I’m a journalist, editor, and the founder of Tweney Media.
I’ve been writing newsletters and blogging since the 1990s and have been a columnist, podcaster, and editorial leader for publications including WIRED, VentureBeat, Business 2.0, and InfoWorld. I’m a swimmer and a meditation practitioner, and those often show up in my writing. I also created tinywords, the world’s largest journal of tiny poems, which is now in its 26th year. (!)
My business is solving communications problems for tech execs and their companies. At Tweney Media, I work with companies to communicate leadership by developing bylines, blogs, research reports and more. I’m a speechwriter, ghostwriter, podcast producer, and video scriptwriter. I’m a writing coach and love helping people to develop their ideas and turn them into powerful prose.
I am also a trained Listener Poet, and I love writing poems for others.
Some highlights of my writing
- Never let AI write your first draft, Tweney.com, January 2026
- 15 ways to become a better writer, Tweney.com, October 2025
- Writing with and without AI, Tweney.com, July 2025
- The spiritual crisis of white men, The Good Men Project, May 2024
- A delicious mid-life mocktail, Popula, March 2019
- How to Fake an Email From Almost Anyone in Under 5 Minutes, Hacker Noon, October 2017
- Talk loudly and carry a big schtick, Medium, March 2017
- How to Use Diversity to Increase Business Performance, LinkedIn, November 2015
- This French tech school has no teachers, no books, no tuition — and it could change everything, VentureBeat, June 2014
- How to Make a Clock Run for 10,000 Years, Wired, June 2011
- DIY Freaks Flock to ‘Hacker Spaces’ Worldwide, Wired, March 2009
Most recent posts
- Finding your flow as a writerWhat do you do when your creative flow feels blocked, your energy levels are low, or you simply don’t feel you have anything to say? I studied with a famous… Read more: Finding your flow as a writer
- Never let AI write your first draftIf you want to stand out from the sea of AI slop in 2026, you need to make AI work for you — rather than the other way around.
- The magic of magazinestl;dr: I helped make a magazine! I fell in love with magazines as a young adult. In college, I contributed to the campus literary magazine, the school newspaper, and an… Read more: The magic of magazines
- Haiku changed my lifeOne crisp autumn day, on a whim, I started sending haiku to a few friends via email and text message. I had a new phone and was interested in its… Read more: Haiku changed my life
- Collaboration and photographyThis summer, my friend Janne-Pekka Manninen, a Finnish journalist and photographer, began a three-month artist’s residency in Berlin. He invited me to follow along with his process as a sort… Read more: Collaboration and photography
- It’s Clippy’s world nowWhen Microsoft first introduced its Office assistant, “Clippy,” it was ridiculed by many. The cutesy animated paperclip came across as goofy, but the real problem was how annoying Clippy was:… Read more: It’s Clippy’s world now
- How to write like Neal StephensonI was standing in the futuristic, multi-story atrium of NVIDIA’s “Endeavor” building when I saw Neal Stephenson leaning against a railing. “I bet you’re not a lefty,” I said. The… Read more: How to write like Neal Stephenson
- What it’s like to attend a Renaissance WeekendLast weekend, on a sunny balcony overlooking Monterey Bay, with cocktail chatter in the near background and sea lions barking in the distance, I talked about love with a 20-year… Read more: What it’s like to attend a Renaissance Weekend
- Introduction to Listening PoetryThis summer, I took a five-week course from The Good Listening Project to learn the craft of listening poetry: poetry that arises from deep listening in a one-on-one conversation. A listener poet is… Read more: Introduction to Listening Poetry
