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

Boeing Bets on a Return to Air Travel

Boeing stock may rise on speculation as the 737-MAX returns to service, but it won’t return to its 2019 highs any time soon.

Airbnb IPO: Just Because You Love the Service, Should You Buy the Stock?

Airbnb is going public at the best possible time for its owners, after good summer numbers. But winter is coming. So are competitors and angry local authorities.

Why General Motors Looks Like the New IBM

Can other lines of business, like selling General Motors’ technology to rivals, make GM stock a growth name again? It remains to be seen.

Visa Exists in a Payments World No Longer Ruled by Banks, Only Fintechs

PayPal's alternative payment system is growing much faster than Visa, and behind it ride a host of other fintechs that are taking apart the banking system brick by brick.

Stay Away From Tesla-Copying Fisker Stock

Fisker stock has been soaring higher thanks to its plans to launch an all-electric SUV in 2020. Here's why you should stay away.