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

Micron Technology Stock Is at the Middle of an Upswing, Not the End

Demand for Micron memory chips is cyclical, increasingly based on demand for microprocessors. The easing chip shortage is positive for Micron.

In a Sea of Mergers, Equinix Offers Standalone Strength

Data center REITS like Equinix have been getting swallowed by private equity like bon bons, for good reason. EQIX Stock is up thanks to Equinix benefitting from being a private equity that does not invest in cash flows rather buying debts.

Covid Stand-out Pfizer’s Albert Bourla Gets My Vote for CEO of the Year

PFE stock has scored a 38% gain in 2021 with a drug Pfizer didn't develop, thanks to the brilliant leadership of CEO Albert Bourla

Camber Energy Stock Is One Penny Stock That Looks Doomed to Stay That Way

When someone offers a "can't miss" opportunity that smart people have turned down, listen to the smart people

Big Boxes Are Back, and Costco’s a Winner

Costco's valuation is stretched next to those of Walmart and Target, which both sell out after exceeding earnings estimates. Investors should be expecting a dip with the next earnings.