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

Elliott Management Is Ignoring AT&T Stock’s Larger Problems

Elliott Management proposes to squeeze AT&T for short-term profits, but has no answer to its long-term structural problems.

What’s the Deal With Ford’s ‘Junk’ Bond Rating From Moody’s?

Ford doesn't really have any credit problems. But its buyers and dealers might as Ford moves to reinvent itself for the era of self-driving electric vehicles

Alibaba Stock Will Be Just Fine Without Jack Ma

BABA stock is expanding its global cloud footprint rapidly, bringing highly profitable service revenue in to offset any potential problems in China

This Is the One Big Reason VMware Stock Should Be On Your Radar

VMW is building a complete stack so everyone can have a cloud, which makes VMware stock very promising as a long-term play.

Uber Stock Is Barreling Toward Worthlessness Without a Turnaround Plan

Uber faces customers who can organize to resist price rises and drivers organizing to get wage hikes, and its reputation hasn't improved