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Ken Berkun's Discussions
Senior iPhone/Objective-C programmer contractor
Started Feb 21, 2012
Get Motivated Event
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Started this discussion. Last reply by David Jacobs Jan 3, 2012.
Looking for iPhone Accelerate Programmer - Contract Work
Started Oct 19, 2011
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Greg Batalucco left a comment for Ken Berkun"Hi Ken, thanks for the welcome. Not over in Hawaii yet, but possibly in the future. I will send David an email and get in touch with him, thanks for letting him know about me.
Small community over on the islands, but something I like as well. Talk…"
Ken Berkun left a comment for Greg Batalucco"My friend David Nolte (game designer) would like to be in touch with you:
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Apparently my Techhui account was deleted due to 'inactivity' so I can't respond to Greg directly. Would you be cool with forwarding him…"
Ken Berkun left a comment for Greg Batalucco"Welcome to Hawaii (eventually). Stay in touch, there are various meetups and activities, it's a small place, it won't take you long to find people of similar interests.
ken"
Ken Berkun posted an eventWindward Entrepreneur's Meetup at Pinky's in Kailua
May 9, 2013 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Monthly meetup of like-minded folks who don't feel like driving over the Pali just to chat.See More
Ken Berkun replied to Mika Leuck's discussion Senior Researcher / Developer for Social Media Analytics Platform (relocation available)"just giving you a hard time!"
Ken Berkun replied to Mika Leuck's discussion Senior Researcher / Developer for Social Media Analytics Platform (relocation available)"Hey Dan, isn't that an old picture? Show us your new digs!
Ken
PS - I sent your job posting to guy who might be a good fit, no promises though."
Profile Information
- Occupation:
- Executive, Software Developer
- Company:
- Lables That Talk
- Areas of Interest (Robotics, Software Architecture, Green Energy, Web 2.0, etc.):
- Machine Vision, Image Processing, C, C++, Embedded Software, Consumer Electronics, Bar Codes, Audio Codec
- Software Language Proficiencies / Interests:
- C, C++
- About Me:
- I am the President and Founder of Labels That Talk. We print audio on paper as a very high density 2 dimensional bar code. I am always on the lookout for local people with image processing, machine vision, DSP, audio codec and related skills. We are an early stage company, still in product development. We are based in Kailua, Oahu.
- Website:
- http://www.lttaloha.com
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FormDs Entrepreneurial State Rankings October 2009 - October 2010
Form D filings per state. If you don't know what a form D is then you've never raised money.
http://www.formds.com/filings/by_state_map/
Hawaii doesn't even make it onto the map.
More details here.…
ContinuePosted on December 11, 2010 at 8:46pm — 6 Comments
Goodwin Procter Launches Founder's Workbench
Perhaps of interest here:
Founder's Workbench
http://ning.it/d1pSbP
BOSTON, Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodwin Procter LLP, a national Am Law 50 law firm, today launched Founder's Workbench, a free, online resource that helps entrepreneurs navigate many of the legal and organizational challenges commonly faced by start-ups and emerging companies. The site, which includes self-service tools for generating basic company legal… Continue
Founder's Workbench
http://ning.it/d1pSbP
BOSTON, Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodwin Procter LLP, a national Am Law 50 law firm, today launched Founder's Workbench, a free, online resource that helps entrepreneurs navigate many of the legal and organizational challenges commonly faced by start-ups and emerging companies. The site, which includes self-service tools for generating basic company legal… Continue
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 8:37am — 1 Comment
Vote for Hawaii to receive 50,000 new books for children in need
Go to this page:
http://booksforkids.firstbook.org/whatbook/friend.php
You can fill in optional fields, or just hit submit. Winning state gets 50,000 new books for children in need. Hawaii is currently in third place, so we have a fighting chance. You can vote once a day - multiple votes are encouraged. The site appears to be legitimate with other opportunities to help as well.
Vote early and vote often! And don't tell your friends in other states… Continue
http://booksforkids.firstbook.org/whatbook/friend.php
You can fill in optional fields, or just hit submit. Winning state gets 50,000 new books for children in need. Hawaii is currently in third place, so we have a fighting chance. You can vote once a day - multiple votes are encouraged. The site appears to be legitimate with other opportunities to help as well.
Vote early and vote often! And don't tell your friends in other states… Continue
Posted on September 14, 2009 at 7:24pm — 4 Comments
Further evidence that the state of Hawaii is not business friendly
http://www.kitv.com/news/20161762/detail.html
Outdoor Circle Wants Wienermobile Banned
Group Says Vehicle Violates Billboard Law
HONOLULU -- The Outdoor Circle wants the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile's trip to the islands to be its last, saying it violates the state's billboard law.
