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

Bitcoin Can’t Fight Against Government Oversight Forever

The cryptocoin market can't come back until it reaches some accommodation with government. The crackdown has just begun.

You Can Root for General Motors Company Stock, but Don’t Buy It

General Motors continues to reshape itself in the image of Tesla, even while fighting for share in an aging car business

The GGP Deal Could Be Huge for Brookfield Property Partners LP Stock

Lawyers and some investors are upset over the price Brookfield is paying for GGP, but this could be the best news of the decade for suburban malls

5 Financial ETFs to Buy for the Long Haul

Banks and insurers do well when interest are rising, and interest rates are now rising. Financial ETFs tracking the sector look good.

Will Alphabet Inc Stock Do a Face(book)-Plant?

Alphabet Inc's Android is poisoned by its loss to Oracle, it faces the same privacy backlash as Facebook, and the tax man is coming. None of this bodes well for Alphabet stock.