Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW), has been hailed by Time magazine as one of the 100 greatest minds of the 20th cent. His idea was fueled by a highly personal vision of the Web as a powerful force for social change & individual creativity. He has never profited personally from the Web but has devoted himself to its continued growth & health. Now, this genius tells his own story of the Web's origins -- from its revolutionary introduction & the creation of the now ubiquitous WWW & HTTP acronyms to how he sees the future development of this revolutionary medium. Today, he is director of the WWW Consort. & from his position at the MIT Lab. for Computer Sci.