Dana Blankenhorn

Dana Blankenhorn

Expertise: Technology, Biotech, Renewable energy

Education: M.S,J. Northwestern (Medill School) 1978; B.A. Rice University, History and Political Science 1977

Awards & Accomplishments: Tech reporter since 1982, Freelance since 1983, on Internet since 1985. Created first online coverage of Internet with a magazine, Interactive Age, 1994 Co-wrote BBS Systems for Business in 1991, Wrote Guide to Field Computing in 1992 Wrote technology history now called "Living with Moore's Law" in 2001, 2010, 2021 Author of over a dozen books, both fiction and non-fiction

About Dana:
Dana Blankenhorn has been a financial journalist since 1978, a technology journalist since 1982, and an Internet journalist since 1985. He writes a Substack newsletter, Facing the Future, which covers technology, markets, and politics.

He has written a half-dozen technology books, several novels available at the Amazon Kindle store, and covered beats ranging from education to e-commerce, and from open source to renewable energy. He lives in Atlanta.

Recent Articles

Novavax: The Party’s Over

Novavax made its vaccine in the traditional way and with an adjuvant to let it cover more people. But people still seem to prefer mRNA vaccines.

ChargePoint Is Waiting for the Market to Happen

ChargePoint has lined up capital for an EV charging market that won't exist in the U.S. for several years. CHPT stock isn't going anywhere.

Lumen: Dividends Through Liquidation

Lumen is descended from US West, the old Baby Bell company that sold its cellular patrimony in 1997.

What Centene’s Next Era in Managed Care Looks Like

Neidorff built Centene through Medicaid contracts and strict cost controls. His successor is under pressure to increase margins.

Biogen’s Aduhelm Crashes the Biotech Sector

Aduhelm is an Alzheimer's treatment, not a cure. Its quick approval and high price have set off pushback on the whole FDA and Medicare drug process.