?
In “This Is for Everyone,” Tim Berners-Lee writes about the early days of the internet and how we might restore its more democratic roots.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
timbl.bsky.social
"The internet needs compassion - and I have a solution."

🙏 to @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy for this extract from my new memoir 'This Is for Everyone' 📖

www.standard.co.uk/comment/inte...
Tim Berners-Lee: The internet needs compassion – and I have a solution
We need to regulate the most addictive algorithms, writes Tim Berners-Lee
www.standard.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
timbl.bsky.social
On Tuesday I launched my memoir 'This Is for Everyone' at
@cadoganhall.bsky.social

Available now @ thisisforeveryone.timbl.com & bookshops everywhere.

Special thanks to
Tania Bryer
@panmacmillan.bsky.social
@intelligence2.bsky.social
Tim Berners-Lee on stage with Tania Bryer seated opposite one another. Tim's face is expressive with his hands up in the air. Tim Berners-Lee on stage with Tania Bryer seated opposite one another. You see Tania's face smiling at Tim who is holding one hand up.
September 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
timbl.bsky.social
Thank you to @observeruk.bsky.social for this thoughtful review.

“Berners-Lee is clear-eyed about the benefits and the dangers. This Is for Everyone contains some very sharp thinking about what we need to do now.”

We must fight for the web we want.

observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Nick Clegg and Tim Berners-Lee: the battle for the soul o...
The ex-deputy PM toes the line of his former Meta paymasters, while the web's inventor shares his vision of a utopian digital future
observer.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
timbl.bsky.social
In 4 days my memoir 📕 'This Is for Everyone' will be published. The book tour kicks off the same day with many more events following.

Follow the journey on the book's Instagram -
instagram.com/sirtimberner...
September 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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🙏 to the brilliant and magnificent @stephenfry.bsky.social for giving his time to record my audiobook THIS IS FOR EVERYONE 🌐

Pre-order and book tour dates @ www.timbl.com/thisisforeve...

www.thebookseller.com/news/stephen...
Sir Tim Berners-Lee sat next to Stephen Fry holding the cover of Tim's new book THIS IS FOR EVERYONE
August 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
timbl.bsky.social
Tour dates for my book ‘This is for Everyone’ released today. Join me in London Sept 9th, Oxford Sept 10th or Edinburgh Sept 13th.

More on US dates and the rest of the 🌍 soon.
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🙏 @intelligence2.bsky.social @blackwells.bsky.social @portybooks.bsky.social

linktr.ee/thisisforeve...
thisisforeveryoneukevents | Instagram | Linktree
The groundbreaking memoir from the inventor of the World Wide Web
linktr.ee
May 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
timbl.bsky.social
From scribbled notes to a global revolution-the personal journey behind the Web’s invention and the unexpected turns along the way. It's both a history and my vision.

This is for Everyone isn’t just a story about technology; it’s about possibility

September 9th, pre-order linktr.ee/thisisforeve...
April 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Join the Solid movement to play a part in building a better Web and global data infrastructure.

Apply for a role on the Solid Advisory Committee below ⬇️
odihq.bsky.social Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social · Apr 2
Solid, an open-source initiative led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is reimagining data use, reuse and sharing. Solid is looking to recruit members for the Solid Advisory Committee. Find out more about the roles and responsibilities. Closing date is Monday 14th April 10:00 BST.
theodi.org/news-and-eve...
Solid Operations Advisory Committee
Learn more about our open call for members of the Solid Operations Advisory Committee.
theodi.org
April 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
timbl.bsky.social
In 2017 I wrote about Charlie - an AI that works for you. @inrupt.bsky.social labs now has Charlie working.

Thanks to the FT for my op-ed online today ⬇️
www.ft.com/content/79d2...
Let’s knock down social media’s walled gardens
I envisioned the web as a place for the shared benefit of all — by reclaiming our data we can make that happen
www.ft.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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projectliberty.io
Hello Bluesky! We’re excited to share a video from Future House (our collaboration with Human Change at #Davos2025) of the session Past as Prologue: Charting the Next Frontier of the Internet featuring Lady Rosemary Leith, Frank McCourt, and Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
Past as Prologue: Charting the Next Frontier of the Internet
At this inflection point in the internet's evolution, we face a critical choice between increasing centralization and the web's original democratic promise.…
vimeo.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
timbl.bsky.social
Solid World is for the first time being hosted by @odihq.bsky.social on Monday 24th - join to learn, and be a part of, the Solid Community 🟣
odihq.bsky.social Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social · Feb 20
🚀 Exciting News! Join us for Solid World on 24 Feb, our first as stewards of Solid at the ODI! Solid is a web standard from Tim Berners-Lee’s MIT Lab, empowering users to control their data with Personal Online Data Stores. Come along and find out more.
https://buff.ly/3QdHYtv
Solid World: February 2025
Get ready for a rock-solid experience at Solid World: February 2025 - where innovation meets inspiration!
eventbrite.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
timbl.bsky.social
1/7 Last week @weforum.org um.org, @pedro-sanchez-archivo.braxuss.eu gave a vital speech about social media - urging leaders to tackle #onlineharms head on ⬇️

