Mika Leuck

, Female

Honolulu

United States

Profile Information:

Occupation:: Consultant, IT Technical Support/Help Desk, Manager, Network/Systems Administrator, Quality Assurance Engineer, Web Developer
Company:: Ikayzo, inc.
Areas of Interest (Robotics, Software Architecture, Green Energy, Web 2.0, etc.):: Traveling, Photography, Japanese History and Literature, French Literature and Film, City Life, Sake Tasting, Good Food, Lemurs - not for food :-), Anything about Fiji!
Software Language Proficiencies / Interests:: HTML, Javascript, Perl, Ruby, XML
About Me:: I'm originally from Japan. Now I work at Ikayzo as a systems administrator, Japanese localization engineer and COO in Honolulu. I like diving, snorkeling, traveling, working with Linux and reading.

My company does Java, Ruby, Flex, Flash, iPhone and C# development, localization (specializing in Japanese, Spanish, Português, French, German, Korean and Chinese), IT Technical support/Help desk, Google Apps migration and software system auditing. Our customers include Nomura Securities, Bank of America, Oracle and ValueCommerce.
Website:: http://www.ikayzo.com
Twitter Username: mikanoco

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Jarret Toyama

Aloha and mahalo for the info and the warm welcome. Jarret.

May 14, 2009
Peter Gois III

Thanks for the welcome!

Jun 9, 2009
William Song

tyty~~~

Jun 10, 2009
Doug Hagan

Thanks for the welcome. I'm a Flex freelancer on the north shore of Maui. I would have liked to come over for the Flex session this weekend, but can't make it, maybe next time.

Jun 10, 2009
Eric G. Hanson

Thanks Mika! I will check it all out. This looks as if it is a great resource with many interesting people! Aloha!

Jun 10, 2009
Matthew Mukai

Thanks Mika! Will look up the goups and explore around.

aloha,
Matt

Jun 11, 2009
Logan Henriquez

Thanks for the welcome. I've just launched a new news site called newsforwhatyoudo.com Its a social/collaborative news / feed reader and has groups for the various development languages. If you'd like to give it a try, it might be a good way to increase user engagement on Techhui. Below is a synopsis of why its different - you can see an example on my page where I imported it in as an RSS feed.

Many groups want an automatically updated feed of relevant news for their members to drive greater user engagement and SEO. We created a service that lets you and your members collaborate in creating this news feed. It automatically gathers news from sources you and your members specify such as member blogs and any other source on the internet. It doesn’t depend on members manually posting links or blog postings, but gathers new content automatically, giving your members a reason to come back every day. Its free for Ning groups to use and you can set it up in seconds just by importing one of our RSS feeds into the "RSS" pane in your Ning group.

Regards,

logan

Jun 12, 2009
Joe Corpuz

Thanks Mika! will check out the groups.

Jun 16, 2009
Leo Kuan

Hello neighbor, thanks for the welcome.

Jun 17, 2009
Scott Yoshinaga

Thanks for taking a look! I'm glad you enjoy it :-)
Hoping to get more readers all over the world.

Jun 19, 2009
Carolyn Kaichi

I will, thanks!

Jun 19, 2009
Samantha Crow

Thank you, Mika! It was lovely to meet you.

Jun 19, 2009
Sherwin Gao

Hi Mika, my profile picture was taken in Nara of Japan during my spring break in March. Have you been there before? It is really beautiful there.

Thank you for pointing me to the FAQs. I see that you and Daniel have created this site. You guys did a great job! I really like it :)

Jun 22, 2009
Sherwin Gao

Hi Mika,

I did go back to Yokohama and Yokohama Chukagai during spring break! I have a friend who is like a grandmother to me there, so I went to visit. Yokohama is also very pretty, I really liked the harbor area and Minato Mirai 21. I found this Japanese photographer who take amazing photos of Yokohama, and I use his photos as my backgrounds; his site is http://www.yokohama-photo.jp/ if you're interested!

It seems like both you and Dan have lived/traveled in many places, I hope I will have a chance to do so in the future too :)

- Sherwin

Jun 22, 2009
Victor Bolin

If I didn't know better I'd say those first few lines were a generic message...see you tonight definitely! Yeah, my invitation was going to expire soon, so I join!

Jun 24, 2009
Carolyn W. Clark

Aloha Mika,
Thanks for welcome and nice comment about my profile icon - I love PhotoShop probably just used threshold adjustment sometimes you get lucky!!
Carolyn Clark

Jun 25, 2009
Nathaniel Kinney

Aloha Mika. Thanks for the welcome message. Iʻm friends with Derek and Alyssa.

Jul 6, 2009
Pake Salmon

Mika,
Thank you for welcoming me & guiding me though techhui. I like the name! That fish in my profile picture is a giant Trevali, or Olua (what we call it in Hawaii).

Jul 14, 2009
Bill Dash

Thank you for the welcome.
I will look at those groups.
Is there any group that invests in tech but NOT companies that take Act 221 money?

Aug 2, 2009
Rubén Peña

Mika:

Aloha!! Thanks for becoming my friend on TechHui.com -- its been a lovely pleasure to meet you online.

Thanks also for opening my eyes of the benefits to Hawai'i from the "Education Video about Act 221/215". I can't wait to land my next dream Career opportunity in Hawaii where I can make a contribution to help revitalize & reinvent Hawai'i's High Technology sector, as a senior technologist or program manager. Pray for me that thats opportunity will come soon. Perhaps we can also meet someday in person.

Mahalo!!
Rubén
www.linkedin.com/in/RubenPena

Aug 26, 2009
Derick

hey mika! thanks for those mac tips!

i hope you and dan have fun in fiji. you guys will!

