In many ways, people growing up with the Web and now the Semantic Web take the power at their fingertips for granted.

When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last.

The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past.

Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make.

I don't use the Internet, as I don't like living with lots of distractions. I have tried, but I found it a hindrance. as my sense of priorities goes out of the window and it pulls me out of my writing, particularly with email. I'd sit there for hours just replying to emails.

Do I think technology is bad? No. I think it's wonderful that the world is so connected now. But I think, as a result, childhood ends a little earlier.

The Internet has played a major role in undermining public morality.

I think we are in an age where cash pays for time and space. The more cash you have, the bigger space you can buy and the smaller the technology to put in it.