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History of Internet Technology in Hawaii

I'm looking for a summary of Hawai'i's contribution to internet, networking and similar global technology from about the era of ALOHAnet (1970) onwards, but especially focusing on the modern era.

My basic goal is to make the case that Hawaii is a technology/internet innovator to a primarily mainland audience. I want to show why we're proud of being a kama'aina company.

Any help, tips, or leads would be great.

Thanks,

Ben Kinsey
Web Developer
JobsFreeForAll.com

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Permalink Reply by Mika Leuck on March 25, 2010 at 10:42am

Aloha Ben. Here are some references:

ALOHAnet on Wikipedia
ALOHAnet Discussion on TechHui
IEEE Paper on ALOHAnet (requires subscription)
Kevin Hughes talking about Hawaii's first web site

As you probably know, a lot of famous internet entrepreneurs are from Hawaii or went to school in Hawaii including Steve Case, the founder of AOL and Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay.

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Permalink Reply by Viil on March 25, 2010 at 11:30am

Hi Ben, you might want to interview the UH Information & Computer Science (ICS) department chair Dr Martha Crosby (http://www.ics.hawaii.edu/people), she has been with the ICS since before ALOHAnet and have lots of great stories that should be shared.

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Permalink Reply by Ray Tsuchiyama on April 15, 2010 at 10:46pm

I think the key figure in Alohanet was UH Prof. Norm Abramson. Any history of the Internet contains a reference to this valuable contribution.

History of Internet Technology in Hawaii

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