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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 just get in touch with me.

Below are links to some of the work I’ve produced lately. For a more complete list, see published work by Dylan Tweney.

Why Does ‘Twitter API’ Keep Asking for My Password? | Epicenter | Wired.com

Quick update on the "OAuthcalypse," a string of app and website errors prompted by Twitter's switch to OAuth

August 27, 1874: He’s Ammoniac, Ammoniac at the Fore | This Day In Tech | Wired.com

Birthday of Carl Bosch, inventor of the Haber-Bosch method for synthesizing ammonia

Stats Show iPhone Owners Get More Sex | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

And people who get their pictures taken with a digital SLR look more attractive.

Toshiba Libretto W105 | Wired.com Product Reviews

A first look at this tiny, ultraportable computer with two touchscreens -- and no keyboard.

Amazon Sells More E-Books Than Hardcovers | Epicenter | Wired.com

E-books have hit the mainstream, and for the first time are consistently outselling their pulp-and-ink brethren, according to Amazon.com. Amazon hit a symbolic milestone last holiday season, when for one day its sales of e-books exceeded the number of dead-tree books it had sold.

Apple offers free cases for iPhone 4 reception problem - CNN.com

"From a customer's point of view, this is a really unsatisfying response," I say in a quote on this CNN.com story about "antennagate."

CamelBak Hydration-Bottle Packs | Wired.com Product Reviews

Ah, summer: The time when runners don their skimpiest spandex and hit the trails in search of sunshine, fresh air and dehydration and, uh heat exhaustion.

How I Used Twitter to Live-Blog the Opera | Underwire | Wired.com

Or, How I Wrote a Story About Wagner and Made People Hate Me

June 23, 1912: Computer Pioneer Alan Turing Born | This Day In Tech | Wired.com

Brief biographical sketch of Alan Turing, published on the 98th anniversary of his birth.

May 28, 1959: Inventing a New Language for Business | This Day In Tech | Wired.com

The birth of COBOL, with a bit of background about how Grace Hopper helped conceive it.

Art, Madness and Electronics at Maker Faire 2010 | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Gallery of photos by Jim Merithew, with copy by me.

Apple Passes Microsoft as World’s Largest Tech Company | Epicenter | Wired.com

Now the second-largest company in the world, after Exxon Mobil, based on market cap. A brief overview of how Apple went from also-ran to top of the heap in 10 years.

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