Publications
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Enterprise.nxt author archives
In-depth articles on the deep trends and implications of technology, from 2017 to the present.
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Ready Statements author archive
From “Advertise your failures” to “The Sounds of Chinatown. Contributions to the agency blog on innovative approaches to communication. May 12, 2016 to present.
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“Four IoT vulnerabilities, one dangerous trend?”
The Parallax article, June 29, 2016. Article on wacky hackin’ of the Internet of Things.
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Daily Dot articles and author archive
August, 2012-November, 2013; March, 2015-present. News and features on data security, hacking, hacking groups, cyberwar, and the digital humanities.
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WhoWhatWhy author archive
January 31, 2015-March 11, 2015. News, analysis, and investigative coverage of government transparency and Latin American issues.
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“Future’s Past: How the Theban Mapping Project’s Effort to Document Ancient Egypt Has Also Documented the Contemporary History of Technological Innovation.”
The Cryptophere, November 12, 2014. Feature on the techology of archaeology.
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“Comic: An oral history of failure, and (partial) redemption.”
The Laugh Button, May 14, 2014. Republished profile of comedian and actor Dave Anthony.”
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“SKA Telescope May Change Computing as Much as Astronomy.”
The New Stack, feature, April 29, 2014. Feature on the Square Kilometer Array and the computing that powers it.
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“Drones Muster Out and Head for Wine Country.”
The New Stack, feature. April 29, 2014. Feature on precision agriculture, robotics, and drones.
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“New Tech Needed to Stop Train Crashes.”
The New Stack, feature, April 29, 2014. Feature on positive train controls.
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“BitTorrent takes step toward secure serverless chat.”
VentureBeat, article, December 19, 2013. Article on peer-to-peer service.
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“Facebook becomes the world’s #2 seller of online ads.”
VentureBeat, article, December 19, 2013. Article on social network.
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“European Parliament approves Snowden video testimony, thwarting objections.”
VentureBeat, article, December 12, 2013. Article on whistleblower’s remote testimony.
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“Now you can buy beer with Bitcoin in Beijing.”
VentureBeat, article, November 5, 2013. Article on the stateless currency in China.
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Salon articles and author archive
November, 1997-October, 2013. Stories on hacking, privacy, online finance and international security.
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“African Space Programs Aren’t Science Fiction”
Okayafrica, article, May 20, 2013. Feature on African space science.
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“African Sci-Fi ≠ Western Sci-Fi”
Okayafrica, article, March 19, 2013. Article on African science fiction.
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“80’s Jo’burg Punk from ‘National Wake”
Okayafrica, review, February 21, 2013. Review of the reissue of seminal African record.
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“Lidar archaeology shines a light on hidden sites.”
BBC Future, feature, August, 2012. Feature on the use of LiDAR in archaeology.
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“Nokia loses $1.7 billion, but Lumia phones kept it from being much worse.”
Christian Science Monitor, post, July, 2012. Horizons tech blog post on mobile phone earnings loss.
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“Who’s looking to hire? Top 10 hard-to-fill jobs hold surprising lessons.”
Christian Science Monitor, article, July, 2012. Article on employment talent shortage.
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“AT&T’s new shared data plan saves money, but not for everyone”
Christian Science Monitor, post, July, 2012. Horizons tech blog post on new data plans.
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“Everything you need to know about new iPhone rumors. Really, everything.”
Christian Science Monitor, post, July, 2012. Horizons tech blog post on iPhone 5 news.
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“Yahoo hack steals 400,000 passwords. Is yours on the list?”
Christian Science Monitor, post, July, 2012. Horizons tech blog post on user ID and password theft.
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“Google Maps heads indoors with walking directions for 17 Smithsonian museums”
Christian Science Monitor, post, July, 2012. Horizons tech blog post on indoor mapping of the Smithsonian Museums.
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“Ouya brings free-to-play games to TVs”
Christian Science Monitor, post, July, 2012. Horizons tech blog post on new gaming console.
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“DNSChanger: Removing the virus just got a lot harder”
Christian Science Monitor, post, July, 2012. Horizons tech blog post on the after-effects of the DNSChanger virus.
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“Are some global companies too reliant on China?”
Christian Science Monitor, feature, May, 2012. Feature on the effect of China’s growth slow-down on international companies and development of a consumer economy.
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“Japanese tsunami debris to hit West Coast this year, sooner than expected”
Christian Science Monitor, article, April 2012. Article on latest debris landfall model and response.
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Ars Technica articles and author archive
March 8 2010-July 4. News, features and book reviews on the intersection of technology and culture.
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“Google Play: Android’s new home for apps, video, and music”
Christian Science Monitor, post, March 2012. Post on Google’s new online store.
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“Rush Limbaugh: If ad boycott expands, can he survive?”
Christian Science Monitor, article, March, 2012. Article on radio host’s loss of sponsors.
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“Yelp IPO makes a splash on Wall Street. Will it drown?”
Christian Science Monitor, post, March, 2012. Post on latest high-tech stock offering.
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“Nothing Was Desirable: A Review of ‘Punk in Africa‘”
Okayafrica, review, February, 2012. Review of documentary.
