Cool People Every Techie Should Meet Someday

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 23 February 2012, 00:51 IST   |    2 Comments
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Bangalore:  Who doesn’t have a “bucket-list” of inspirational people to meet at least one in their lifetime? Ranging from the co-founder of Twitter to the creators of games like Guitar Hero, there are a number of individuals who have made a huge difference in the world of technology. Here are a few wizards of technology who are bound to be on every techie’s wish-list of "people to meet" (parsed together from reputed sources such as Time in no particular order):

1. Tim Berners-Lee
Contribution:  World-wide Web

Why you should meet him: The British computer scientist, most well known for the invention of the World Wide Web, has definitely changed the world and made it what it is today. He is the head of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which oversees the internet’s continued development. He was knighted in 2004 for his contributions.



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