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APROPOS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                                 ONE TOWER LANE
                                   SUITE 2850
                           OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL 60181

March 18, 2005

Mr. David E. McCrabb, Jr. 17600 Bruce Avenue Los Gatos, CA 95030

Dear David:

It is my pleasure to confirm with you the continuation of your employment on an
interim basis as President and Chief Executive Officer of Apropos Technology,
Inc. (the "Company") through June 30, 2005. The points below set forth the terms
of your employment.

o        Your annual salary will be $300,000, payable in accordance with the
         standard payroll practice of the Company.

o        Your Target Award under the Company's 2005 Incentive Bonus Award
         Program for Senior Executives (the "Program") will be $200,000, with
         the percentage payout determined by the Revenue Plan/Profit Plan Bonus
         Matrix for Q1 and Q2; provided, that the amount paid shall be not less
         than $100,000.

o        The Company will continue to reimburse you for reasonable travel
         expenses and temporary living expenses, including continuation of your
         current apartment rental, as well as automobile expense and
         reimbursement for coach airfare between Chicago and California.

You      will assist the Company and its advisors in finding a candidate to fill
         the position of President and Chief Executive Officer on a permanent
         basis.

o        You will be entitled to all customary benefits provided to Company
         employees, including vacation, subject to the right of the Company to
         amend, modify or terminate any benefit plans or policies.

o        It is expected that you will devote all of your customary working hours
         to the attention of the affairs and activities of the Company.

o        You represent that this employment relationship does not breach any
         contractual relationship or other obligation toward any other person or
         entity.

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David E. McCrabb, Jr.
March 18, 2005
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o        You agree to the continuation of the confidentiality, ownership of
         invention, noncompetition and related provisions contained on Annex A
         hereto. The term "Employee" in the Annex refers to you.

Your employment is at will and may be terminated prior to June 30, 2005 by you
or the Company upon thirty days advance written notice (or pay in lieu of such
notice) for any reason or no reason. If your employment is terminated by the
Company prior to June 30, 2005, you will continue to receive your salary and
will be entitled to your award under the Program, which shall be not less than
$100,000. If you terminate your employment prior to June 30, 2005, your salary
will be discontinued and you will not be entitled to any bonus payment under the
Program.

It is understood that you are employed by the Company on an interim basis with
no expectation of continued employment following transition of your duties to
another individual. Except as required by law, you are not entitled to any
severance or other benefits following termination of employment for any reason.

All payments described above are subject to applicable withholding requirements.
This Agreement shall be governed by the substantive laws of the State of
Illinois and not the conflict of law rules. This letter represents our entire
agreement. This letter replaces the letter dated July 30, 2004, which is
terminated and shall be of no further force or effect. It may be executed in
counterparts. You have not relied on any representation other than as contained
in this letter. No amendment of these terms is effective, if not in writing.

                                                     Very truly yours,

                                                     APROPOS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                                                     By:  /s/ Keith Crandell
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                                                          Keith Crandell
                                                          Compensation Committee
                                                          Chairman

ACCEPTED AND AGREED:

/s/ David E. McCrabb, Jr.
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David E. McCrabb, Jr.

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                                     ANNEX A
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                  1. CONFIDENTIALITY. Employee understands and agrees that
         Employee's employment creates a relationship of confidence and trust
         between Employee and the Company with respect to (a) all Proprietary
         Information (as defined below), and (b) the confidential information of
         others with which the Company has a business relationship. The
         information referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of the preceding
         sentence is referred to in this Agreement, collectively, as
         "Confidential Information". At all times, both during Employee's
         employment with the Company and after its termination, Employee will
         keep in confidence and trust all such Confidential Information, and
         will not use or disclose any such Confidential Information without the
         written consent of the Company, except as may be necessary in the
         ordinary course of performing Employee's duties to the Company. The
         restrictions set forth in this Section will not apply to information
         which is generally known to the public or in the trade, unless such
         knowledge results from an unauthorized disclosure by Employee, but this
         exception will not affect the application of any other provision of
         this Agreement to such information in accordance with the terms of such
         provision.

                  2. OWNERSHIP OF INVENTIONS. Employee agrees that all
         Inventions (as defined below) which Employee conceives or develops, in
         whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others, prior to or
         during the term of Employee's employment with the Company which may
         relate in any manner to the actual or anticipated business, work,
         research, development or investigations of the Company, or which
         result, to any extent, from the work performed by Employee for the
         Company, or use of the Company's Proprietary Information, premises or
         property (the foregoing being hereinafter collectively referred to as
         "Company Inventions") will be the sole property of the Company. The
         Company will be the sole owner of all patents, copyrights and other
         proprietary rights in and with respect to such Company Inventions. To
         the fullest extent permitted by law, such Company Inventions will be
         deemed works made for hire. Employee hereby transfers and assigns to
         the Company or its designee any proprietary rights which Employee may
         have or acquire in any such Company Inventions, and Employee waives any
         moral rights or other special rights Employee may have or accrue
         therein. Employee agrees promptly to disclose to the Company, or any
         persons designated by it, all Company Inventions which are or may be
         subject to the provisions of this Section. Employee agrees to execute
         any documents and take any actions that may be required to effect and
         confirm such transfer and assignment and waiver. The provisions of this
         Section will apply to all Company Inventions which are conceived or
         developed during the term of Employee's employment with the Company,
         whether before or after the date of this Agreement, and whether or not
         further development or reduction to practice may take place after
         termination of Employee's employment. The provisions of this Section
         will not apply, however, to any Inventions which may be disclosed in a
         separate Schedule attached to this Agreement prior to its acceptance by
         the Company, representing Inventions made by Employee prior to
         employment by the Company. The foregoing restrictions do not apply to
         an invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret
         information of the Company was used and which was developed entirely on
         Employee's own time, unless (a) the invention relates (i) to the
         business of the Company or (ii) to the Company's actual or demonstrably

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         anticipated research or development, or (b) the invention results from
         or is the product of any work performed by Employee for the Company in
         the scope of Employee's efforts on behalf of the Company.

