Our cost of living is high, our wages are low, and our barriers to business are substantial. But smart and creative people? We’ve got those in droves. Honolulu is among the top ten metropolitan areas in the nation when it comes to the density of its “human capital” and “creative class.” This according to University [...]
Entries Tagged as 'honolulu'
Honolulu’s High ‘Creative Class Density’
September 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Business, Hawaii, Technology
Tags: creativeclass·honolulu·humancapital·ranking·rankings·statistics
Roz Savage Needs Help to Stow Her Boat
January 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Hawaii, People, Technology
Roz Savage, who hopes to set records and raise environmental awareness by rowing solo across the Pacific Ocean, is putting out a call for help. Her high tech rowboat, The Brocade, is in desperate need of shelter while it awaits Phase 2 of her voyage. “I urgently need to find covered storage for my boat [...]
Tags: boat·Hawaii·honolulu·ocean·pacific·row·rowing·roz·rozsavage·savage·storage
Honolulu Power Outage Covered Online
December 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Events, Hawaii, Media, Television, The Web
At about 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 26, a lightning storm over Honolulu apparently knocked out electricity for almost the entire island of O’ahu. As people from Waikiki to Kaneohe were plunged into darkness, those that still had battery operated gadgets gathered and shared information online to determine the extent of the blackout. Of course, [...]
Tags: blackout·Hawaii·honolulu·kgmb·Media·outage·power·twitter
Sensational “Saltimbanco”
November 9th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Events, Family, Music
UPDATE: A special $20 discount is propagating on Twitter. If you’re thinking of checking out “Saltimbanco,” be sure to use the special link and save! Acrobats, gymnasts, dancers, a cyclist, a juggler and jester, and hapless subjects pulled from the audience. Around them, a kaleidoscope stage, and behind them, a live band. At “Saltimbanco,” I [...]
Diamond Head Hike
October 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Family, Hawaii, People, Video
Diamond Head Hike from hawaii on Vimeo. Yesterday, I joined my 10-year-old daughter, Katie, on a hike up Diamond Head, one of Hawaii’s most recognizable landmarks and a popular local attraction. The hike was organized by her Girl Scout troop (Hawaii Troop #84), and we were joined by seven other girls, another dad, and Troop [...]
Tweet-Up with Seesmic’s Sukhjit
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Events, Technology, The Web
If you’re not on Twitter, you may not have heard: a member of the Seesmic team is in Honolulu, and several local geeks are turning out to welcome her and enjoy some terrific tech talkstory. Sukhjit, who hosts the Seesmic video show “Unboxing,” will be at the Aloha Tower Marketplace food court at 5 p.m. [...]
Rediscover Makiki at ‘Sunset in the Park’
July 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Events, Family, Food, Hawaii
Makiki is one of Honolulu’s most densely populated neighborhoods, making Makiki District Park a green jewel in a crowd of high-rises and busy streets. We used to live a block away, and the park was a life saver for our young family. Plenty of people used the park, and its had its share of bumps [...]
Flavors of Honolulu Festival Begins Friday
June 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Events, Family, Food
Save your appetite and round up the kids, this weekend brings the second-annual “Flavors of Honolulu” festival on the Honolulu municipal grounds (near Honolulu Hale and the Frank F. Fasi Building). The three-day event mixes over a dozen restaurants, live performances by several local artists, and highlights including a wine-tasting tent and a celebrity cook-off. [...]
That’s No Moon…
December 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · Science, Technology
Leaving work today, I was startled by the usually serene view of Honolulu Harbor from my office building. A ginormous structure of some sort was parked at Aloha Tower, looming over the city like an evil alien space station. (Okay, it only loomed over Aloha Tower, but suffice it to say, this thing was huge.) [...]
Tags: harbor·honolulu·launchpad·rocket·satellite·sea launch·thuraya
