We are really, really going to change the world!
A history of the Web written from the perspective of someone who was right there on the side-lines as it was being developed, juggling children, a techie husband, and a career in computer research and development.
Jenny Raggett’s immersion in the World Wide Web began in 1992 when her husband joined Tim Berners-Lee and a group of dedicated programmers who were busy collaborating on the WWW idea. Before long a very large computer workstation arrived on the family dining room table and from then on things changed completely. Everyday life then ran parallel to the construction of the World Wide Web, with amazing and long stints programming on behalf of her husband, visits from the excited geek brethren to discuss the mission, and an expedition to Tim Berners-Lee’s own house near Geneva. Vacations often incorporated a Web conference on the way, and during the course of such events, Jenny met many of the brilliant technical community designing the early World Wide Web and went on to work as a writer for the World Wide Web Consortium.
About Jenny
Educated at Imperial College and Oxford University, Jenny trained as a biochemist. Enjoying explaining science and technology to a non-technical audience, she decided to become a technical writer and made her career in computer research and development.
Jenny has co-authored books on the HTML publishing language on the Web, on XML, and on Artificial Intelligence in its early days.
She is also a multi-media artist, working from a studio in Somerset. Her cartoon mice appear throughout the book.
The cartoon mice first appeared after visiting an early Web conference in 1995. Watching excited technical enthusiasts talking about the idea of the Web, a group of ‘geek mice’ suddenly appeared in the author’s sketch book. There was something about the constant activity and determination of the techies, as though they wouldn’t rest until their job was done. Their whiskers twitched as they experimented at the keyboard with sheer excitement of playing. They had favourite gadgets and special projects. There were so many possibilities and opportunities. You will see that some of the cartoon mice do indeed have pony-tails.
the cartoon mice
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