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 Oil Stocks to Drop Now

This should be a golden era for oil stocks, but it's turning to dust as weak prices and renewable competition plague the sector.

The Real Reason Microsoft Stock Stands Out Among Other Big Tech Names

Microsoft has stayed out of antitrust jail by using its Azure cloud to become a partner with companies across the technology landscape.

Intel Stock Could Still Have a Long Way to Fall

Bob Swan is the first Intel CEO who came to the job with an outside perspective. Since his appointment, technical problems have been piling up.

General Electric Stock Is Full of Peril

Larry Culp has trimmed the workforce, trimmed the debt and turned over the board, but if GE were called Culp Industries I still wouldn't buy its stock.

After Earnings, Walmart Still Isn’t a Real Threat to Amazon

Walmart stock earnings told a story of exploding eCommerce, but the numbers show WMT moving its own sales around.