Sep 20, 2009
Bobby

hey...Mika...Thanks a lot..you became..my friend...

Oct 10, 2009
Shan W. Steinmark, Ph.D.

Mahalo - but how do I edit my profile; it gave me some things I am not qualified to do ?

Oct 26, 2009
Cheryl Johnson

Mahalo...Mika. Glad to finally be on Maui. Took me a couple months to get here from the mainland. Looking forward to getting settled in.

Nov 2, 2009
Ben Cy Leong

Thanks Mika, hope all is well at ikayzo!

Nov 9, 2009
Henk B. Rogers

Tetris on mobile phones was designed to work between stations in Tokyo. This is why the length of the games is set at 2 minutes.

Nov 9, 2009
Dmitry Popov

Pretty nice honor to be the 1400'th member. Let's help expand the network and get more people involved!

Dec 2, 2009
Rubén Peña

Mika:

We missed you at the 2009 Holiday Science & Tech Fair, at the Japanese Cultural Center last Tuesday!! Where were you and Dan? I had a GREAT time and made a lot of leads -- I was even interviewed for a potential position with OceanIt Laboratories!! :) WOW! I'm so excited!

Maybe we can meet up next time at another event.

Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou 2010!!
Rubén
www.LinkedIn.com/In/RubenPena

Jan 2, 2010
Bill Spencer

Hi Mika,
Keep in mind the Japanese farm is probably talking about Blue Fin tuna, which have different feed consumption requirements than Big Eye. We expect to grow our Ahi to 100 pounds and are estimated the need for two pounds of feed for every pound of growth. Our current feed cost estimate is forty cents per pound, however we are looking to source our feed locally, which could change this equation.

Jan 11, 2010
Lou Darnell

Thank you, Mika.
I had a wonderful conversation with Daniel the other day. sorry, I missed meeting you. Hope to meet you soon.

Jan 28, 2010
Mary Livingston

JTSI has several small contracts - so it's very likely there is a presence in Japan.

I see you are interested in "all things french" - how did that develop? I do too!
I took french in high school - have visited France twice, so far - and have recently enlisted a peer to learn more of the language with me!

Aloha.

Mar 22, 2010
Roxy Caraway

Thanks MIka. :)

Mar 23, 2010
Jake G.

Thanks for the comment. Was beginning to think I was talking to myself. So far Japan is looking bleak, so for now I am searching for a Senior SE or PM position here in Hawaii. I really like my job now more so the people, but nowhere to grow I think. Can't be a SA forever right. Neways 応援してくれてありがとうございます！

Mar 25, 2010
LJ Rayphand

Mika,

Ran Annim~

I am sorry for not replying promptly to the comment you left on my profile. Anyway, I just want to take you for dropping few lines and also pointing me to directions where I can learn more.

I am impressed with your accomplishments. Keep up the good work.

Kinisow Chapur,

LRayphand

Apr 25, 2010
Dr. Robert Yonover

thanks for the welcome and suggestion!
aloha, rob

May 6, 2010
Eddie Aberton

How do I join these 2 groups. I am very interested and very eager to meet network learn and share info with other like minded individuals here in Hawaii na....

Jul 20, 2010
G. Salim Mohammed

Thanks Mika. I just joined the geospatial focus group. Enjoy the rest of another beautiful day on the islands (its a nice day here on Oahu)...

Jul 25, 2010
David F. Day

Thanks, Mika. I will look into it. As for the video you just posted. It is the 3rd in a series of 4 that are coming and all involve Dan. It just happens that this was the first one out in a rough draft form. I will update you with the others as they come out of editing. David

Aug 4, 2010
Virgil Vergara

Thanks for the invite Mika. I'm glad to be part of this network.

ようろしくおねがいします。

Dec 13, 2010
Erik McFrazier

Thank you...Here's our info

Computer Hale

1367 South Kihei Road

Suite 3-103 | Kihei, HI 96753

Store: (877) 512-4253

www.computerhale.com

We repair PC and Mac (However, we are not authorized by Apple yet). We also have a full retail shop selling computers, laptops, ipods and computer related gifts and gadgets. We support small businesses and Point of Sale systems. Our rates and prices are very competitive.

Jan 7, 2011
Vivek Ponnaiyan

Thanks Mika. :) It'll happen this year!

Jan 8, 2011
Rubén Peña

Mika & Burt:

Would it be possible to telecast Live the UnConferenz for those of us that wish to view the events, but could not make it? For example via Skype or WEB CAM?

Also, would interactive Telecast be possible, to ask questions during the Q&A sessions?

Mahalo,

Rubén

Feb 25, 2011
Jeffrey Piontek

I am the Head of School

Mar 1, 2011
Todd Masui

Thanks! Do you guys have Bejeweled on this? ;)

Mar 29, 2011
Jason Hoffman

Mahalo for the welcome and the ride. I look forward to being part of the community here.

Apr 13, 2011
Toshi Kodama

まだ使い方がよくわかりませんが、ちょくちょくみて見ます。

Mahalo!

Jul 14, 2011
Brittany Parsons

Thank you, Mika!

Aug 1, 2011
Pane Meatoga III

Domo domo. I'm excited to be apart of the Hui.

Aug 1, 2011
Kaya Alpan

Thank you Mika! That humblebee is a bit older now and is attending 1st grade at SF Public Montessori School but he is still just as cute, curious and handful. He was one of the main reasons we recently moved to the SF Bay area but we remain in close touch with the islands. Aloha from San Fran!

Feb 11, 2012
Keanu Freitas

Thank you Very much. This is absolutely helpful.

Apr 18, 2012