Bytemarks

The Windward Community College Team Hawaii did a test launch of their rocket today at Kaneohe Marine Corp Base. Although fairly gusty the rocket launch and landing was picture perfect. Both nose cone and rocket fuselage touched down on land and did not drift into Kaneohe Bay. You can find more photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bytemarks/sets/72157629565620253/ Google+: [...]

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We get a chance to talk to Jeff Kissel from the Gas Company and Heidi Kuehnle from Kuehnle Agrosystems about the recent demonstration projects underway and how they are positioned to scale up. Also had Andy Yip as our news guest tell us about his new bus app on for the iPhone called DaBus. http://www.bytemarkscafe.org/2012/03/01/episode-185-biofuels-feb-29-2012/ [...]

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We talk with the Code for America fellows, Sheba Najmi, Diana Tran and Mick Thompson about City government, open data and a community of makers and doers. Where technology and community meets government equals efficiencies and civic engagement. You can catch the podcast here: http://www.bytemarkscafe.org/2012/02/24/episode-184-code-for-america-feb-22-2012/ Google+: View post on Google+

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First we’ll take a look at the latest tech news and happenings in Hawaii and beyond. Then we’ll talk to Mike Douglass and Henry Mochido about a new crowdfunding project to assist earthquake victims in Japan called Place of Hope: http://www.indiegogo.com/Place-of-Hope Finally, we’ll explore some of the Internet and tech related bills moving through the [...]

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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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