Web strategist Jeremiah Owyang has been “on the grid” for over 900 days, and after a presentation to a Cisco partner conference in Honolulu yesterday, he began a much needed vacation. As he unplugged from the web, however, he spent the first hours of his time off plugging into the local geek community. I helped [...]
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Thelma Dryer, Blogger
December 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Blogs, Hawaii, Politics
A month after putting out the call, House Communications Director Georgette Deemer announced that she has found her blogger: Thelma Dryer. She will take over the reigns at the Hawaii House Blog, documenting life at the Capitol. Of course, as Deemer commented on my earlier post, her position as Assistant Communications Director comes with many [...]
Blogging Job at the State Capitol
November 10th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Blogs, Hawaii, Politics
The House Majority at the Hawaii State Legislature has put out the call, on its blog no less, for a full-time blogger. Well, an “assistant communications director” with others duties as assigned, no doubt, but still… House Communications Director Georgette Deemer is looking for someone who loves to write. “Not just the usual press releases, [...]
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Honolulu Ranked Fifth Bloggiest
October 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Blogs, Hawaii, Social Media, The Web
Honolulu is the nation’s fifth largest “blogging market,” according to the results of a survey released today (PDF) by the consumer shopping experts at Scarborough Research. The firm says 12 percent of adult Oahu residents are bloggers, which they defined as adults who have “read or contributed to a blog within the past 30 days.” [...]
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Carnival of Aloha II: Electric Boogaloo
October 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments · Hawaii, Hawaii Blog, The Web
Kudos to Evelyn of Homespun Honolulu on the triumphant launch of the second “Carnival of Aloha.” I’m proud to be a part of this latest tour through the island blogosphere, and honored to be the first stop. Especially after I failed to be entirely complimentary the first time around. For October’s blog carnival, Evelyn leads [...]
Catchy reCAPTCHA
October 2nd, 2007 · 3 Comments · Hawaii Blog, The Web
The best part of blogging is getting comments. The worst part of blogging is getting comment… spam. Every escribitionist knows the crestfallen sensation of receiving a delicious morsel of feedback that turns out to be a crude pitch for pills, porn, or trading secrets the fat cats on Wall Street don’t want you to know. [...]
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