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

Will 2021’s ‘Digital Acceleration’ Bring Back the Once Great IBM?

IBM's comeback remains nascent and speculative, but CEO Arvind Krishna is making good moves in AI and cloud software.

Microsoft Stock Is Simply Very Expensive

Analysts are rushing to defend their positions on MSFT stock, but Microsoft faces serious security issues that could lead to slowing earnings.

Hyliion and the Risks of Being a Venture Investor

Hyliion says it can manage the transition of 18-wheeler truck fleets to electricity via diesel or natural gas. Now it must prove it can get orders.

It’s Time to Take Another Bite of Apple Stock

Apple still has huge opportunities, unifying the product line, building new services, and moving into health. It's the kind of stock you buy on weakness. Like now.

Ripple: Trying to Turn CryptoMoney into Real Power

Ripple Labs is trying to buy its way out of a SEC lawsuit saying its XRP cryptocoin is an unregistered security.