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.

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  • 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 [...]
  • The notificator.
    Twitter, circa 1935
  • Open letter to a reader of Wired.com
    Thanks for your careful attention to our blogs. It may come as a surprise to you to find out that Wired publishes about 10 different blogs, accounting for a total of 50-100 articles per day, with a staff of about 25. By contrast, Wired magazine publishes about 85-100 pages of stories per month with an editorial staff of 40 — [...]
  • Sultans of Stride
    Arnulfo Quimare and Scott Jurek, two of the greatest ultra-long distance runners right now. “Got it!” Luis said, dropping back to show me the image in his digital camera. He’d sprinted ahead and wheeled around just in time to capture everything I’d come to understand about running over the past two years. It wasn’t Arnulfo’s and [...]
  • Remember to look left
    This is a hell of an obit about a man who must have been a hell of a writer. Not being a sports fan, I hadn’t heard about Bud Shrake until I read this, and now I’m sorry I missed him. I’m pretty sure they aren’t making journalists like this any more. Sally Jenkins – Shrake ‘Did [...]
  • The fusion of music and information architecture
    This is one of the most fun interviews I’ve done in a long time. Wired.com Video: High-Tech Cellist Fuses Music, MacBook | Gadget Lab | Wired.com.
  • Robot Mouse
    Mini bio of Claude Shannon, founder of modern information theory: April 30, 1916: Information Theory, Who’s Your Daddy? | This Day In Tech.
  • Chain mail
    English Russia » Only in Russia 20. (via Gizmodo)
  • Steampunk Segway
    I want to see video of someone riding this. Jalopnik – Segway Goes Steampunk With “Legway” – Legway.
  • Totoro creampuffs
    How to make delicious Totoro cream puffs, by bento art genius Annathered. We are totally doing this. (thanks, Xeni!)