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Shawn Drost and Dale Yasunaga are now friends
May 2
Shawn Drost and jess are now friends
February 21
Shawn Drost commented on Burt Lum's event 'Unconferenz 2010'
I love Unconferenz! :D
February 10
Shawn Drost is attending Burt Lum's event
Unconferenz 2010 at Kapiolani Community College
February 27, 2010 from 8am to 4pm
Hawaii grassroots event to explore tech topics and developments: February 27, 2010, Saturday Kapiolani Community College
February 10
Shawn Drost commented on Ken Berkun's event 'Nerd Hike - Hawaii Loa Ridge'
Sounds like fun! A friend is in town, my plans depend on hers.
February 10
Shawn Drost is attending Ken Berkun's event
February 13, 2010 from 9am to 2pm
I'm looking for Techhuians to join us on the Hawaii Loa Ridge trail on Saturday, Feb. 13th. I plan to go all the way to the end. It is about 5 miles round trip. Mostly it is an easy hike. However the last 1/2 mile is reputed to be very steep. Meet…
February 10
Shawn Drost commented on Mark Levelle's event 'Modern Typography in Print and Digital Media'
Unfortunately, I'll be on Kauai. Looks really interesting, though!
February 10
Shawn Drost commented on Shawn Drost's blog post 'Brief thoughts on Google Buzz'
Konstantin: thanks! I just hid it. That solves my immediate problem, but I doubt I'll click through to see new buzz items often. I guess this just isn't something I want very much, but I'm glad it's there.
February 10

Profile Information

Occupation:
Web Developer
Areas of Interest (Robotics, Software Architecture, Green Energy, Web 2.0, etc.):
All of the above.
Software Language Proficiencies / Interests:
HTML, Java, Javascript, JSP, PHP, Ruby, SQL
Website:
http://shawndrost.com
Secondary Website:
http://newviewhawaii.com
Twitter Username
shawndrost

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Shawn Drost

Brief thoughts on Google Buzz

I was excited to hear about Buzz. I don't like having lots of sites to check. That's a big part of why I'm not active on Twitter and Facebook.


But in the few hours since it's been active, I've gotten really sick of the bolded "Buzz (10)" notification in my email client. It's a constant distraction, which is really irritating, because Gmail is the center of my workflow.



I've come to the conclusion that I dislike it. What do you think?

Posted on February 10, 2010 at 11:43am — 2 Comments

Shawn Drost

Startup weekend?

Sid Savara and I have been talking about planning a startup weekend -- you and your geekiest friends, making something for the internet in a weekend. You can read more about the sort of event we're thinking of here.

If you'd be interested, post here, and if you know someone else that might be, forward this to them. If we get enough "heck yeah"s we'll put together a date (possibly early sept) and venue. (Also, let us know if you have any ideas for… Continue

Posted on August 7, 2008 at 3:07pm — 16 Comments

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At 10:13am on January 14, 2009, Stuart Malin said…
Hi Shawn -- Are you planning on attending Unconferenz next month?
At 10:57pm on September 4, 2008, Kurt Sussman said…
These guys are building 4 startups in 4 months. Some interesting lessons on the blog.

It was nice meeting you on Wednesday.
At 9:44pm on July 17, 2008, Truman Leung said…
Hey Shawn, I wonder if you can use streaming video from cell phones in your new startup: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/17/mobile-livecasting-faces-off-qik-vs-kyte-vs-flixwagon/#comments
At 2:19am on January 25, 2008, Cameron Souza said…
Did you organize Unconferenz?
At 11:17am on January 13, 2008, Truman Leung said…
Great to meet you yesterday, Shawn. All the best to you with tipcup. I visited the Triple Helix site. Seems like an impressive nonprofit. Aloha, Truman
 
 
 

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