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“Ship’s anchor cuts Internet access to six East African countries”
Christian Science Monitor, article, February, 2012. Article on the severing of the TEAMS cable.
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“Americans arrested, deported by Bahrain for supporting democracy protests”
Christian Science Monitor, post, February, 2012. Post on the arrest and deportation of American activists.
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“Malaysia may repatriate Saudi who faces death penalty for tweets”
Christian Science Monitor, post, February, 2012. Post for Global News Blog on Saudi Twitter user’s blasphemy charges.
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“Nokia publishes policy on African conflict minerals”
Christian Science Monitor, post, February, 2012. Post for Africa Monitor blog on world’s largest mobile phone company.
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“Why mobile money is popular in Africa, but not in the U.S.”
Christian Science Monitor, article, January, 2012. Article on mobile payments in Africa and U.S.
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ReadWriteWeb articles
Curt Hopkins ReadWriteWeb article archive. March, 2010-March 2012. Hundreds of articles on technology, tech trends and effects of technology on life.
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“Made for Standup”
Oregon Quarterly, profile, June, 2010. Profile of comedian and author Greg Behrendt.
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Ashland Daily Tidings
articles and features. March-April, 2007.
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“Five in the Afternoon: In Spain, the Bullfight is more than a relic”
LocalsGuide, essay, May, 2007. Personal essay about bullfighting in Spain.
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“Cool truth about Crater Lake”
Los Angeles Times, article, February 11, 2007. Travel feature on Crater Lake National Park in the Winter.
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“Memories of a Jacksonville gone by”
Medford Mail Tribune, column, December 17, 2006. Essay on the changes in an Oregon town. (Reposted on this blog.)
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“Expert Sitings: Curt Hopkins”
Foreign Policy, column, May/June, 2006. Column on valuable and interesting online sites.
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“The Bard rises from Ashland”
Los Angeles Times, article, “The Bard rises from Ashland,” February 12, 2006. Travel feature on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and environs.
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“Blogging to be free.”
News.com (CNET), op-ed, August 16, 2005. Editorial on the use of blogging in human rights activism.
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“Fighting for Freedom of the Keyboard.”
Los Angeles Times, op-ed, March 14, 2005. Editorial on the beneficial qualities bloggers bring to dissent.
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“A collective conscience for the wired world.”
National Post, op-ed, March 4, 2005. Editorial on the entrance of bloggers into the international free speech movement. (Reposted on this blog.)
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“Lullaby to Broadway”
Oregon Business, article, March 1, 2005. Business article on the trials and opportunities of downtown revitalization.
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“This Stage of Business.”
Oregon Business, cover story, February 1, 2005. Business article on the unique management style of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
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“TV’s Distress Signal Creates Real-Life Drama.”
Reuters, article, October 19, 2004. News article on “rogue television.”
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“Democrats, Republicans Charge Vote Improprieties.”
Reuters, article, October 13, 2004. News article on voter registration fraud. (Reposted here.)
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KLCC-FM (NPR)
Over forty radio news reports, interviews and commentaries. March-October 2004.
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“‘The economic situation of most people has worsened.’”
Latinamerica Press, interview, January 23, 2004. Interview with the Secretary General of El Salvador’s opposition Marxist FMLN party. The original Spanish is here, “Líder del FMLN habla de los problemas y soluciones de El Salvador.”
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“Road Riches?”
Newsweek, news article, September 1, 2003. News article on Plan Puebla-Panama, the hemisphere’s largest infrastructure project, in Central America and southern Mexico. (Reposted here.)
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“Stitching Up a Deal.”
Newsweek, news article, June 2, 2003. News article on the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
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“Crime: Made in the USA.”
Newsweek, news article, June 2, 2003. News article on the formation of Salvadoran gangs.
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“Sleeping with the Enemy in El Salvador.”
San Francisco Chronicle, feature, July 27, 2003. Feature article on the new El Salvador.
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“Snowpack Still Below Normal.”
Daily Times, April 1, 2003, news article, News article on the Four Corners below average snowpack.
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“Noisy art”
San Francisco Bay Guardian, feature, November, 1999. Arts feature on premier and live webcast of George Antheil’s 1924 symphony. (Reposted here.)
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“Pile Up In Pomona”
Quokka.com, feature, October, 1999. Feature article on demolition derby for online sports portal.
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“A Circle of Words”
Oregon Quarterly, feature, Spring, 1998. Feature article on Warm Springs Reservation’s language reclamation program.
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“Beginings, Birth/Rebirth, and The New World”
San Francisco Bay Guardian, feature, May, 1998. Literary feature on 5 Finger Review literary magazine.
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“Psychotronic Reaction”
Miami New Times, feature, March, 1998. Feature article on band The Cramps.
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“Pantyhose Junction”
San Francisco Bay Guardian, feature, February, 1998. Travel feature on strange wayside.
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“Todos Tus Muertos”
Miami New Times, review, February, 1998. Review of Spanish rock-en-espanol band.
