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

Marathon Oil Stock Remains a Fight for $60 Barrels of Crude

MRO stock analysts think Marathon Oil can make money in 2020 if it brings in $4.2 billion. There are fierce disagreements over what happens after that.

Wendy’s Rides the 2020 Roller Coaster

Wendy's suffered the pandemic, a beef shortage, a Twitter outrage storm, and the burning of one of its restaurants during the June quarter. Can breakfast bring the stock back?

Now-Speculative OXY Stock Shows the Price of One Bad Business Decision

Buying Anadarko was supposed to make OXY stock a dividend aristocrat, but now even Warren Buffett's money carries risk.

The Real Source of Facebook Stock’s Long-Term Power Isn’t What You Think

The long-term power for FB stock lies more in its cloud than in its apps, and its future lies more in services than in advertising.

Invest in Nada for the Low-Cost Future of Residential Real Estate

The residential real estate market is wide open for disruption, and this startup is ready to change commissions. Should you invest in Nada?