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

Once-Unicorn Lemonade Stock Has Speculators Chasing Rainbows

Lemonade has a slick package but it's still just a property insurer with ambitions, with LMND stock trading at 50 times gross earned premiums.

Moderna Is An Example of Why You Should Buy Systems, Not Drugs

Moderna's vaccine for Covid-19 proves its operating system for creating new drugs works. That means more growth is ahead for MRNA stock.

Plug Power: A Real Opportunity in Hydrogen

Plug Power now has the cash and connections to scale hydrogen and fuel cell production for the fast-growing warehouse vehicle market.

It’s Time For Action on Intel Stock As Activist Loeb Pushes For Changes

Activist investor Dan Loeb says Intel needs to be broken up. What it needs is a reinvention. That'd be great for Intel stock.

Expect a War in the Clouds as Alibaba Pushes Internationally

Expect BABA stock to reflect an international push from China's "Cloud Emperors," as regulators attack these companies' domestic policies.