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

If AMC Entertainment Is Sold, This Is Who Will Buy It

Controlling shareholder Dalian Wanda may be under pressure to sell AMC, whose stock has been falling. Might Netflix swoop in with a bid?

International Business Machines Corp. Is Tap-Dancing on the Blockchain

IBM is pushing blockchain as it once pushed Watson, and analysts are buying the technology can lift the stock

The Bitcoin Bubble May Not Have Burst, But It Will

Bitcoin and nearly all cryptocurrencies are down in price, as governments around the world move to crack down on money laundering.

General Electric Company’s Past Remains a Minefield

GE could face more losses as its accounting is adjusted to industry standards, and more problems are found in its past.

Blue Apron Holdings Inc Hangs On But Maybe Not for Long

Blue Apron is trying to cut losses to husband cash, but there is as yet no growth plan that would make the stock worth buying.