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Dylan Tweney is an award-winning journalist with fifteen years’ experience covering science, technology, and business.

I am an expert in explaining complex technological and scientific issues to general audiences. I have written for a wide variety of national publications, online and in print, have written regular weekly columns for Business 2.0 and InfoWorld, and have been a print and online editor at Wired, Mobile, InfoWorld, and PC/Computing magazines.

PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

DIY Freaks Flock to ‘Hacker Spaces’ Worldwide
People worldwide are flocking to hacker spaces like Noisebridge, where like-minded geeks gather to work on personal projects, learn from each other and hang out in a nerd-friendly atmosphere. Like artist collectives in the ’60s and ’70s, hacker spaces are springing up all over. (Wired.com, 2009-03-29)

New Chips Poised to Revolutionize Photography, Film
For the first time, professional-grade single-lens reflex cameras are gaining the ability to record high-definition video. That capability, photographers say, has the potential to transform both still photography and moviemaking — and it’s largely thanks to advances in the semiconductor technology used to make the image sensors inside these cameras. (Wired.com, 2008-10-09)

So Long, Bill Gates, and Thanks for the Monopoly
He’s a merciless competitor, a shameless “fan” of other people’s ideas and an unapologetic monopolist. And because of all that, Bill Gates has done more to create the thriving computer industry than anybody else. (Wired.com, 2008-06-27)

What’s Inside Your Laptop?
This is the story of how quartz becomes a computer, and it’s a story that—for the typical notebook computer—stretches across nearly every continent, dozens of countries, and literally hundreds of different companies. (PC Magazine, 2007-03-14)

Blast to the Past
To decode da Vinci, you need a firm grasp of art. To learn from Archimedes, you need to get your hands on something a bit more sophisticated. Like a synchrotron that accelerates electrons to nearly the speed of light to produce x-rays. (WIRED, 2006-07-01)

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)

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, check out my database of more than 300 published articles.

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And that’s just a small sample. I have published more than 300 articles in the past 10 years, most of which are listed in my database of selected publications.

I take pride in delivering clean copy that is written with style and originality as well as technical accuracy. I check my facts. And I always hit my deadlines.

What editors have said about my work:
Dylan is an editor’s dream come true: versatile, talented, conscientious, responsible, smart. I don’t know what I like more about him: That you can throw any ubertechie topic at him and he’ll give you an engaging, fun-to-read article, or that he is a delight to work with.

–Amy Johns, formerly of Business 2.0
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