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  • Honolulu, HI
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Occupation:
Analyst, Blogger / Vlogger / New Media Writer, Project Manager, Other
Company:
Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law
Areas of Interest (Robotics, Software Architecture, Green Energy, Web 2.0, etc.):
Intellectual Property Law, new media, podcasting, the intersection of technology/new media with social and political activism. I'm also interested in the evolution of the law when it comes to technological innovations.
About Me:
I'd like to learn A LOT more about coding and design, I know relatively little but find it fascinating.

I met Dan and Mika and learned about their fascination with lemurs.
Website:
http://moiliilimatters.com
Secondary Website:
http://KaHuliAo.com
Twitter Username
DerekKauanoe

Latest Activity

Derek joined Daniel Leuck's group
A group for discussion of scitech policy in our state including bills being discussed by the tech caucus
February 28
It is definitely ridiculous. But when we think about it, in doing so, we've basically given our government an interest-free loan, which, I'm sure they have found ways to use it. It would be interesting to find out how much money Uncle Sam gets from…
February 28
More info from presentation last week at UH Law School: Fedora repository with Solr search engine site URL: http://128.171.138.210/ (www.punawaiola.org)
February 5
Thanks for the contact info. I'll hit them up.
February 5

Derek's Blog

Derek

"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 on January 14, 2010 at 10:30am — 13 Comments

Derek

Mobile apps, "Gov 2.0?"

In the summer of 2009, while I was working on the Nathaniel Kinney campaign, one of our goals was to help raise the level of transparency and efficiency of our city government through the use of the internet and mobile apps. This was articulated in a posting by Nathaniel Kinney (CLICK HERE to read that posting). An… Continue

Posted on December 28, 2009 at 5:21am — 1 Comment

Derek

Maui Super Computer center in the news

In todayʻs (8/22/09) Honolulu Advertiser, there is an article on the substantial increase in power for the Maui High Performance Computing Center and that about $350,000 in electricity a month is being used to power the Center.

To read the entire article CLICK HERE. The article shares what the center is used for. Among the users is Akimeka, compa… Continue

Posted on August 22, 2009 at 11:25am — 1 Comment

Derek

The visually impaired and internet access

This isnʻt much of a blog entry, but given the subject matter of this website I thought I would mention a brief news snippet I read in todayʻs Honolulu Star-Bulletin, it provides,

Blind man sues SBA over Web access

A blind business owner from Honolulu has filed a complaint against the U.S. Small Business Administration over access to its Web site.

Virgil Stinnett, owner of Good News HI, whi… Continue

Posted on July 23, 2009 at 9:25am — 7 Comments

Derek

The U.S. Government contacted Twitter about Iranian usage of the service during political protests

One of my interests, as stated on my profile page, is "the intersection of technology/new media with social and political activism."

Reuters India has an article titled, "U.S. State Department speaks to Twitter over Iran.

It is no surprise that Iranians are Tweeting. I think what was a surprise was the reported interaction between the State Department and Twitter. I… Continue

Posted on June 16, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

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At 11:19am on January 14, 2010, Kimo Watanabe said…
Right on. Got too excited and found Keith Johnston's contact info and just sent something to him. hahaha Really, I think that what you folks are doing is an incredibly worthwhile project and would be interested in talking through what we might be able to help bring to the table in terms of enhancing the offering while reducing the fixed operational costs needed to support a large data archiving project. We're just coming out of testing with one of the largest data storage, archival, and recovery companies in the world, and have been able to show that our out of the box search technology will not only give them a much more powerful and precise search solution, but that it will reduce the number of search servers needed by 90%. The energy savings alone on this phase one project will be just shy of $1 Million the first year. I'm very very excited about this technology, and motivated to find opportunities back in Hawai'i where we could be of use, and with energy costs being what they are, I have to believe that there are some opportunities somewhere.

Aloha no,

Kimo
At 8:29am on July 16, 2009, Daniel Leuck said…
Mahalo for mentioning us in Ragnar's Honolulu Weekly Article: The mighty Mo‘! We look forward to meeting Nathaniel today.

Good luck with your studies! I know you will kick ass on exam day.
At 6:22pm on March 25, 2009, Alyssa Murphy said…
Hey what's up
At 2:52pm on March 25, 2009, Blaine Fergerstrom said…
Geeks meet!
At 9:11am on May 24, 2008, Scott Murphy said…
Hey Derek!
At 6:18am on May 24, 2008, Mika Leuck said…
Welcome Derek! We have a few other attorneys in the group including Greg Kim.

We hope to see you in the groups and forums.
At 10:55pm on May 23, 2008, Alyssa Murphy said…
Hi Derek!
 
 

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