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

With Amazon, Skip the Buffett Letter for the Bezos Letter

Jeff Bezos' investment letter makes clear that Amazon is less a merchant or cloud company. AMZN stock is an infrastructure company for the 21st century.

Roku Stock Is Still Not for the Squeamish

Roku stock has nearly doubled over the last year, but its future is likely to be in the hands of some other company.

Analysts Are Missing the Cost Control With CVS Health

CVS stock is benefiting from its purchase of health insurer Aetna, giving those customers some cost visibility for the first time in years.

Southern Stock Is a Bit Too Risky for a Utility Play

SO stock is a bet on nuclear power. If its plants can go into profitable operation, it's a bargain. If they can't pay off, you'll lose.

Luckin Coffee — The Chinese Not-Starbucks

Luckin Coffee is selling coffee through kiosks and an app, undercutting Starbucks on price and surrounding its stores.