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Why Get Involved in Web Standards?

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on October 15, 2020 Posted in Misc No Comments

Post originally appeared on dev.to. The web is going through an unprecedented period of change and evolution. New features, new technologies and new ideas are coming to the web. Luckily, it’s a platform that, since its invention in 1992 by …

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Diary of an Engine Diversity Absolutist

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on January 26, 2020 Posted in Web 6 Comments

Browsers play a pivotal role in the web, but does the web need multiple browsers? I think most web professionals would say yes, but how about browser engines, the underlying software platforms that browsers are built on? Does the web …

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We Need a More Ethical Web

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on March 15, 2019 Posted in Misc No Comments

This is a repost of something I originally posted to the Samsung Internet blog on Medium. This week, we have been celebrating the 30th anniversaryof the invention of the web. However, the celebration is tinged with anxiety about the current state of the …

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Ups & Downs of the web 2018

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on December 21, 2018 Posted in Misc No Comments

The following is an excerpt from a post from all the members of the Samsung Internet Developer Advocacy group on web ups and downs foe 2018. I encourage you to go read that post and hear what others in my …

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How To Put Facebook in a Box

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on December 1, 2018 Posted in Technology No Comments

If you’re like me and you hate everything Facebook has become and everything they do as a company but you keep using it because nice people you really want to stay in touch with are on it, then here are …

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An Open Letter to Chuck Schumer

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on June 18, 2018 Posted in Politics No Comments

Today, I have sent the following letter to Chuck Schumer, senator from New York State and Senate Minority Leader urging him to take further strong action regarding the horrific abuse of human rights that is currently being perpetrated by US …

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This Blog is Now Secure

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on January 3, 2018 Posted in Misc No Comments

For what it’s worth, I’ve moved this blog over onto new host (Tsohost) that supports one-click installation and auto-renewal of LetsEncrypt certificates. So now, after years of hammering on about moving the web to https, I’ve finally made my own …

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In defense of the URL

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on May 29, 2016 Posted in Web 1 Comment

Does the URL need defending? The URL has been under attack seemingly since the beginning of the Web. When I was busy launching web sites for magazines and journals in the mid-90s, I remember a radio ad (have no idea …

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Sigh…

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on May 21, 2016 Posted in Blogs, Web 2 Comments

Jeremy Keith’s post on owning his own words has reminded me about the importance of running your own blog in your own space that you control. Of course, I’ve long been a supporter of this idea, but I’m afraid the …

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Why are Web Companies Biting the Hand that Feeds Them?

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on October 14, 2015 Posted in Misc No Comments

Why are Web Companies Biting the Hand that Feeds Them?

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Who is Daniel Appelquist?

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.

For more info on my professional life, see my Linkedin profile.

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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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