About Dylan
Dylan F. Tweney is a writer and editor specializing in technology, science and business. He is a senior editor at Wired.com, where he’s responsible for technology and science coverage.
Previously, Tweney was an editor for PC Magazine and Mobile PC and produced weekly columns for Business 2.0 and InfoWorld magazines for several years, writing on the intersection of business and technology. His writing has appeared in Wired, Technology Review, the San Francisco Chronicle, PC World, PC Magazine, Mobile PC, CIO, and PC/Computing magazines as well as Salon.com, SFGate, and numerous other publications.
Tweney also publishes tinywords, the world’s smallest magazine (it’s a daily journal that has published one haiku every weekday since 2000).
He is a 1991 graduate of Williams College, where he majored in religion and studied poetry under Louise Glück. He has worked as a weed whacker, pizza chef, ESL teacher, and environmental activist, and won the Boston Poetry Slam in 1992.
Small headshot photos of Dylan: one, two, three
Still more about me
I have worked at three content startups and a host of national magazines, and what really gets me excited is creating new editorial products to inform and entertain readers on technical topics of wide-reaching importance.
I was the founding editorial director of PCMagCast, PC Magazine’s channel for live web seminars and online events. Before that, I was executive editor for Mobile, a monthly technology magazine (also known as Mobile PC), where I was part of the founding editorial staff. And I was one of two cofounders of a content syndication startup that fell victim to the dot-com crash.
The editorial products I’ve managed have won awards: two Folio FAME awards for online events, two “Maggie” awards from the Western Magazine Publishers’ Association (one, two), an Editorial Excellence Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors, and an award for general excellence in business coverage from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
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Here’s my résumé, and here’s a database of most of my published clips. You can also browse the archives of “Net Prophet,” my InfoWorld column; and “The Defogger,” the column I wrote first for eCompany Now and then Business 2.0.
I’ve got a profile on LinkedIn.
Personal stuff: Family pictures on Smugmug. Gory details of house chaos and construction. Random photos on Flickr.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Mobile Film School
How to get the most out of your camcorder–even if you don’t have Spielberg’s talent or Lucas’s budget. A detailed 10-page feature, including lots of tips and reviews, from the final issue of Mobile. (PDF) (Mobile, November 2005)
Palm Today, Gone Tomorrow
Palm is about to make the biggest decision of its corporate life: Switch to Windows, or face oblivion. (Mobile, November 2005)
JVC GR-D295u
Judging by its name, you’d think the JVC GR-D295u was a futuristic cambot with a remorseless drive to destroy all living beings. In fact, the GR-D295u is more like the guy who hangs out on the last bar stool next to the door, nursing a Schlitz: friendly, easy to like, and a bit clumsy. That’s why we’re calling it Norm. (Mobile, September 2005)
What’s On Your Mobile: Arthur C. Clarke
My interview with science fiction novelist and comsat inventor Arthur C. Clarke. (PDF) (Mobile PC, March 2004)
eMate: Technology that never had a chance.
Eulogy for a doomed laptop. (Salon, 1998-03-17)
Searching is My Business: A Gumshoe’s Guide to the Web.
How to search the Web, film noir style. 1996 Maggie Award Winner, Best How-To Article. (PC World, December 1996)
For a more complete list of articles I’ve published over the past few years, click here.
Photo credit: Jonathan Snyder