                  3. NONCOMPETITION. Employee agrees that, while employed by
         Company and for a period of eighteen (18) months following termination
         of his employment with Company, regardless of the circumstances under
         which Employee's employment is terminated and regardless of whether the
         termination was voluntary or involuntary or with or without cause,
         Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, whether as a partner,
         owner, principal, agent, advisor, employee, employer, officer,
         director, shareholder or in any other capacity:

                  (a) Engage in, advise or provide services in the Territory to
         any person or entity engaged in any business that is in any material
         way directly competitive with the business conducted by the Company.
         The Territory shall mean the United States and those countries in
         Europe in which the Company distributes products.

                  (b) Solicit for employment or employ or otherwise engage any
         person employed by the Company during Employee's term of employment or
         request, or advise any such person to leave such employment or service
         of the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee may make investments in publicly-held
corporations if such investment is limited to not more than five percent (5%) of
the outstanding issue of such security.

Employee agrees that if he breaches this agreement, then the eighteen (18) month
restrictive period shall be extended and shall not expire until eighteen (18)
months after Employee permanently ceases to breach this Agreement.

                  4. ENFORCEMENT.

                  (a) Employee acknowledges that, for the breach of any of the
         covenants contained in this Annex, the Company will suffer irreparable
         damages for which the remedy at law will be inadequate, and that, an
         injunction may be entered against Employee by any court having
         jurisdiction, restraining Employee from breaching or continuing the
         breach. Employee consents to the personal jurisdiction of DuPage
         County, Illinois, and the United States District Court for the Northern
         District of Illinois for purposes of enforcement of this Annex. Resort
         to such equitable relief, however, shall not be construed to be a
         waiver by the Company of any other rights or remedies that the Company
         may have for damages or otherwise. Should a court determine that either
         the scope or territory covered by the covenants is unreasonably
         extensive or the period of the covenants unreasonably long, it may
         amend the terms of such covenants so as to make such covenants
         reasonable and enforceable.

                  (b) Employee hereby acknowledges the necessity of protection
         of the Company against Employee's competition and that the nature and
         scope of such protection has been carefully considered by Employee and
         the Company. Employee and the Company hereby agree that the unique
         nature of the business of the Company requires the protection specified

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         in this Agreement. The consideration provided for these covenants is
         deemed to be sufficient and adequate to compensate Employee for
         agreeing to the restrictions contained herein. Employee acknowledges
         and represents that Employee can continue to earn sufficient
         compensation without breaching any of the foregoing restrictions. The
         scope and period provided and the area covered are expressly
         represented and agreed by the Employee to be fair, reasonable and
         necessary.

                  (c) The covenants and provisions of this Agreement are
         severable. The Company and the Employee agree that the restrictions
         imposed herein are reasonably necessary to protect the legitimate
         business interests of the Company. However, if any provision or
         covenant of this Agreement were held to be unenforceable as written,
         then the Company and the Employee agree that the provision or covenant
         shall be construed in order that it shall be enforced to the greatest
         extent possible and, if such construction and enforcement is not
         possible, then the remainder of this Agreement shall be enforced as if
         such invalid covenant or provision were not contained in this
         Agreement.

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PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. As used in this Annex, "Proprietary Information" means
information which the Company possesses or to which the Company has rights which
has commercial value. Proprietary Information includes, by way of example and
without limitation, trade secrets, product ideas, designs, configurations,
processes, techniques, formula, software, source and object code, domain names,
improvements, inventions, data, know-how, copyrightable materials, marketing
plans and strategies, sales and financial reports and forecasts, and customer
lists. Proprietary Information includes information developed by Employee to be
used in the business of the Company, whether before or in the course of
Employee's employment by the Company or otherwise relating to Inventions which
belong to the Company, as well as other information to which Employee may have
access in connection with Employee's employment.

INVENTIONS. As used in this Annex, "Inventions" means any and all inventions,
developments, creative works and useful ideas of any description whatsoever,
whether or not patentable. Inventions include, by way of example and without
limitation, discoveries and improvements that consist of or relate to any form
of Proprietary Information.

COMPANY. For purposes of this Annex, all references to the "Company" will be
deemed to include Apropos Technology, Inc., its successors, and its direct or
indirect subsidiaries and affiliates.APROPOS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                           One Tower Lane, Suite 2850
                        Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181-4622

To Francis J. Leonard:

Your base salary for 2005 has been increased to $207,600. Your Target Award
Bonus for 2005 is $70,000. You have been granted options to purchase 35,000
shares of Company common stock at an exercise price of $3.02 under the Company's
Omnibus Incentive Plan of 2000.

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