www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
Davos 2025: Special address by Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez
Spain PM Pedro Sánchez tells Davos that social media is a 'common resource for humanity' that should be 'protected and managed accordingly' for democracy.
www.weforum.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Reposted by Tim Berners-Lee
sioldridge.bsky.social
Put these 2 together and it’s clear our governments are totally failing us.

1️⃣ 1,700+ fossil fuel lobbyists at the COP29 climate talks.

2️⃣ UN says the fossil fuel industry is running “a massive mis- and disinformation campaign” to delay the transition to clean energy.

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November 15, 2024 at 7:25 AM
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odihq.bsky.social
#TheWeekinData: ODI and Solid come together
* ODI and Solid come together to give individuals greater control over personal data
* Google going nuclear
* Dodo comes back to life
theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/odi-and-soli...
October 18, 2024 at 11:46 AM
timbl.bsky.social
📢 solidproject.org will have a new organisational home @odihq.bsky.social - pairing policy expertise with pro-human technology to build a global data infrastructure that encourages collaboration, stimulates creativity and fosters compassion - my original hope for the web.
odihq.bsky.social Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social · Oct 17
We’re embarking on a significant new project, bringing Solid - which gives individuals & organisations greater control over their data - into our broader #DataStewardship work. Together, we can shape a future where personal agency is respected & society & economy benefit
theodi.org/insights/pro...
ODI and Solid: Building a future where data works for everyone
Learn more about our new project, bringing Solid into our broader data stewardship activities.
theodi.org
October 17, 2024 at 3:09 PM
timbl.bsky.social
After 15 years of work with Rosemary Leith to make the web more accessible, affordable and a trusted space for all we wind down the Web Foundation to focus on building pro-human systems that respect and empower individuals.
Huge thank you to all involved. webfoundation.org
World Wide Web Foundation
Founded by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web, the World Wide Web Foundation empowers people to bring about positive change.
webfoundation.org
September 30, 2024 at 6:55 AM
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The dysfunction of social networks is a problem we must tackle
www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Dysfunction.html

but remember there are lots of great things on the internet too! www.w3.org/DesignIssues...

Don’t throw away your [kids] phone. Use the good things. #webwewant
The Dysfunction of Social Networks - Design Issues - Tim Berners-Lee
www.w3.org
September 4, 2024 at 4:52 PM
timbl.bsky.social
From securing personal data with #SolidPods to leveraging #SmartData for innovation, the ODI's white paper shows why data infrastructure and governance are the bedrock of AI.

theodi.org/news-and-eve...
Fundamental issues - including shortage of high-quality data - threaten the AI boom
Significant weaknesses in the UK’s tech infrastructure threaten the predicted potential gains from AI.
theodi.org
July 25, 2024 at 5:22 PM
timbl.bsky.social
As the web shifts towards user empowerment over data, @inrupt.bsky.social's standard, interoperable Data Wallet infrastructure ensures that the benefits of personal Data Wallets are open to everyone.

#Solid #SolidProtocol #DataWallets

www.inrupt.com/blog/data-wa...
BOSTON – Today, Inrupt, the leading provider of enterprise-grade software for the web, announced the launch of its Data Wallet. Enterprises and governments use the technology to give their customers and citizens digital wallets for their data, creating a foundation for innovative, intuitive and impactful digital experiences.
www.inrupt.com
July 24, 2024 at 3:19 PM
timbl.bsky.social
The wonder of the web is that there is no center of control.

That is why I, alongside 36 others, have signed the below open letter to @antonioguterres & @UNTechEnvoy 🖊️ #OpenInternet

open-internet-governance.org/letter
An Open Letter to the United Nations
open-internet-governance.org
July 1, 2024 at 5:34 PM