Marco Aiello - The Implications of a Web Done by Amateurs”

In 2012, Turing Award computer scientist Alan Kay released an interview in which he stated: ‘‘the Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource like the Pacific Ocean, rather than something that was man-made. […] The Web, in comparison, is a joke. The Web was done by amateurs.’’ By looking at the history and present state of the Web, I will bring arguments to prove or refute Kay’s statement. Questions like: “How did the Web come about? Who are the heroes behind it? How did it evolve to what it is today?” will be addressed. The material is based on the book “The Web Was Done by Amateurs” published in June 2018 by Springer-Nature.