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 Cloud Stocks In Danger of Being Broken Up

Facebook faces the greatest threat of a breakup, but Elizabeth Warren has also called for Amazon and Google to be broken up as well.

Roku Is a Ray of Light in a Dark Time

Roku stock should be valued as an ad platform, not just a supplier of TVs and streaming sticks. Don't let the trade war scare you out.

Wait Out the Storm in Nvidia Stock

Nvidia is still doing great at turning graphics into artificial intelligence, but NVDA stock will be a casualty of the Trump trade war for now.

Put Cisco Stock In Your Pocket and Wait

While it’s nice to see people writing about Cisco stock, it’s not a short-term play. It has worked hard for a decade to make itself a solid, conservative investment. Let it be one for you.

Technology Is Not Saving the Day for Walmart Stock

Walmart may be the world's smartest retailer, but it's control of the supply chain that drives the WMT stock earnings, not tech innovations.