Dylan Tweney
[science|technology] [writer|editor]
I’m Dylan Tweney, a San Mateo, California-based writer and editor. I focus on technology and science, and I work in print, online, audio, and video.
On this website, you can learn more about Dylan Tweney, read my blog, check out the acts of journalism I've committed, or find out what writing and editing services I offer.
Below are links to some of the work I’ve produced lately.
- FORA.tv - A Conversation with Your Phone
Hourlong panel discussion about voice recognition interfaces that I moderated at Swissnex in January 2010 - Tech Experts Underwhelmed by Apple iPad
Dylan Tweney, Senior Editor of Wired.com, says he was quite impressed with the iPad but still thought it fell short of “being the revolution we expected.” - Apple Event to Focus on Reinventing Content, Not Tablets | Epicenter | Wired.com
Our prediction turned out to be wrong. But I'm still convinced this is Apple's ultimate strategy. - MediaPost Publications -- IPad: Can Apple Work Its Magic With Consumers? 01/28/2010
quotes me on the launch of the iPad and its likely reception - Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com - iPad examined
Short video in which John Sutter of CNN interviews me and Jacqui Cheng of Ars Technica, just outside the press conference - Eye-Catching iPad No Revolution, But Shows Promise - Video - Wired
A quick video where I summarize the Apple news - CES 2010: iPhone-Controlled Drone - Video - Wired
I do a short video from CES about Parrot's AR.Drone, an iPhone-controlled hovering helicopter with an onboard camera - Trendspotting at CES 2010 - Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
CNN's Valerie Streit interviews me and some other folks about what's exciting at CES, especially re TV - What is CES anyway? - CNN.com
"CES has never been primarily a press event. It's an industry event, a deal-making event," says Dylan Tweney, senior editor at Wired magazine. - Microsoft opens CES without much-hyped tablet, highlights past successes - CNN.com
I'm quoted in this story about Ballmer's CES 2010 keynote - Bashō's Road » Blog Archive » d.f. tweney | in conversation with norbert blei
A long interview with me about tinywords, its history, what I'm doing with the relaunch of the site, and what interests me about haiku and micropoetry. - Hot Gadgets of 2009 - CNBC.com
I spent a few minutes on CNBC talking about 10 of the best gadgets of 2009.
- Apple’s Next Revolutionary Product: iTunes
Apple announced the iPad Wednesday, and with it added e-books to the menu of content it’s selling via iTunes. But I can’t believe that Steve Jobs is going to stop there. Brian X. Chen and I predicted on Tuesday evening that Apple’s big announcement would go beyond the iPad, and include the announcement of a major, multi-platform [...] - Reading and web standards
This week brought the pleasing news that people are reading more than ever, thanks to the internet. In fact, the amount people read tripled from 1980 to 2008. That’s amazing considering it had previously been undergoing decades of steady decline. Suddenly people stopped watching so much television, and started reading again. They’re just reading on the screen [...] - in conversation with norbert blei
From my own experience, and the experience of friends who had spent months to years to a lifetime devoted to little magazines and small presses, I knew in my bones that tinywords had become overwhelming. This stuff eats you alive. But I also knew, it’s damn hard to let go once you made your mark. [...] - Embargo Is Latin for “F*** You”
A couple of weeks ago I took part in a discussion about press embargoes, with Tom Foremski, Damon Darlin and Mark Glaser, skillfully moderated by Sam Whitmore. Also in the audience, and contributing worthy comments, were Rafe Needleman, Paul Boutin, and other members of the press and PR corps. I kicked things off (and got a [...] - Are we having fun yet?
The collective intelligence poured into inventing new portable games over the past several centuries is equivalent, scientists estimate, to the outpouring of genius from a whole year’s worth of Nobel prize winners. Except instead of curing cancer, we’re making toys for kids who have trouble paying attention in school! Read more: Pocket Players: 13 Great Portable [...] - This Day in Tech: CompuServe Debuts
Sept. 24, 1979: First Online Service for Consumers Debuts - FCC Position May Spell the End of Unlimited Internet
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s unsurprising affirmation of support for network neutrality is a victory for the high-minded principle of open, unfettered internet access. Too bad it means the days of all-you-can-eat, flat-rate internet access are probably over. Net neutrality sounds like a good idea. After all, it’s the internet’s openness to any and all users, applications [...] - Big Money in Journalism
I’ll admit it: I got into journalism for the money. Columbia Journalism School dean Nicholas Lemann has said: “I’ve never met a single person in 35 years who went into journalism out of pure economic reason.” He never met me. While my motivation wasn’t purely financial, I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t the primary reason [...] - Blind photographers
Brian X. Chen wrote a moving story about how three professional photographers are continuing to pursue their art even though they’re almost totally blind. One of them went blind after he’d become a photographer, but has found a way to continue working using a Nokia N82 and an iPhone 3GS. This piece shows the potential [...] - News lessons from TMZ and Michael Jackson
Los Angeles gossip site TMZ got the scoop that Michael Jackson died. They had it about half an hour after paramedics arrived, and about 15 minutes ahead of the LA Times. When the LA Times blog was just reporting that MJ was in the hospital, and then in a coma, TMZ already had a headline [...]