Daniel Tynan is a journalist[1] and television and radio commentator who specializes in technology, humor, and humorous takes on technology. A contributing editor for PC World, InfoWorld.com, and Family Circle magazine, he recently launched a new Geek Humor Web site titled eSarcasm[2], along with partner JR Raphael.

Tynan formerly wrote the Our Digital Life (formerly Tech Smart)[3] column for US Airways Magazineand the Culture Crash blog[4] for Computerworld.com, and lovingly tends the Robert X. Cringely blog "Notes From the Field" for InfoWorld^{[citation needed]}.

His work has appeared in more than 50 publications, including Newsweek, Family Circle, Popular Science, Wired, and Playboy.com. He has appeared on CNN, CBS, NPR, Discovery, and Fox News, as well as dozens of regional television and radio programs.

His satirical blog, The WitList[5], has been featured in the journal Editor and Publisher[6], as well as other high-profile blogs such as Crooks and Liars[7], Daily Kos[8],Firedoglake[9], The Huffington Post[10], and TPM Cafe[11]. His technology blog can be found at DanTynan.com[12].

Contents 1 Select Awards 2 Books 3 Selected Articles 4 External links

[edit] Select Awards

• Two-time finalist for a National Magazine Award
• 2005, ASBPE Gold award for news article, 80,000+ circulation class, "Dawn of the Superworm"[13] (author)
• 2002, 2003 Western Publications Association 'Maggie' for Best Regularly Featured Online Column, "Inside Access", CNET (author)
• 1999 Grand Neal Award for Editorial Excellence, "Privacy in the Age of the Internet," PC World September 1998 (editor)
• 1997 Jesse H. Neal Award, Best News Story,[14] "Ram Scam," PC World, June 1996 (co-author with Christina Wood and Angela Freeman)
• 1995 Jesse H. Neal Award, Best Single Article, "DOA or Bound for Glory," PC World, June 1994 (co-author with Christina Wood and Anita Amirezzvani)

[edit] Books

• Computer Privacy Annoyances, 2005, O'Reilly Media, ISBN 0-596-00775-2

[edit] Selected Articles

• The Next 25 Years in Tech March 2008, PC World magazine
• It's a Two-Way Street: Don't Look Now, But that Web Ad May Be Following You February 2008, US Airways Magazine
• The 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007 December 2007, PCWorld.com
• Astonishing! Spock Thinks You're a Pedophile August 2007, Wired News
• The Internet is Sick... But We Can Make it Better, October 2006, Popular Science
• What's Hot in High Tech, Family Circle, November 29, 2005
• Think Thin, July 14, 2005, InfoWorld
• Customer Service Nightmares, January 24, 2005, CNET
• Career Arears, October 2004, Men's Fitness
• In Case of Emergency, April 2003, Entrepreneur
• Quantum Ranger, September 2002, Wired
• Internet 2: The Once and Future Net, July 10, 2001, MIT Tech Review
• What to Name the Baby, April 17, 2000, Industry Standard

[edit] External links

• Culture Crash blog at Computerworld.com.
• Our Digital Life column on US Airways Magazine.
• Notes From the Field blog for InfoWorld
• Tynan's satirical blog The WitList
• Tynan on Technology