The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our weblike existence in the world

“The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect – to help people work together – and not as a technical toy. The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our weblike existence in the world.” – Weaving The Web by Tim Berners-Lee

Read more in Tim’s book Weaving The Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web.

Thanks to interaction-design.org for pointing to this quote!

1. Good design produces something the world didn’t know it was missing
2. Simply using Web 2.0 technologies does not guarantee an optimal experience
3. Change your frame of perspective and take the user’s interests to heart
4. In designing tools we are designing ways of being
5. New technology is likely to make the least improvement in the ease of use of products