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Featured Techie: Keiki-Pua Dancil, CEO of HiSciTech, the State's Largest Tech Advocacy Organization
Our Featured Techie post is usually a love fest, a testament to amazing things that some
geek in Honolulu has accomplished, often against serious odds. This month's
belated Featured Techie is different. This is not to say that Keiki-Pua Dancil
doesn't have technology chops. Coming off a gig at one of a… Continue Posted by Alex Salkever on February 6, 2010 at 6:01pm — 5 Comments
Project Management and Documentation Tools
The tools we use for managing software and design projects have evolved over the years. Last year Scott added… Continue Posted by Daniel Leuck on January 31, 2010 at 7:00am — 3 Comments
Haiti Relief - 4X Your Donation
As you know, the devastation from a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti and multiple aftershocks of up to 6.0 in magnitude have left an already impoverished country reeling and in chaos.
Last week, the Austin Entrepreneurs Foundation launched a $600,000 Haiti Relief Fund to match donations from the EF network worldwide. Hawai`i technology company Referentia… Continue
Posted by Mika Leuck on January 23, 2010 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments
AppEngine Datastore Overview (based on Java SDK)
In this post, I'd like to share some of my development experience with AppEngine's data storage facility called BigTable. As you might already know, BigTable is different from a widely known relational persistence (RDBMS) in a way that it deals with Entities and Keys as opposed to tables and rows. It might not seem too obvious at fi… Continue
Posted by Konstantin A Lukin on January 17, 2010 at 5:30am — 1 Comment
"Revolutionizing" Accessibility to State Archived Documents
I don't suppose a lot of people in the tech industry actually go to the state archives, but this entry may be of interest to many of you nonetheless.
I have absolutely no idea how many other states have archives that includes its own pre-statehood period, but our Hawai'i State Archives has archived documents that pre-dates its own stateh… Continue
Posted by Derek on January 14, 2010 at 10:30am — 13 Comments
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Hawaii Venture Capital Association
The HVCA seeks to foster entrepreneurial development through networking, education, and access to venture capital.
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Congratulations to Gabe Morris, winner of the TechHui MetaContest for his idea to run a contest "for applications that facilitate the delivery of government services and information."The Wave Hawaii, a site covering news and commentary for Hawaii's economic future is launched by the Hawaii Science and Technology Council.
Coming up on Bytemarks Cafe 2/10: Yuka Nagashima of HTDC and Mark Gilbert of CDS - Tech Bills
Community Help one of Hawaii's 2,400 homeless children get their homework done by contributing an old computer to Hawaiian Hope. Tell UH how to improve their ICS Masters program.
Tech Jobs Promote your skills in the new Tech Resumes forum. Post a job in the Tech Jobs forum. Apply for a position at an exciting Hawaii based Web 2.0 company.
TechHui Site Tell us about your first computer or first programming language. Learn nine ways TechHui can benefit you. Invite techie friends and colleagues to grow the community. Promote an event on the TechHui Calendar. Note: Scheduled events should be technology related.
Join the new TechHui group on LinkedIn. Many new members discovered TechHui through this group.
New groups include Hawaiian Hope, Mobile Development, Google App Engine Developers, GWT Developers, Groovy Programming Language, Wordpress, UH ICS Mentors and UH ICS Students. Create your own group today.
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Comprehensive Study of Final Cut Pro
February 4, 2010 at 6pm to March 16, 2010 at 7pm – UH Manoa, Sakamaki C104, Multimedia Lab
Professional Editing in Final Cut Studio In this introduction to the primary features and interface of Final Cut Pro, learn to perform basic editing functions while familiarizing yourself with the u…
Organized by Pacific New Media | Type: workshop
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Eclipse Hawaii User's Group Meeting (eclipsehawaii.org) - Feb 9, 2010
February 9, 2010 from 11:30am to 1pm – State Office Tower
Come Join the Eclipse Hawaii User's Group (eclipsehawaii.org) meeting on Tuesday (02/09/10) at 11:30 AM at Dept of Attorney General (JJIS) on Beretania. IBM will sponsor and provide lunch. Note: Thi…
Organized by Greg Hester | Type: user, group, meeting
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Adobe Flash for Beginners
February 10, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm – UH Manoa, Sakamaki Hall C104, Multimedia Rm
Spice up your web page and increase interactivity with Adobe Flash! Allow users to interact online with your Flash creations by adding dynamic buttons. Launch external websites or bounce around withi…
Organized by Pacific New Media | Type: workshop
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Are Google Apps Ready for Prime Time Enterprise Use?
February 11, 2010 from 11:30am to 1pm – Plaza Club
AITP- Honolulu February Luncheon 2010 Panel Discussion: Are Apps such as Google Gmail ready for prime time enterprise use? Google's various applications and platforms are funded through its massive…
Organized by AITP Hawaii | Type: panel
Featured Techie
In January 2009, Superb Internet Corp. relocated to Honolulu from Vancouver, Canada lock, stock and barrel. The Internet hosing and technology services company had decided to leave Canada for a number of reasons bu the move was a surprise to many in Hawaii. The traditional pattern for technology companies in the islands is launch small, grow to a larger size then leave. And the traditional reasons cited for leaving are usually cost of operating a business in Hawaii, lack of qualified technology workers, and difficulty meeting with customers due to the remote location.
Haralds Jass, the CEO and founder of Superb, turned this logic on its head. The remote time-zone is excellent for covering both the U.S.and Asia in the same work day.
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