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

3 Legal Highs for Your Portfolio

Investors in liquor stocks have a lot of investment themes to choose from, ranging from global growth and variety to pure American beer.

Restaurant Brands International: Burger King Needs a Better Taco

A Mexican food chain would help boost QSR stock's current portfolio, which includes Burger King, Tim Horton's and Popeyes.

Nio Stock Is Still Too Speculative for Most Investors

A better bet on electric cars than Nio stock may be BYD Company, where Warren Buffett invested, or Volkswagen, pushing a standard platform.

IBM Stock’s Purchase of Red Hat Opens to Skeptical Reviews

Red Hat was supposed to turn IBM stock into a sort of fast-moving advocate of hybrid cloud. Early indications are that isn't happening.

Cisco Stock Investors Party Like It’s 1999. It’s Not.

Cisco stock is still a conservative tech company, but traders are buying it like it's 1999. CSCO's purchase of Acacia only excites them more.