Geoff Ryman

The trouble with writing for the web is that writing is about getting people to forget they're reading. Anything that reminds them they are reading, or which annoys or distracts them, bounces them out of the world. And the web, it seems to me, is all bounce. A very, very difficult medium to write for.

Canadian Writer

Julia Stiles

The platform doesn't really matter to me, whether it's stage or theatre or even a web series. I just am more interested in, like, if it's a story that I would want to watch and if it's a character that I feel like I can contribute something to, then that's really what gets me.

American Actress

Franchesca Ramsey

For me, social media isn't just about connecting with friends and sharing photos; it's a bigger, more tangled web that's led me to jobs working in television, speaking gigs around the country, and it's even helped me land my first book deal!

American Comedian

Felix Dennis

People really do not have time to read all the newspapers in the world and all the sites that we now commonly use on the web. There is no possibility of keeping up.

British Publisher

Freddie Wong

I think if you make good, interesting content with compelling story lines and good characters, people will tune into the web for as long as you want them to.

American Director

Jay Ellis

I want to create this pool of talent to draw from, and I hope that people get inspired to make more web series and bring them to me to help develop.

American Actor

Jon Postel

The world wide web has really been quite spectacular and not something I would have predicted.

American Scientist

Stephen King

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

Author

Phil Knight

I've said many times that I might as well have webs between my toes.

American Businessman

William Blake

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

English Poet

Understand that 'web' refers specifically to structures made by spiders, not other creatures.

Spider's Craft

'Web' suggests a purpose for trapping, unlike just any random thread formation.

Catch Not Make

Here, 'web' can mean any fine threaded structure, not just by spiders.

Fine Threads

The 'web' metonymously represents the vast digital network called the internet.

Digital Connection

Using 'web' for the internet is informal, suited for casual or personal conversations.

Casual Talk

'Web' implies complexity and interconnectivity within a group or system.

Complex Networks

Used metaphorically 'web' reflects intricate or deceitful plotting and storytelling.

Figurative Use

Relates to a specific feature of some animals' bodies, often aiding in movement.

Animal Anatomy

'Web' in this sense doesn't apply to human bodies, despite sometimes similar appearances.

Not for Humans

 While social media has enabled the truth to reach us faster, it's also allowed rumors to spread before they can be verified and falsehoods to survive long after they've been refuted. So, before you share that unbelievable or outrageous news item, do a web search to find any additional

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 And what it does when it's ready to pupate, instead of turning that spider into a bodyguard, it gets the spider to build a special kind of web. And so normally webs are designed to catch insects, this web is designed to support the weight of the cocoon. And so the wasp larva waits

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 Plants' defenses start at their surface. The bark covering tree trunks is full of lignin, a rigid web of compounds that's tough to chew and highly impermeable to pathogens. Leaves are protected by a waxy cuticle that deters insects and microbes.

The amazing ways plants...

 operates according to a web of cause and effect, resulting in a rational structure of the universe, which they called logos. And while we may not always have control over the events affecting us, we can have control over how we approach things.

The philosophy of...

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 Whether you're an artist, a technologist, a lawyer or a fan, the handling of copyright directly impacts your life. Rights management is no longer simply a question of ownership, it's a complex web of relationships

Margaret Stewart: How...

 And the natural world is full of these mechanisms formed by the links between living and nonliving things that build resilience by governing the way populations and food webs respond to events.

Feedback loops: How...

 rather than caravans traveling for months, none of it would have been possible without the pioneering cultures whose efforts created the Silk history's first world wide web.

The Silk Road:...

 these spiders can build the world's largest orb webs up to 2 metres wide a few hours from the first spray of bridging line the job is done

BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...

 These spiders can build the world's largest orb webs, up to two metres wide.

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