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November 2010 Blog Posts (7)

Artinfilms.com would like to feature Hawaii Artists who have had any art in a feature film or television series, like Hawaii Five-O perhaps?

Aloha All,

I just launched a new website and social network called "Art In Films".

http://www.artinfilms.com

I created it to showcase the art you see in films that enhance the scene or are just in the background.

I'd love to get some Hawaii artists to join my network and showcase any work they may have in films. Big screen or Small. Blockbuster movies, independent, foreign films or locally produced shows like Hawaii Five-O. A… Continue

Added by Liz Ambrose on November 30, 2010 at 11:22pm — 1 Comment

The Foursquare Japan Lesson: Lightweight Localization

Even if you can't afford to localize right away, don't get in the way of your Japanese and Chinese users

I'm currently in Tokyo on business. As I travel around the city I've been spot checking Foursquare's coverage. To my surprise, coverage is excellent. Most popular eateries and nightspots have already been added. Many already have mayors. Foursquare specials…

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Added by Daniel Leuck on November 24, 2010 at 1:30pm — 8 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

Added by Ken Berkun on November 16, 2010 at 8:37am — 1 Comment

TSA's "enhanced screening" - why it hurts Hawaii most

Hawaii is the most isolated population center on Earth. We're 2,400 miles from California, nearly 3,900 miles from Japan and 5,000 miles from China. We are the widest state in the US and the only one to grow coffee.

We are also one of only two states that you must fly to (I can't swim that far.. sorry guys).

We are dependent on tourism.. all of us - because even if we are funded by external dollars, any decline in local industry…

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Added by Brian on November 16, 2010 at 2:30am — 12 Comments

IP-BASED CHINA TECH-TRANSFER TRANSACTIONS

Just got back from my trip to China where I met with 10 Chinese law firms and 4 business consultants…

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Added by Leighton K. Chong on November 15, 2010 at 10:17am — 3 Comments

FaceBook Unfriends Google.. via email

I'm sure many of you have heard that Facebook now plans to offer an email service.

Clearly part of this is to undermine Gmail's presence (though I'm skeptical at how successful it will be.. Gmail is in my opinion the best large-scale web application currently in existence).

What's little known is that while Gmail is wildly successful at ~190…

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Added by Brian on November 15, 2010 at 8:30am — 11 Comments

Ruby static typing

Anyone contending with the probable maintainability issues associated with a mid/late life Rails system may appreciate that a lab at the University of MD took the trouble of creating a static analysis tool providing type checking services to ruby code.

Apparently they are working on a RoR-specific tool as well.

Added by Bill on November 3, 2010 at 3:30am — No Comments