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So, your jealous about all the new technology stacks that seem to make life so much easier? You no longer have to be.  With the help of a javascript library available at codeplex.com and a very simple implementation of WCF Data Services utilizing the latest Entity Framework, you can open up your data store to the world with ease.

Lets start with the Entity Framework.  It's the 3rd or 4th attempt by the boys at Redmond to provide a serviceable ORM with a Microsoft logo.  This…

Pacific Corporate Solutions has partnered with the Aloha United Way to assist in grassroots fundraising for the most vital needs in our community. You now have the opportunity to invest in your community by donating your…

House bill HB 2319 is legislation that would provide funding to establish venture accelerators in Hawaii.  Venture accelerators are entities that combine hands-on mentoring of startups with some seed capital to "accelerate" a startups' growth and prepares them to compete for follow-on funding from venture capital investors.

The following link will take you to the Hawaii State Legislature website that…

Productivity and concentration are two very important words to someone who writes code for a living.  There is a wide variety of tools, methodologies, tricks and “hacks” out there that claim to help one improve in these areas.  One such technique that I've adopted over the past couple of months is known as the “Pomodoro”.



The Pomodoro Technique was developed by Francesco Cirillo in the 1980's and is easily summed up in a few simple rules.  It encourages you to accomplish more in a…

I wrote a letter to Pine about this bill.  Here is the gist of it.  "I feel this bill needs to be put on hold.  The intentions are being lost in the circumstances and loose language. There are also some other good points being made by TechHui that I have included below for your consideration.  I think more time is needed to let the industry come up with a code of ethics, solutions, or perhaps even propose a committee made up of their peers to set and enforce regulatory…

I would like to share with you a message from Kym Pine.  I asked her to address the concerns mentioned here on Tech Hui and she did. What she says here about legislators being open is true, her quick response to my request is a great example.  Here you go:

"Aloha TechHui members, I am writing to deeply apologize for any

offense we have caused you or your industry this legislative session.

I have whole heartily supported the tech industry for…

A list of events by quarter can be found here.  …

It's said that…

For the past week I've been experimenting with writing a Flex/WPF/Swing-like widget framework on top of HTML5 using Dart. Dart is what I've always wanted for client-side web programming. Its a class-based optionally typed programming language that is, in the words of Dart team member Lars Bak, "high performance, structured yet flexible, familiar and natural." Anyone who knows…

Back in 2008, Techhui had a discussion around the use of CSS variables in the discussion post, Are CSS variables the future?

Since then the web has come a long ways and Sass and Less are pretty commonly used in web design today.

The W3C also has a…

As I write this HB 2288, which requires anyone providing internet connectivity to keep detailed records of users' browsing history, is being heard in front of the Committee on…

Aloha TechHUI,

Looking forward to meeting some of you at Wetware Wednesdays, Ignite Honolulu and other events around Oahu. HI Nights is a mobile application company startup just kicking things off for Q1 2012. We are working with the University to get students involved in a fun project to get hospitality-related industries using the product: hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, etc.…

Most of my customer are now using PDF-Creator for making PDF files and emailing them.  It is a great easy alternative and "green way" to printing and snail mailing your invoice or letters.   Just Install PDF-Creator and you can be printing PDF files the easy way!  On Kauai and Maui most of my non-profit companies that I service uses PDF-Creator.  So for…

Normally when we discuss user experience design on TechHui we are talking about web or mobile apps, but UX design is a much broader field. Wikipedia defines UXD as, "Creation of the architecture and interaction models that affect user experience of a device or system."

During my time in Japan over the past two weeks I've been struck by how much attention is paid to UX for everyday things ranging from…

Aloha TechHuians,

Hau'oli Makahiki Hou! I hope the holidays treated you well.

Many thanks to all the participants in last month's TechHui conference including the speakers, panelists, sponsors and organizers. It was a tough time of year to do a conference (my fault for being in NY and Tokyo on business during the usual time), but we pulled it off. This year I was overwhelmed with work and being a new dad so I…

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