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

Churchill Capital a Clear Sell As SPAC Mania Subsides

The Securities and Exchange Commission has begun cracking down on the shenanigans that made deals like CCIV's merger with Lucid Motors attractive.

Moderna Holds the Key to the Future of mRNA Vaccines

Moderna's Covid-19 success has given it the scale and funds to be a big player in vaccines, making MRNA stock a strong long-term buy.

AirBnB: Better Business Results, but Still Not a Buy

AirBnB stock started strong after its December IPO, but it has been falling as investors realize how expensive the stock has gotten.

Top Grad Stocks 2021: Amazon Makes for the Best Graduation Gift

Studying Amazon is a great way to get continuing education in how companies evolve and change. The fact that it can also make a graduate some serious money is almost secondary.

Dogecoin Is Too Volatile and Arbitrary to Be Taken Seriously

It might be exciting to guess what Mark Cuban or Elon Musk will say about Dogecoin next, but no serious investor should care about an asset as volatile as this one.