Archive for the ‘15 minutes’ Category

Who is that handsome devil, and what’s he doing on P2Pnet?

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Jon Newton at P2Pnet took a shine to my screed on Zuckerberg and asked me for the right to republish, which I happily granted. Plus, he agreed to run a nice photo of me along with it. Now I hope none of us get sued. (He said, half joking). You ...

25 Ways to Tick Off a Tech Journalist

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

by Dan Tynan Sure, we make jokes about PR people as we eat their cheese cubes and drink their Yuenglings, but we couldn't do our jobs without them. I certainly couldn't. My working life is generally made much easier thanks to the hard work of the kind folks who ...

Facebook and the Illusion of Intimacy

Monday, April 21st, 2008

by Dan Tynan When word got out that my wife and I were splitting up, I received several emails from long-time friends who knew us back when we were both skinny--err, dating. “I am a little heartbroken about your current relationship status,” wrote one. “What's with the single status? Are you guys splitsky? ...

Meet the whiz kids: 10 overachievers under 21

Monday, March 17th, 2008

(This story originally appeared on PCworld.com, with my byline. It also appeared on Abcnews.com without my byline. ABC sucks -- but you knew that already.) by Dan Tynan Mark Zuckerberg, watch your back. Sergey and Larry? Consider early retirement. The next generation is coming up fast, and they aren't waiting for you Web ...

Hey, I’m in Newsweek

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Or is that on Newsweek.com? The in/on thing gets so confusing when you go electronic. I did an interview with Brian Braiker of Newsweek.com yesterday regarding my piece on Wikileaks and the Bank Julius Baer. He apparently saw it thanks to the many slashdotters who raised my Cringely post high enough ...