Bytemarks

Historically, I usually get my new year calendar out at the beginning of the year. This year I had enough people nudge me by asking when my calendar was going to be ready. So in lieu of Xmas cards, here is my 2012 New Year calendar. I usually hand printed copies out personally since I [...]

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This afternoon, I was watching NHK World on KHET-TV, Honolulu’s local PBS channel and they had a special on Kagoshima. Then in an completely unrelated random event, I receive this email from the Navy’s Public Affairs Office. The story is so cool I had to post it. More than 40 Sailors and Pacific Missile Range [...]

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At the conclusion of this past week’s Stanford Univ. Design Thinking Bootcamp at the Sheraton Waikiki, the energy and excitement was palpable. People felt they not only had a tool they would take back to their organizations but there was a groundswell of support that they could tap. The Design Thinking initiative in Hawaii started [...]

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The Quantified Self 2011 conference was quite an incredible experience. After the first day of the conference I could barely sleep thinking and researching all the links and references brought to my attention from people I had met. As I walked into the Computer History Museum, site of the QS2011 conference on the second day [...]

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Back in 2009 while I was on a mission to bring HMSA into the social media world, I had a chance to organize a panel for the Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) Summit 2009. I thought to myself, who is in healthcare, active in social media and willing to share a panel with me. Without [...]

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As I watch what is supposed to be the last of the neighborhood aerial fireworks displays, I wonder how it will be different at the end of 2011 when the new ban on fireworks goes into effect. Granted all the aerials you see in neighborhoods around Honolulu are already illegal, so will they be more [...]

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I love this time of year when you can gather with friends to recollect all the good things that transpired in 2010 and look forward to 2011. As usually, this holiday break gave me some time to assemble my New Year calendar. This year the banner photo is again a shot of Diamond Head taken [...]

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This Entrepreneurial Symposium, organized by the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation, Enterprise Honolulu and the High Tech Development Corporation, was a unique opportunity to hear how three entrepreneurial support organizations, each in different states (Ohio, Kansas and Oklahoma) approach the development and nurturing of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The goal for each of these organizations is to [...]

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On October 22, 2010, the 20th anniversary of stopping the bombing of Kanaloa Kaho‘olawe, presents the opportunity to reflect on what has been accomplished over the last 20 years and what is planned for Kaho‘olawe’s future. The Protect Kaho‘olawe ‘Ohana (‘Ohana) together with the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission (KIRC) worked to restore the island’s cultural and natural [...]

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