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

Kroger Stock Is Still a Solid Bargain After Its Latest Earnings Beat

Kroger (KR) still lacks a national brand identity, but operations are improving, and KR stock is gearing up to fight new rivals Costco, Walmart and Amazon.

Why You Should Fear the Cloud Bubble Illustrated By the NASDAQ’s Rise

The Cloud Czars are all great, well-run companies, but every pearl has its price, and when that price is reached, it's a long way to fall.

How Tesla’s Scaling Problems Are Killing Its Profit Potential

Tesla has yet to solve the scaling problems reporters identified years ago, but TSLA stock has yet to pay the price for that.

With GE Gone, It’s Time to Stop Covering the Dow Jones Index

The Dow Jones Industrials doesn't feature industrials, it doesn't measure growth, and it's not what you should build a portfolio around. Stop looking at it.

A Safe Dividend Makes Verizon Communications Inc. Stock a Safe Bet

Verizon believes 5G mobile services will give it growth, but you buy the stock for the dividend yielding 4.8%.