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

Tumbling Markets Make For An Opportunity in Nvidia Stock

Nvidia is leading to the creation of a Machine Internet, in which anything that can collect data will have it processed by the cloud.

Tesla’s Elon Musk Keeps Proving the Naysayers Wrong

TSLA stock is a revolution I missed. I spent years deriding its efforts at scaling, but I'm now willing to admit that I was wrong.

Plug Power Needs Its Fuel Cell Logistics Plan to Pan Out

Plug Power has a five-year plan to use fuel cells in warehouses, forklifts and logistics, and PLUG stock depends on that plan's success.

Oil Stocks Are Drowning as Saudi Arabia Floods the Market

Oil stocks are falling and can't get up after OPEC failed to agree on production cuts and prices fell by one-quarter overnight.

Now Is Not the Time to Buy Zoom Video Stock

Stocks are falling, but Zoom Video is the wrong place to put new money right now. Here's a breakdown of why you should avoid ZM stock.