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“Ay Califas”
Miami New Times, review, February, 1998. Review of rock-en-espanol compilation.
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“Athens At Night”
New Times Broward/Palm Beach, review, January, 1998. Review of JC Hopkins album.
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“Square”
New Times Broward/Palm Beach, review, December, 1997. Review of Orange Peels album.
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“Pasiones, Torturas y Otros Misterios”
New Times Broward/Palm Beach, review, December, 1997. Review of rock-en-espanol album by Maria Fatal.
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“Frontera Azul”
New Times Broward/Palm Beach, review, December, 1997. Review of rock-en-espanol album by Ley De Hielo.
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“Zoot Suit Riot”
New Times Broward/Palm Beach, review, November, 1997. Review of swing album by Cherry Poppin’ Daddies.
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“Among The Gypsies of Spain”
Salon.com, feature, November, 1997. Travel feature on the Gypsies of Granada, Spain.
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“Mighty Opposites”
Oregon Quarterly, feature, Summer, 1997. Feature article on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, on Ashland, and on the area’s changing dynamics.
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“The Lost World”
San Francisco Bay Guardian, feature, May, 1997. Travel feature on Oregon roadside attraction.
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“Disaster Factory”
San Francisco Bay Guardian, feature, November, 1996. News feature on jail conditions and lawsuits in San Francisco. (Nov. 20, 1996).
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“Mojave Insult”
San Francisco Bay Guardian, short feature, November, 1996. News feature on exclusion of Indian tribes from DPA debate. (Dec. 4, 1996).
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“Powwow”
Allstar, feature, 1996. Feature article on the increasingly popular Native American powwow music for online magazine.
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“Robot Wars”
Huh, feature, November, 1996. Feature article on annual high-tech smash-up derby.
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“Running with the Devil”
Huh, feature, October, 1996. News feature on damage suit against Slayer by the parents of a slain girl.
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“Night of the Donut”
Allstar, feature, September, 1996. Feature article on the mystery of the donut shop.
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“Incredibly Strange Wrestling”
Huh, feature, August, 1996. Feature article on SF’s wrestling hoedown.
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“The Sound and the Stanley”
Huh, feature, June, 1996. Feature article on SF’s Audium installation.
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Independent Newspaper Group
news, features, profiles (at least five per week Nov. ’95 — September ’96).
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“A World Beyond Borders”
Cascade, feature, Autumn, 1995. Article on Professor Alec Murphy and geography as a tool to shaping political policy.
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“Partners and Adversaries”
Oregon Business, article, October, 1995. Article on debate over growth in Oregon.
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“Robert McDowell”
Horizon Air, CEO profile, August, 1995. Profile of StoryLine Press’ CEO.
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“Barn Poetry”
Oregon Business, feature, July, 1995. Article on Oregon non-profit publishing house StoryLine.
Creative work
BookThe Dog Watches and Other Poems
Curt Hopkins’s first book of poems is a spiritual gazetteer of the city and its hidden spaces. Built around the long poem of the title, the book is a product of years of exploring poetic form and meter. Poet, screenwriter, and memoirist Jimmy Santiago Baca, author of Martin & Meditations on the South Valley, said “these poems are usable—i mean survival stuff, for the father at the table late at night leaning into his sorrow sipping black coffee, for the urban street kid whose never been to a forest and the professor who forget his dream, or for those who been in love and betrayed, for the broken and whole, the nasty and pure, the religious and blasphemer, for those ambitious poets craving awards and money prizes, sit your asses down and read this shit, it’ll get you real….” Poet Yehuda Amichai said, “It is the kind of writing that sustains and lifts up, that nourishes for a lifetime and more.“ And Bill Rauch, first artistic director of the Perelman Center, said “Hopkins’ writing made me lean forward, make connections I never would have thought possible but now seem inevitable, and to look forward in new ways.”
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Enterprise.nxt author archives
In-depth articles on the deep trends and implications of technology, from 2017 to the present.
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Ready Statements author archive
From “Advertise your failures” to “The Sounds of Chinatown. Contributions to the agency blog on innovative approaches to communication. May 12, 2016 to present.
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“Four IoT vulnerabilities, one dangerous trend?”
The Parallax article, June 29, 2016. Article on wacky hackin’ of the Internet of Things.
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Daily Dot articles and author archive
August, 2012-November, 2013; March, 2015-present. News and features on data security, hacking, hacking groups, cyberwar, and the digital humanities.
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WhoWhatWhy author archive
January 31, 2015-March 11, 2015. News, analysis, and investigative coverage of government transparency and Latin American issues.
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“Future’s Past: How the Theban Mapping Project’s Effort to Document Ancient Egypt Has Also Documented the Contemporary History of Technological Innovation.”
The Cryptophere, November 12, 2014. Feature on the techology of archaeology.
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“Comic: An oral history of failure, and (partial) redemption.”
The Laugh Button, May 14, 2014. Republished profile of comedian and actor Dave Anthony.”
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“SKA Telescope May Change Computing as Much as Astronomy.”
The New Stack, feature, April 29, 2014. Feature on the Square Kilometer Array and the computing that powers it.