Author name: Dylan

I've been a professional writer and editor for over two decades. I am the founder of Tweney Media, a content agency that helps companies communicate through blog posts, online magazines, podcasts, video, and more. I'm the former editor-in-chief of VentureBeat and was an editor at Wired. Outside work, I founded tinywords, the world's smallest daily magazine. It's a haiku and micropoetry journal that's been publishing more or less daily since 2000.

This Day in Tech: CompuServe Debuts

Dylan / 9/23/2009

Sept. 24, 1979: First Online Service for Consumers Debuts The company known as Compu-Serve, and later CompuServe, opened its doors […]

FCC Position May Spell the End of Unlimited Internet

Dylan / 9/21/2009

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s unsurprising affirmation of support for network neutrality is a victory for the high-minded principle of open,

Big Money in Journalism

Dylan / 7/23/2009

I’ll admit it: I got into journalism for the money. Columbia Journalism School dean Nicholas Lemann has said: “I’ve never

Blind photographers

Dylan / 7/17/2009

Brian X. Chen wrote a moving story about how three professional photographers are continuing to pursue their art even though

This is my happy face

Dylan / 7/15/2009

Happiest People Ever!

To Run Better, Start By Ditching Your Nikes

Dylan / 7/10/2009

Before the Nikes, before the breathable, antimicrobial running shorts, before the personal fitness coaches, heart rate monitors, wrist-mounted GPS and

News lessons from TMZ and Michael Jackson

Dylan / 6/26/2009

Los Angeles gossip site TMZ got the scoop that Michael Jackson died. They had it about half an hour after

The notificator.

Dylan / 6/23/2009

Twitter, circa 1935

Open letter to a reader of Wired.com

Dylan / 6/10/2009

Thanks for your careful attention to our blogs. It may come as a surprise to you to find out that

Sultans of Stride

Dylan / 6/1/2009