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

Is the Big Bounceback in Netflix Justified?

The bull case for NFLX stock is that it's becoming a value stock. The bear case against Netflix is that it's becoming obsolete.

Meta Platforms Shifts From Growth to ‘Belief’ Play After Earnings Miss

If you believe in Mark Zuckerberg and his vision of the metaverse, the bad earnings report may be your best opportunity to buy into FB stock.

Avoid Robinhood Stock as It Aims to Become a Full-Featured Fintech

Robinhood expects two more bad quarters, as the meme stock craze fades into history. Its aim is to become a full-featured fintech.

Intel’s Government-Fueled Comeback

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has become the Pied Piper of technology, promising great things if Western governments back his plans to build huge new chip foundries.

PaySafe: Out of Fashion, or Time to Buy?

When PaySafe came public in March analysts were screaming buy, buy, buy. Now it's down by 75% but they haven't given up.