Bytemarks

TechHui, the social network of Hawaii’s tech community is hosting a conference this Saturday, July 25, 2009 at the Univ. of Hawaii, Art Auditorium. I spoke to Dan Leuck, organizer of the event, earlier today and asked him what makes this conference different from other tech conferences in Honolulu. For starters, it features speakers from [...]

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A couple of Friday’s ago, while I was standing in line at the Empty Bowl fundraiser for Hawaii Potter’s Guild at Art at Mark’s Garage, Lesa Griffith comes up to me and hands me this flyer. I was already in sensory overload with my bowl in had, Mochi on her leash, people everywhere and me [...]

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It’s amazing how fast time flies by. It didn’t seem like one year had gone by since the first Unconferenz took place. The Unconferenz is Hawaii’s grassroots tech gathering, organic and self-organized by its participants. On Feb 7, the Unconferenz 2009 materialized at JAIMS where 65+ attendees convened to discuss topics that ranged from Hawaii’s [...]

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The State of Hawaii Dept. of Education and Dept. of Business, Economic Development and Tourism have successfully implemented various robotics competitions and now getting widespread participation throughout Hawaii and beyond. The VEX Robotics Competition is the most recent event taking place in December. Here are some of the highlights: The Pan Pacific VEX Robotics Championship [...]

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