On the national front, we had the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA), beaten back by a massive groundswell of opposition from major internet firms and grassroots geeks alike. Here in Hawaii, a proposed law that would have required internet service providers to track and save user data for two years was shelved after a similar [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Technology'
New Apps Unveiled at the City’s First Hackathon
January 24th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Government, Technology, The Web
A total of six teams participated in Honolulu’s first civic hackathon this past weekend, each developing anapplication that takes advantage of public data made available online by the city. The top three teams won cash prizes provided by the hackathon’s sponsors, and two of them focused on TheBus and its web services API (or application programming interface). [...]
Gov. Abercrombie on Open Data
January 24th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Government, Politics, Technology, The Web
Gov. Neil Abercrombie yesterday delivered his second “State of the State” address before the Legislature. And technology was one of the priorities he singled out as key to the state’s long-term future. He mentioned the Hawaii Broadband Initiative, consolidation of disparate state systems under the Office of Information Management and Technology, and major renewable energy and [...]
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On to the Hackathon, Maps at the Ready
January 5th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Events, Government, Hawaii, Technology, The Web
This year is looking to be a big year in open data, e-democracy, and Gov 2.0. More information is coming online, and more people are thinking of ways to use it. Among the most interesting areas is in mapping and location-based applications.
Tags: citycamp·codeforamerica·coders·developers·maps·opendata·programmers
CityCamp Honolulu Advances Open Government Vision
December 5th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Government, Technology, The Web
Nearly 150 people — including both city and state government officials and employees, as well as local programmers, designers, artists, and activists — were drawn to CityCamp Honolulu on Saturday. Even though it was the weekend, and even though there was a UH home game on the calendar, it was heartening to see so many people willing [...]
Tags: city·citycamp·citycamphnl
Bartleby’s Second Book Featured by Apple
October 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Gadgets, Technology
It was over a year ago when “Bartleby’s Book of Buttons,” a delightful digital storybook for iPad, hit Apple’s App Store. Created by Hawaii-born artist Henrik Van Ryzin and his wife Denise, I found the app to be a delightful, wonderful digital storybook for the iPad. That first release was dubbed “Volume I: The Far Away [...]
Island Middle School Students Shine in D.C.
October 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Science, Technology, The Web
Two middle school students from Kailua and Hilo represented the Aloha State in a national science competition earlier this week. Winners and finalists in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade from across the country attended at a black-tie gala at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C on Tuesday. Robert Heckman, a 14-year-old Kailua Intermediate [...]
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‘Angry Birds’ In Real Life
October 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Business, Hawaii, Technology
Check out this real-life “Angry Birds” game, set up by local tech company HONBLUE (and sister company JET Graphics) yesterday at the Pacific Building Trade Expo. “Angry Birds” is one of the hottest, biggest video games out there, and it was inevitable that people would start to recreate it in three dimensions. There’s a huge [...]
Tags: angrybirds·games
Gube Gives Kids a Safer YouTube
September 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Technology
Kids love iPhones (and iPads). And kids love YouTube. The problem is, there are a lot of videos on YouTube that aren’t meant for kids. Among geek parents, it’s a nearly universal challenge, usually involving “helicopter browsing.” And it’s safe to say parents don’t always relish the prospect of watching everything their kids want to [...]
Tags: apps
Kiddori App Helps Track Kid Birthdays
September 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Gadgets, Technology
Local developer and dad Mattias Atterbom has designed an iOS app to help solve a familiar family shopping challenge: remembering how old everyone’s children are. Described as “the perfect app for anyone buying gifts for kids,” Kiddori ensures that you always have the ages of your nephews, nieces, and friends’ kids at your fingertips. Kiddori [...]
