Bytemarks

They are here for the month of February. You might see them around Honolulu Hale or meeting with our business community downtown. Let's give them a warm welcome! Embedded Link » Introducing Honolulu’s Code for America Fellows Hawaii Open Data C&C Honolulu and Code for America. Mayor Peter Carlisle introduced the 2012 Code for America [...]

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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 [...]

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

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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/ Google+: View [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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John Heckathorn was a prominent figure in Hawaii's media and journalism circles. He was a publisher, columnist, teacher and a friend to many. John was one of the few traditional media personalities that made the successful transition to new media. He passed on Christmas day of a heart attack. Embedded Link John Heckathorn, we'll miss [...]

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Bytemarks Cafe with Sonny Bhagowalia, Hawaii's CIO and Sandy Park, HTDC Google+: View post on Google+

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Impressive shots by Dallas Nagata of today's Arrival Ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base. The remains of fallen soldiers from WWII and the Vietnam War are being return to U.S. soil to be identified at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command labs. Embedded Link December 9th, 2011 – JPAC Arrival Ceremony December 9th, 2011 – JPAC [...]

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The first CityCamp Honolulu took place on December 3rd that brought together City specialists and engage citizens to explore ways to use technology to leverage City data. It's the first step in what many hope to be a path to Open Data, government transparency and civic engagement. Notes from CityCampHNL will be posted to http://citycamphnl.org. [...]

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