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

Delta Air Lines Fills Middle Seats, Not Investors’ Pockets

Airline travel is still down by one-quarter from pre-pandemic levels, and Delta is expected to report a loss for the March quarter.

AirBnB: The New King of Travel?

AirBnB stock is now selling for 34 times last year's revenue, despite having no profits. Its rivals are on to the business model, and growth may slow.

TripAdvisor Is Betting on Its New Program to Get to the New Normal

TripAdvisor Plus needs both hotels and travelers to sign up for a trade of commissions for discounts and perks, if TripAdvisor stock is to justify its current valuation.

Why I Still Don’t Own Alphabet

GOOG stock is back at record levels as investors conclude that cloud infrastructure is one of the keys to the global economy.

Salesforce Is Now a Long-Term Play

Cloud application company Salesforce has matured into a reliable company. No longer a short-play, consider CRM stock for the long-term.