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

Palantir: The Perils of Extremism

Palantir is funding 10 start-ups to prove the value of its proprietary software in commercial markets. But it's rejecting the course of the industry.

AMC Stock Is Running Out of All That Time It Borrowed

AMC is not a growth stock. It's a retailer, worth $5 on a good day. The market cap entering November 9 was $23 billion.

Here Are Answers for Shareholders After General Electric Breaks Up

Larry Culp was hired to save GE in 2018, but finally decided to break it up in order to unlock what's left of its value, especially in the healthcare unit.

CrowdStrike Stock Has Some Juice Left As It Battles Microsoft

CrowdStrike became the hot new name in cybersecurity recently. The problem is that everyone knows it and has already bought CRWD stock.

It’s Not Too Late to Start Buying SoFi Technologies

SoFi is building a financial supermarket you can hold in your hand. It's also wholesaling the capabilities to others.