Media Mentions

• Independent newspapers flourishing on UH campus (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Sept. 1, 1997)
• Rallying to support the Star-Bulletin (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Oct. 18, 1999)
• Screens: In the land of oZ (Greg Bueno, Austin Chronicle, Aug. 4, 2000)
• Who’s Blogging Now? (Deborah Branscum, Newsweek, March 4, 2001)
• Tell the whole world (Vicki Viotti, Honolulu Advertiser, April 17, 2001)
• Make sense of contracts, pidgin and writing stuff (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October 18, 2001)
• “Auto/biography studies: a/b,” Volume 17 (2002)
• Bloggers always have the last word (Honolulu Advertiser, August 13, 2002)
• Screening Moments, Scrolling Lives: Diary Writing on the Web (Madeleine Sorapure, Biography, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2003)
• Geocaching in Hawaii (KHON, May 18, 2003)
• Geocaching turns trekking high tech (Honolulu Advertiser, June 30, 2003)
• Are You a Blogger? (KHON, July 1, 2003)
• Online! The Book, by John Dvorak, Chris Pirillo, Wendy Taylor, Prentice Hall Professional (2004)
• Site provides knowledge about state (Honolulu Advertiser, March 30, 2004)
• Hawaii becomes newest page on Metblogs (Pacific Business News, Oct. 13, 2004)
• Whither the Weblog (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Nov. 14, 2004)
• Local Web publishers face challenges in brave new world (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Nov. 16, 2004)
• ‘Hit Sluts’ and ‘Page Pimps’: online diarists and their quest for cyber-union (Elizabeth Podnieks, Life Writing, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2004)
• Podcasting (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, March 7, 2005)
• Local teens on MySpace (KHON2 Morning News, April 29, 2005)
• Blogging and Podcasting (ThinkTech Hawaii, June 22, 2005)
• Hawaii radio stations turn broadcasters into podcasters (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 20, 2005)
• Podcasting in Hawaii (Greater Good Radio, Sept. 10, 2005)
• Hawaiian film festival showcases new talent (Michael Tsai, Honolulu Advertiser, October 18, 2005)
• Podcasting: Technology turns computers into radio studios (Pacific Business News, Nov. 25, 2005)
• Fans play TV series “Lost” like an interactive video game (Seattle Times, Jan. 10, 2006)
• Entrepreneur starts Internet portal (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Oct. 3, 2006)
• Author predicts Season 3 answers (Honolulu Advertiser, October 8, 2006)
• The [your name here] show (Honolulu Advertiser, June 6, 2007)
• Lifecasting (KITV4, Aug. 8, 2007)
• Lost Ate My Life: The Inside Story of a Fandom Like No Other, by Jon Lachonis & Amy Johnston, ECW Press (2008)
• Predictions for 2008 (Honolulu Advertiser, Jan. 1, 2008)
• Not your father’s technology conference (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Jan. 9, 2008)
• Big Question for “Lost”: Will Short Season Help or Hurt? (ABC News, Jan. 31, 2008)
• A peek at the first geek-meet (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, April 16, 2008)
• LOST Podcasting Profile: The Transmission (Docarzt.com, May 15, 2008)
• A-Profiler: Ryan Ozawa (AArisings, Aug. 19, 2008)
• Finding Lost (Nikki Stafford, ECW Press, 2009)
• Test your Oahu street savvy against ‘Lost’ locations (Honolulu Advertiser, Jan. 3, 2009)
• Old media meets new media @Twitter (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Jan. 29, 2009)
• Tweet! Vote for me (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 11, 2009)
• Diary Weblogs as Genre (Lois Ann Scheidt, Indiana University, May 2009)
• ‘Lost’: Season finale has the cast and a blogging fan pondering about the afterlife (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 12, 2009)
• ‘Lost’ panel rides high at Comic-Con (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 28, 2009)
• State of the News Media: The Written Word (PBS Hawaii Insights, Sept. 10, 2009)
• Name that ‘Lost’ set location on Oahu (Honolulu Advertiser, January 17, 2010)
• ‘Lost’ fans find home in Hawaii (Los Angeles Times, Feb. 1, 2010)
• Lost-apalooza! (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Feb. 2, 2010)
• ‘Lost’ better absent expectations (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Feb. 2, 2010)
• For ‘Lost’ Fans In Hawaii, A Premiere With A View (NPR Morning Edition, Feb. 2, 2010)
• The Secrets of ‘Lost’ (ABC Nightline, Feb. 2, 2010)
• ‘Lost’ will linger on past its end date (APM Marketplace, Feb. 2, 2010)
