8-K

                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 13, 2005

                        Commission File number 000-30654

                            APROPOS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                Illinois                                 36-3644751
     (State or other jurisdiction of        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     incorporation or organization)


                           One Tower Lane, 28th Floor
                        Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                                 (630) 472-9600
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
           APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

(d)      Election of New Director

         On January 13, 2005, Apropos Technology, Inc. (the "Company") announced
the appointment of John M. Kratky III as a new director of the Company. Mr.
Kratky will also serve as a member of the Company's Compensation Committee. Mr.
Kratky will serve until the 2005 annual meeting of shareholders and is expected
to be nominated for election as a director at that meeting.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c)      Exhibits

         Exhibit No.       Description
         -----------       -----------

         99.1              Press Release dated January 13, 2005.



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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on January 13, 2005.

                                     Apropos Technology, Inc.



                                     /s/ FRANCIS J. LEONARD
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Francis J. Leonard
                                     Chief Financial Officer and Vice President
                                     (Principal Financial Officer and Authorized
                                     Officer)



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

         Exhibit No.       Description
         -----------       -----------

         99.1              Press Release dated January 13, 2005, announcing the
                           appointment of John M. Kratky III as an additional
                           director of the Company. Mr. Kratky will also serve
                           as a member of the Company's Compensation Committee.



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EX-99.1

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APROPOS CONTACT                       APROPOS INVESTORS RELATIONS CONTACT
Frank Leonard                         Leslie Loyet
Apropos Technology                    Financial Relations Board
Phone: (630) 472-9600 ext. 7724       Phone: (312) 640-6672
E-mail: frank.leonard@apropos.com     E-mail: lloyet@financialrelationsboard.com
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                       APROPOS TECHNOLOGY ADDS A DIRECTOR

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL - JANUARY 13, 2005 - APROPOS TECHNOLOGY (NASDAQ: APRS), a
leading provider of real time multi-channel interaction management solutions,
today announced the appointment of John M. Kratky III as an additional director
of the Company. Mr. Kratky will also serve as a member of the Company's
Compensation Committee.

John M. Kratky III is the managing member of Kratky Management, LLC, which in
turn is the general partner of Valor Capital Management L.P. Mr. Kratky, Kratky
Management and Valor Capital Management share voting and despositive power over
2,542,300 common shares of the Company, representing approximately 14.5% of the
total shares outstanding.

David McCrabb, President of Apropos, noted: "We are pleased to welcome John
Kratky to the Board. His intense focus on finding value in small cap technology
and health care companies fits well with Apropos' continued focus on growing
revenues and enhancing profitability. John will be a valuable addition to the
Board."

ABOUT APROPOS TECHNOLOGY

Apropos Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: APRS) provides software applications to enable
contact centers to efficiently manage voice, e-mail, web chat and fax
communications, through an open, infrastructure-independent and highly scaleable
application suite. This application platform enables companies to personalize
and intelligently manage all of their customer, employee and vendor
interactions, thereby reducing costs, improving communications and operating
efficiency, and increasing overall revenue opportunities. The solution
intelligently classifies, prioritizes, routes and reports on each business
interaction, based on the value of each interaction, across a variety of
communications media, including Voice, E-mail, Web, Fax and Voice over IP
(VoIP). The company's award-winning solution has received seven (7) US patents
for call center related technology inventions, including a patent on the concept
of blending multi-channel communications into a single, universal queuing
system. Apropos Technology serves over 300 clients worldwide from its corporate
headquarters in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, and from its European headquarters
in the United Kingdom. Additional information about Apropos and its products can
be found at http://www.apropos.com.