<p>It was on this day 36 years ago when <span class="h-card"><a href="https://w3c.social/@timbl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>timbl</span></a></span> submitted his proposal to CERN for an "information management system", precursor to the World Wide Web. </p><p>"In the proposal, Berners-Lee modestly spoke of wanting to use hypertext, a.k.a. links, to help CERN deal with information storage issues.</p><p>[...]</p><p>His boss’s response?</p><p>“Vague, but exciting.”"</p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/3/12/18260709/30th-anniversary-world-wide-web-google-doodle-history" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.vox.com/2019/3/12/18260709/30th-anniversary-world-wide-web-google-doodle-history"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.vox.com/2019/3/12/18260709</span><span class="invisible">/30th-anniversary-world-wide-web-google-doodle-history</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/vaguebutexciting/" rel="tag">#VagueButExciting</a></p>