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

Robinhood Markets Has a Peter Pan Problem

Beyond getting into proxy voting through Say Technologies, Robinhood has done little to justify HOOD stock priced at 17x revenue since its IPO.

Rivian IPO Filing Made This Skeptic (a Little) Less Skeptical

After reading the Rivian IPO filing, my main concern is that its electric vehicles may wind up being too good.

Boeing Still Hasn’t Had the Promised Turnaround, and It May Not Come

Boeing today is as troubled as it was when Dave Calhoun was named CEO nearly two years ago, and the rot has spread throughout the company.

The Chinese Government Changes the Reality for Nio Stock

China's government saved William Li and his electric vehicle company Nio, turning NIO stock into something resembling a Chinese Tesla.

Joby Is Nothing but Hot Air Until It Earns FAA Approval

There are too many variables to know what the future holds for JOBY stock between now and the launch of its electric air taxi in 2024.