DYLAN TWENEY
Dylan Tweney

Dylan Tweney

2006 posts
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Jury duty.

If you’re trying to find me today, you’ll have to wait. I’ve been called for jury duty and I’m spending the day in the cell- and wifi-free basement of the San Mateo County Hall of Justice. There is a wifi network in the jury room, but it won’t give anyone an IP address. I’m going […]
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5 Hot tech topics.

Five hot science and technology stories this week. 1. User-created content. Brush aside the Web 2.0 an “attention economy” hype from ETech and SXSW. What really gets new media companies excited is the idea of user-created content–text, audio, and especially video that ordinary Janes and Joes create
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Camcorders for the people.

Here’s a great, world-changing idea: Give people camcorders. Let them make movies of human rights violations. Show the videos to the world. Founded in 1992 by Peter Gabriel, this organization is already making waves–for instance, videos showing abuses in the juvenile justice system in California wer
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Kansas City Barbecue.

The Kansas City Barbecue joint right across from the San Diego Manchester Hyatt, on Harbor Blvd., is a regular dive. The Hyatt concierge steers guests away from the place with a frown and a hesitating reply that suggests it’s less than respectable. Ignore her. “Welcome to the last dump in San Diego,
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Notes

russian climbing

Excellent video of a couple of Russian kids running, leaping, and climbing all over the crumbling concrete urban environment around them. russian climbing – Google Video (a great example of parkour, which Scot’s blog first turned me on to)
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The attention economy is exhausting.

I’ve been moblogging ETech like mad for the past two days, but you might not know it unless you stop by Wired News’ Monkey Bites blog, where I am a guest blogger. You might not know it even then, since the posts are appearing under the regular blogger’s name, Michael Calore. Regular readers of that
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You’ve Got PayMail!

You’ve Got PayMail AOL has announced plans to charge for sending some e-mail, in hopes of curtailing spam. But skeptics aren’t buying it. By Dylan Tweney, for Technology Review
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