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Windows, Revamped and Split in 2

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on October 29, 2012 Posted in Misc No Comments

I think this is a good sum-up of why Windows 8 launch is a UX disaster. /cc +Thomas Curtis Microsoft’s Windows 8 has two different worlds, one designed primarily for touch screens, the other for mouse and keyboard.

Hummingbird: “Pre-Arduino” for Kids

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on October 27, 2012 Posted in Misc No Comments

Hummingbird: "Pre-Arduino" for Kids (or, I'm hoping, for adults who find Arduino still quite daunting) Arduino was conceived as an open source microcontroller for artists, designers, and others who aren’t necessarily techie/programmer types. Of course, all sorts of makers have …

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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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