{{short description|American journalist and commentator}} '''Daniel Tynan''' is an American journalist,<ref name="asbpe2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.asbpe.org/contest/2004/con04natedit.htm |title=ASBPE National Editorial Award Recipients in 2004 |publisher=Asbpe.org |accessdate=2010-08-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527164928/http://www.asbpe.org/contest/2004/con04natedit.htm |archivedate=2011-05-27 }}</ref> television and radio commentator who specializes in technology, humor, and humorous takes on technology. Former editor in chief of Yahoo Tech, he has also served as an Executive Editor and later contributing editor for ''PC World'', InfoWorld.com, ''Family Circle'' and other publications that have gone on to the great magazine Valhalla in the sky.
Tynan formerly wrote the Our Digital Life (formerly Tech Smart)<ref>{{cite web |author=Pace Communications |url=http://www.usairwaysmag.com/2007_05/digital_life.php |title=US Airways Magazine / The Magazine That Connects You |publisher=Usairwaysmag.com |accessdate=2010-08-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717174942/http://www.usairwaysmag.com/2007_05/digital_life.php |archivedate=2011-07-17 }}</ref> column for ''US Airways Magazine,'' Gadget Freak<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Tynan|first1=Dan|last2=again|first2=PCWorld {{!}} About {{!}} Electronics made fun|date=2005-08-29|title=Gadget Freak: 'Must-See TV' Hits the Web? Finding Great Online Video|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/122102/article.html|access-date=2020-06-22|website=PCWorld|language=en|archive-date=2019-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121020402/https://www.pcworld.com/article/122102/article.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> for ''PC World,'' Thank You For Not Sharing<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tynan |first=Dan |date=2013-11-27 |title=So long, and thanks for all the fish |url=https://www.itworld.com/article/2703148/so-long--and-thanks-for-all-the-fish.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625232110/https://www.itworld.com/article/2703148/so-long--and-thanks-for-all-the-fish.html |archive-date=2020-06-25 |access-date=2020-06-22 |website=ITworld |language=en}}</ref> and for ''ITworld,'' Modern Family<ref>{{Cite web |last=Browning |first=Kirsten |title=Yahoo hires modern family columnist |url=https://muckrack.com/daily/2014/01/15/yahoo-hires-modern-family-columnist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625024345/https://muckrack.com/daily/2014/01/15/yahoo-hires-modern-family-columnist |archive-date=2020-06-25 |access-date=2020-06-22 |website=muckrack.com |language=en}}</ref> for ''Yahoo Tech''.
His work has appeared in more than 75 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, was featured in the journal Editor and Publisher,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/article_brief/eandp/1/1000780134 |title=Editor & Publisher |publisher=Editorandpublisher.com |date= |accessdate=2010-08-14 |archive-date=2011-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524205315/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/article_brief/eandp/1/1000780134 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as The Huffington Post,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/micah-sifry/green-cash-and-scam_b_14036.html |title=Micah Sifry: Green Cash and Scam |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=2006-01-18 |accessdate=2010-08-14}}</ref> and TPM Cafe.<ref>[http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/witlist/2006/aug/27/good_bye_joe_a_song] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103021/http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/witlist/2006/aug/27/good_bye_joe_a_song|date=September 29, 2007}}</ref>
As of 2023, Tynan regularly publishes content to his blog, ''Cranky Old Man Yells at Internet''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Substack |title=Dan Tynan {{!}} Substack |url=https://substack.com/@crankyolddan |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=substack.com |language=en}}</ref> He also writes in-depth brand journalism articles that are regularly published on Forbes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan Tynan BrandVoice |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/guild/ |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>
==Select awards== * Two-time finalist for a National Magazine Award * 2019 Folio Eddie & Ozzie Award,<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards|url=https://www.foliomag.com/go/2019-eddie-and-ozzie-awards/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=Folio|language=en}}</ref> Best Consumer Parenting Column/Blog, "Talking About," Family Circle magazine * 2005, ASBPE Gold award for news article, 80,000+ circulation class, "Dawn of the Superworm"<ref name="asbpe2004"/> (author) * 2002, 2003 Western Publications Association 'Maggie' for Best Regularly Featured Online Column,<ref>{{cite web |title=Applications |url=http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6536_7-5101493-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212072005/http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6536_7-5101493-1.html |archive-date=2005-02-12}}</ref> CNET (author) * 1999 Grand Neal Award for Editorial Excellence, "Privacy in the Age of the Internet," September 1998 (editor) * 1997 Jesse H. Neal Award, Best News Story,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/75007&EDATE= |title=American Business Press Honors PC World for Outstanding Investigative Reporting |publisher=Prnewswire.com |date= |accessdate=2010-08-14}}</ref> "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)
==Books== * [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/privacyannoy/ ''Computer Privacy Annoyances''], 2005, O'Reilly Media, {{ISBN|0-596-00775-2}}
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081202125925/http://blogs.computerworld.com/tynan Culture Crash] blog at Computerworld.com. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070520050455/http://www.usairwaysmag.com/2007_05/digital_life.php Our Digital Life] column on ''US Airways Magazine.'' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130202030758/http://www.infoworld.com/blogs/robert-x.-cringely Notes From the Field] blog for InfoWorld * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100509112928/http://www.itworld.com/blog/6090 Thank You For Not Sharing] blog for ITworld * [http://witlist.blogspot.com Tynan's satirical blog The WitList] * Tynan on Technology * [http://www.esarcasm.com eSarcasm]
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