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Bytemarks Cafe: Micro Frogs from PNG – January 25, 2012

January 30th, 2012 · bytemarkscafe

We first talked to Jason Rushin about the planning meeting for a Hawaii Chapter for Startup America. Then we had the field team of Allen Allison and Shelley James from the Bishop Museum on to talk about their discovery of the smallest frog known to man. Called Paedophryne amauensis the frog is found in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. You can checkout the podcast here: http://www.bytemarkscafe.org/2012/01/26/episode-180-micro-frogs-jan-25-2012/

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News Links for January 23rd

January 29th, 2012 · news

Each week I pore through Google alerts to find Hawaii’s science and tech news. These are my finds for January 23rd through January 25th:

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January 24th, 2012 · Plus

Neil Abercrombie answers a key question posed by +Ryan Ozawa about support for Open Data.

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Governor Talks Teachers, Pro Bowl And "Descendants" – Video – KITV Honolulu
Governor Abercrombie's speech seemed to resound with the dominantly democratic state legislature, but there are still some unanswered questions about exactly how those goals are going to happen. He jo…

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News Links for January 18th

January 23rd, 2012 · news

Each week I pore through Google alerts to find Hawaii’s science and tech news. These are my finds for January 18th through January 23rd:

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Bytemarks Cafe – Gamification, Jan 18, 2012

January 21st, 2012 · Uncategorized

We had Gorm Lai, Peter Justeson and Rechung Fujihira on the show today. Rechung was our news guest talking about Jelly Week over at the Box Jelly. Peter and Gorm are co-founders of the Honolulu Chapter of the International Game Developer Association. You can check out the podcast of the show here: http://www.bytemarkscafe.org/2012/01/19/episode-179-gamification-jan-18-2012/

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News Links for January 11th

January 12th, 2012 · news

Each week I pore through Google alerts to find Hawaii’s science and tech news. These are my finds for January 9th through January 12th:

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On today's show, after the news, we talk to Colin MacDonald about his upcoming…

January 12th, 2012 · Plus

On today's show, after the news, we talk to Colin MacDonald about his upcoming Pacific New Media class on the Web design process. Finally, we’ll learn about the future of social media with Jeremiah Owyang from the Altimeter Group and Tara Coomans from Social Media Club Hawaii. You can find the podcast of today's show here: http://www.bytemarkscafe.org/2012/01/11/social-media-2012/
Bytemarks Cafe – 1/11/12

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Urban Rooftop Gardens

January 9th, 2012 · agriculture

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On the rooftop of Automart USA (formerly CompUSA) Alan Joaquin plans to convert an area of black roofing paper to edible green vegetables. Not only would this contribute to Hawaii becoming more food independent but it also helps to cool the building by minimizing the heat absorbing black surface.

Joaquin’s company FarmRoof developed specialized plant tubing that contains a nutrient, soil mix that is light weight and contains a watering system. The tubes are uncoiled into lengths customized for the rooftop. It weigh under 5 pounds per square foot and can be installed on any flat roof.

The company plans to focus on growing high nutrient value crops like  kale, beet leaves, arugula and asian greens for sale in local restaurants. But the produce is not limited to restaurants. FarmRoof is a Community Supported Agriculture member and with a subscription individuals like you and me can get four weekly deliveries of 10 oz of their mix of “Supergreens”.

With the rooftop farm on Automart USA started, Joaquin expects their first harvest to be in April. Plans are underway to sign up other buildings in the Honolulu area. Joaquin described the day when airlines flying over Honolulu, rather than seeing black top, would see fields of urban greenery, edible no less.

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Bytemarks Cafe on Wednesday Jan 4, 2012 was our first broadcast of the new year

January 6th, 2012 · Plus

We talked to Joreal Whitfield from the Google Technology Users Group about an event next week (1/11) connecting Google with Startup Weekend. We also chatted with special guest Brian Solis, a well-known export and author in the field of new media and marketing. Finally, we heard from Oiwi TV and explored what it takes to launch and sustain an online multimedia channel.
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Memorable Moments of 2011

January 2nd, 2012 · events, twitter

As 2011 becomes a thing of the past, I often contemplate the memorable moments in the wee hours of new years eve. Here are my memorable moments as I tweeted them before midnight Dec 31, 2011. It was certainly a fun year and one to remember.

Seoul

1st memorable moment of 2011

Unconferenz 2011

2nd memorable moment of 2011

iPad2 Launch - Ala Moana

3rd memorable moment of 2011

zen brushwork

4th memorable moment of 2011

Google campus

5th memorable moment of 2011

Day 4: Last day in Osaka

6th memorable moment of 2011

Flight over O`ahu with Moore Air

7th memorable moment of 2011

Trip to Portland/Astoria OR

8th memorable moment of 2011

soul food

9th memorable moment of 2011

CityCamp Honolulu

10th memorable moment of 2011

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