Add A Comment | Images: Wienermobile On Oahu
The 27-foot fiberglass vehicle shaped like a hotdog on wheels just wrapped up a three-week tour on Oahu.
"It's not… Continue
Outdoor Circle Wants Wienermobile Banned
Group Says Vehicle Violates Billboard Law
HONOLULU -- The Outdoor Circle wants the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile's trip to the islands to be its last, saying it violates the state's billboard law.
Add A Comment | Images: Wienermobile On Oahu
The 27-foot fiberglass vehicle shaped like a hotdog on wheels just wrapped up a three-week tour on Oahu.
"It's not… Continue
Posted on July 23, 2009 at 9:42pm
Comment Wall (17 comments)
- At 1:41pm on May 13, 2013,
Daniel Leuck said… Hi Ken - We didn't delete your account. We would never remove TechHui's most prolific trouble maker :-) If you require any help with it give me a call.
- At 9:20am on May 13, 2013, Greg Batalucco said…
Hi Ken, thanks for the welcome. Not over in Hawaii yet, but possibly in the future. I will send David an email and get in touch with him, thanks for letting him know about me.
Small community over on the islands, but something I like as well. Talk to you soon and thanks again.
Greg
- At 12:52pm on December 3, 2009,
David Neely said… - Fascinating technology last night. Thanks for sharing.
- At 8:41pm on October 1, 2009,
Robert Coulson said…
- Hi Ken,
A little late, but I was able to post the E-waste collection event for this Sunday's
Youth Day at the State Capitol. I posted it in the events section of techhui.com. Thanks again for the introduction to techhui, excellent site!
- At 6:25pm on August 10, 2009,
Roger Garrett said… - "The Menace of the Micro World : Another look at the world of artificial intelligence", Interface Age, March 1977, by Ken Burkun.
Yup, I found it. I had an article in the same issue, called "The Cube". In fact, I think it may have been my first article, before I became the Northeast Regional editor and had the "The Inventor's Sketchpad" column each month.
I don't have a scanner, but if I can find one I'll scan the whole article and send it to you. Otherwise, I'll bring the issue along to some TechHui meeting so you can reminisce about those days of long ago. :)
- At 9:04pm on August 9, 2009, Roger Garrett said…
- Hey Ken,
I actually have a lot of the Interface Age issues. I'll have to look through and see if I have that article.
- Roger
- At 7:33pm on July 26, 2009,
Peter Kay said…
- Thanks Ken, much appreciated!
- At 8:21pm on July 3, 2008, Ken Berkun said…
- Yes, a menu might be a dandy application, especially for the blind. Of course you'd have to record it in each language as we don't do translation (but conceivably could as the technology improves).
Currently high end smart phones have chips powerful enough to do the encoding/decoding, but this technology will move down the chain so that more and more phones will have the capability. But we don't expect to be in cell phones for a few years. We have other nuts to crack first.
We have already signed a letter of understanding with our first licensing customer and are working towards a definitive agreement - so far so good! (Sorry, not free to name names yet.)
Ken
- At 9:57am on July 2, 2008,
Dave Takaki said… - So someone could scan a menu with bar codes and hear the listing in his/her language? And one can rely on the dsp chip sets in a phone to record for a barcode?
Do you have licensing plans in place?
Dave Takaki at SDC Hawaii LLC, dave.takaki@chi.mp
- At 6:29pm on April 9, 2008, Ken Berkun said…
- Daniel,
Things are pretty good, knock on wood! I'm on the mainland right now meeting with prospects and potential funders and we are being very well received.
I'm very familiar with the mobile barcodes that can be read by cell phone (there are several including QR code, dot code, semacode as well as the UPCs referenced in the blog entry. But all of these, at best, simply take your browser to a web page or display rudimentary information. It's not a great user experience because it is slow. Of course the carriers like it because it brings them traffic.
I hadn't seen ColorZip before, but it is still a low capacity barcode. Of more interest is Microsoft's High Capacity Color Barcode (http://research.microsoft.com/research/hccb/). This has some potential, but a) we want our product to work with cheap black and white printers and b) we'd have to pay a license fee to Microsoft!
Again, the beauty of our technology is that the sound is encoded right in the barcode, no need to access a computer or the internet.
Thank you for your continued interest. If I don't respond right away it's because I'm on the road and only have time to catch up in the evenings.
Ken
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