August 2005 – Dan's Blog

I went to a Rock Concert!

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on August 26, 2005 Posted in London No Comments

My friend Axel came over to go see Nick Cave at the Alexandra Palace and I towed along. It was an awesome show. I’ve got to get out more often.

Can you hear me?

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on August 24, 2005 Posted in Web 2 Comments

How many more ways do we really need to keep in touch? I already routinely run three IM clients just to communicate with friends / colleagues. Is another IM system really helping me? It’s overload.

I'm an immigrant and US/UK dual national who has been living in London since 1999. I work at Samsung where I head up the developer advocacy group for Samsung Internet. I'm an advocate for emerging web technologies, the open web, open source and open data. I am co-chair of the W3C Technical Architecture Group. I was a founder and co-organizer of the Over the Air hack day series and of Mobile Monday London. I'm a former .com CTO. I am a parent dealing with the increasing complexities of raising teens in a hyper-connected world.

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If you're curious where the nickname Torgo came from, I appropriated it from a character in the the movie Manos: the Hands of Fate via Mystery Science Theater 3000.

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Month: August 2005

I went to a Rock Concert!

Can you hear me?