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

The Crude Oil Price Divergence Is Hurting the Global Economy

Diverging crude oil prices are hurting developing economies and Canadian oil producers. The U.S. could eventually be harmed by the situation.

3 Tech Stocks to Watch Amid the Chinese Spying Scandal

Not all tech stocks are equally vulnerable in the Chinese spying scandal now roiling the U.S. Here are some that will be in the spotlight.

Another Musk Tweet Sends Tesla Stock Reeling

Another tweet from Elon Musk risks his deal with the SEC. If he's fired, the value of Tesla stock would plummet.

The Jump in Cloudera Stock Is Just Getting Started

Hadoop pioneers Cloudera and Hortonworks are putting the band together, creating a service enterprise for the Internet of Things.

We’ve Reached Peak Trump and Also Peak Twitter Stock

Twitter is trying to turn down the fires that attracted people to it, at great expense, with limited success