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

Amazon.com, Inc. Has Google in the Crosshairs of the ‘Great Game’

Amazon.com is no longer a retailer, but a technology giant whose Alexa interface is the MS-DOS, or iOS, of our time.

The Bitcoin Boom Isn’t Busted Yet

Governments worldwide are campaigning against cryptocurrency, but the market for bitcoin has yet to collapse.

Vanguard’s New CEO Wants Investors to Keep More of Their Own Money

Investment advisors take big chunks of investor money but don't outperform index funds. Vanguard Personal Advisor Services changes that.

The Bottom May Be in for General Electric Company Stock

General Electric stock is rising on higher oil prices, giving CEO John Flannery time to execute a real turnaround.

Best ETFs for 2018: VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF Is a Lazy Investor’s Boon

SMH offers an easy way for a small or passive investor to play the semiconductor industry, and its value has tripled in the last five years.