Principal , TynanWood Inc, and a damned fine writer and reporter
Wilmington, North Carolina Area
- Current
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- Contributing Editor at Family Circle magazine
- Contributor at Hanley Wood
- Contributing editor at US Airways magazine
- Past
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- Executive Editor at PC World magazine
- Editor in Chief at CD-ROM Today magazine
- Copy Editor at InfoWorld
- Education
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- University of California, Berkeley
- TOHS
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Dan Tynan’s Summary
I'm an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in more than 60 national publications, including Newsweek, Popular Science, Family Circle, Wired, Playboy.com, Women's Health (really), and a passel of technology rags. Really, I get exhausted just thinking about it.
See my blog, Tynan on Tech (www.dantynan.com) for the stuff I've been writing lately, or my Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tynan) for the nitty gritty on my professional career. Buy my book, Computer Privacy Annoyances (www.privacyannoyances.com) before it disappears entirely from this earth. See my snarky satirical blog, The WitList (witlist.blogspot.com) just for fun.
Dan Tynan’s Specialties:
waffling, prevaricating, procrastinating, extemporizing, fulminating, hectoring, pedantic tirades, and sarcasm.
Dan Tynan’s Experience
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Contributing Editor
Family Circle magazine
(Writing and Editing industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
I write six articles a year for Family Circle magazine on technology as it relates to families. That typically includes a year end gadget guide.
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Contributor
Hanley Wood
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
I write the occasional tech-centric piece for Hanley Wood's Digital Home magazine.
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Contributing editor
US Airways magazine
(Public Company; LCC; Airlines/Aviation industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)
Until Feb 2009, I wrote the monthly Our Digital Life column for US Airways' inflight magazine, which replaced my old gadget column, TechSmart. It talked about near-term tech trends and their impact on us bipeds. Sadly, due to economic constraints, USAM replaced all of its columnists starting in March 2009 with free content culled from the Web.
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Contributing Editor
InfoWorld
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
2003 — Present (6 years)
At the moment I write a weekly news quiz (styled after "wait wait don't tell me"), a thrice weekly blog under a mysterious identity, and a feature once every month or two. If not for Infoworld, I wouldn't be paying my mortgage right now.
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CCO (Chief Cynicism Officer)
Tynanwood Inc.
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; NADA; Writing and Editing industry)
January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)
I write for a wide range of magazines and Web sites -- too many to list here. I focus primarily on technology and its discontents, with particular emphasis on the Internet, privacy and security issues, and customer service. I also write about parenting and politics. Goofy first-person humor is a speciality, but I'm also a first-rate investigative journalist when the story calls for it.
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Contributing Editor
PC World
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)
I write occasional online featurettes for this magazine, the last general interest computer magazine still standing. From December 2003 to December 2008 I wrote the magazine's monthly Gadget Freak column, testing cutting edge gizmos and trying not to get myself electrocuted.That column and all the others went away because PCW couldn't afford us any more. Such is life in the publishing biz.
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Executive Editor
PC World magazine
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
May 1996 — December 1999 (3 years 8 months)
For nearly four years I terrorized the Features department of PC World magazine, making life a living hell for 4 to 6 editors. Some escaped to other publications, some were driven into exile, and one of them became Editor in Chief at PCW. (He's now a recovering Technologist.) During my tenure we did manage to take home more journalism awards than any other tech-centric magazine (not that anybody's counting), so that must count for something.
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Editor in Chief
CD-ROM Today magazine
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
April 1995 — April 1996 (1 year 1 month)
Thank god this magazine no longer exists.
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Copy Editor
InfoWorld
(Writing and Editing industry)
1986 — 1987 (1 year)
Dan Tynan’s Education
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University of California, Berkeley
AB , English, Journalism
Go Bears!
- Activities and Societies:
- GDI
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TOHS
Additional Information
Dan Tynan’s Websites:
Dan Tynan’s Interests:
funiculation (the art of eating funnel cones while riding in a funicular)
Dan Tynan’s Groups:
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California Alumni Association - UC Berkeley -
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HARO--Help A Reporter Out
Dan Tynan’s Honors:
so many awards, so little time
Two-time Finalist for a National Magazine Award (PC World, Popular Science)
Two-time Winner of a Maggie for Best Online Column (C|NET)
Two-time winner of a Grand Neal for Best Overall Submission (PC World)
8 Neal Awards -- or portions thereof (PC World, Sales & Marketing Magazine)
2 Computer Press Association Awards (PC World)
Plus lord knows how many ASBPEs (especially if you count all the 2nd & 3rd place ones)
NO bowling trophies.
Dan Tynan’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
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