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

Gamestop: Has the Game Stopped?

Positive earnings news on Gamestop was met by a wave of selling, as short squeezers were squeezed.

Why You Should Be Holding On to Your Amazon Stock

Incoming CEO Andy Jassy is qualified to make his own legend at Amazon, as Tim Cook has done at Apple.

Coinbase Global Shows How Being the Bank of Crypto Carries Crypto Risks

Coinbase had a spectacular first quarter, but COIN stock is down by one-third since it launched its direct listing in April.

Biogen Gets an Unearned Rip on an Unproven Drug

Critics charge the FDA has been compromised and approved Biogen's Alzheimer's drug before it is proven to work.

Zoom Fatigue Sets in on Investors Despite Post-Pandemic Innovations

Zoom Video is building a huge business on videoconference and digital communications. The problem is investors now see ZM as a value stock.