Quartz hires new technology editor

Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following staff hire announcement on Wednesday:

Dan Frommer is joining us as Technology Editor for Quartz in New York, starting this Friday. He will lead the band of tech and science reporters, including Leo and Rachel and one of our excellent interns.

Dan is an experienced tech writer, beginning at Forbes and then from 2007 as one of the founding staff (with Henry Blodget and Peter Kafka) of Silicon Alley Insider, which later became Business Insider. He coded early versions of the site and wrote 5,700 posts while there.

Dan launched his own tech news site in 2011 called SplatF (Why “SplatF.”) We’d love to have had on Quartz much of what he’s published there. Dan’s posts are rooted in scoops of analysis—and charts. This Netflix/AOL subscriber chart is my favorite example. We’re looking to Dan for much more of this great analytical and visual coverage of the tech industry for Quartz.

Dan also created the City Notes iPhone app, which he plans to keep going in his spare time—and which makes him a great source of travel advice for all of you. You can follow him at @fromedome.

Please join me in welcoming Dan.