On 6 August 1991, Tim Berners-Lee wrote to a newsgroup: "The WWW project merges the techniques of information retrieval and hypertext to make an easy but powerful global information system."
He noted "Try it" and the world was changed.
Thanks Tim!
w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/1991

an image and text. on right an image of Tim Berners-lee, a man with dark hair and a slight smile in front of an older screen showing a page with a "WWW" logo in green. Text on left is "Try it" and "Sir Tim Berners-Lee introducing the Web to the world. 6 August 1991

0n 6 August On Tim Berners-Lee invited the public to try the Web
w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/1991

He later joked, when asked one of the things he never thought the internet would be used for: "Kittens"

Reddit AMA from 2013, "totharescue" asked "What was one of the things you never though the internet would be used for, but has actually become one of the main reasons people use the Internet?" and timbl responded: "Kittens."

Proposed W3C Charter: Decentralized Identifier (DID) WG
As part of ensuring that the community is aware of proposed work this draft charter is public during the AC review period.
W3C invites public comments through 9 September 2023
lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/p

Proposed W3C Charter: Decentralized Identifier (DID) Working Group (until 2023-09-08/09); Current Charter Extended from xueyuan on 2023-08-07 (public-new-work@w3.org from August 2023)

📃 Web Environment Integrity has no standing at W3C; understanding new W3C work, by @plehegar

w3.org/blog/2023/web-environme

Web Environment Integrity has no standing at W3C; understanding new W3C work