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

Asocial Retailers Will Dominate in the Post-Coronavirus World

Asocial retailers, that view shopping as a chore and not entertainment, have become the new long-term retail stocks to buy.

Virgin Galactic Stock Is a Dream That Could Become a Nightmare

Buying SPCE stock today could prove as profitable as buying Tesla in 2010. Or, it could fail like an investment in the Concorde.

How Costco Stock Can Save Your Portfolio

Costco stock has become like cash. It's a low-yield and low-risk investment that preserves capital during the pandemic's bear market.

A Bet on AAL Stock Is a Bet on American Airlines’ Survival

If American Airlines secures a federal bailout, AAL stock might just be an excellent speculation. I think a bailout is likely.

Inovio Rise is Today’s Sign of the Stockocalypse

Inovio has a coronavirus vaccine candidate that has just entered testing, and INO stock speculators are going mad over it.