• ‘LOST’ 2-hour finale brings advertising windfall for KITV (Greg Wiles, Honolulu Advertiser, April 4, 2010)
• iPad party (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 4, 2010)
• Finding Themselves in ‘Lost’ (New York Times, April 4, 2010
• ‘Lost’ Fans Suffer From Blabbermouths Online (New York Times, April 22, 2010)
• ‘Lost’ Superfans Brace for Life After the Island (AOL News, May 21, 2010)
• Hawaii Feels ‘Lost’ Without That TV Show (Wall Street Journal, May 22, 2010)
• What ‘Lost’ taught me about the Internet, and the future of media (TechFlash, May 23, 2010)
• Digital road rage (Brand X/Los Angeles Times, Aug. 17, 2010)
• “Hawaii Five-O” script sparks on-line idea (HawaiiNewsNow, Sept. 27, 2010)
• Five Things We Love (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Oct. 1, 2010)
• Hawaii’s social media maven continues to push the boundaries of imagination (The Hawaii Independent, Oct. 21, 2010)
• Hawaii Five-0 and Kukui High (Nonstop Honolulu, Nov. 12, 2010)
• Addicted to technology (HawaiiNewsNow, Nov. 23, 2010)
• The New Media and Cybercultures Anthology (Pramod K. Nayar, 2010)
• Japan’s Earthquake and Tsunami (World Have Your Say, BBC World News, March 11, 2011)
• Twestival encourages tweeting for a cause (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, March 16, 2011)
• Honolulu Twestival Turns 3 (KITV, March 24, 2011)
• Honolulu Twestival (HawaiiNewsNow, March 24, 2011)
• Geeks to meet and greet, talk and trade on Sunday (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, April 15, 2011)
• Hawaii media power-couple launches new ‘Popspotting’ podcast (June 13, 2011)
• Isle lawsuit is latest against Facebook (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Oct. 19, 2011)
• Tips And Tricks To Get The Most Out Of Your Smartphone (KITV, Jan. 31, 2012)
• LOST Thought: Leading Thinkers Discuss Lost (Inukshuk Press, Feb. 25, 2012)
• Tech Blogger Talks About New iPad (KITV, March 16, 2012)
• Social media hurdles in London Olympics (July 31, 2012)
• Hawaii Apple fans line up for iPhone 5 release (KHON, Sept. 21, 2012)
• Debut of iPhone 5 lures isle customers (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Sept. 22, 2012)
• Online tool developers up for $10K in prizes at event (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Nov. 28, 2012)
• Raising kids in the digital age (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Feb. 19, 2013)
• The 6th Annual Hawaii Geek Meet (HawaiiNewsNow, April 18, 2013)
• Getting your geek on at the Hawaii Geek Meet (KITV, April 22, 2013)
• Social Media and The News (Insights, PBS Hawaii, May 30, 2013)
• Local experts react to reported NSA leaker (KHON, June 10, 2013)
• Erosion of privacy (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, June 23, 2013)
• Back to School Technology for Learning (HawaiiNewsNow, July 31, 2013)
• Back to School: Apps for school (KITV, Aug. 5, 2013)
• Small Business Hawaii Education Foundation announces business, education all stars (Hawaii Reporter, Aug. 9, 2013)
• Yes, Your iPhone Can Make You Sick (HawaiiNewsNow, Oct. 2, 2013)
• Fan CULTure: Essays on Participatory Fandom in the 21st Century (Kristin Barton & Jonathan Malcolm Lampley, McFarland, Nov. 7, 2013)
• Global gameplay (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Feb. 10, 2014)
• What is the Heartbleed Bug and what do I do? (KNWB B97 Hilo, April 9, 2014)
• Hawaii Political Candidates More Social Media Savvy (Honolulu Magazine, July 1, 2014)
• Let’s talk about social media (Frolic Hawaii, July 9, 2014)
• Wildly popular, pioneering series set the pace for future TV shows (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Sept. 21, 2014)
• New social network will pay you for your posts (KITV, Nov. 21, 2014)
• Hawaii’s high tech industry trying to lure former residents back home with jobs (KITV, Dec. 29, 2014)
• Hawaii lawmaker hopes to protect your digital assets (HawaiiNewsNow, Jan. 16, 2015)
• Who Owns Your State on Twitter? (BuzzFeed News, Jan. 22, 2015)
• Meerkat app causes sensation (Bangkok Post, March 14, 2015)
• Hashtag Heard ‘Round the World: Social Media Fuels TMT Protests (Civil Beat, April 16, 2015)
• Lantern-floating ceremony to honor the dead (BoingBoing, May 28, 2015)
• State employees watch 100 to 300 hours of Netflix at work a week (Hawaii News Now, Aug. 14, 2015)
• When it comes to social media, David Ige plays it safe (Civil Beat, Sept. 9, 2015)
• Data-Driven Farming (Hawaii Business, March 2016)
• Uber drivers risking fines to pick up customers at airport (Hawaii News Now, July 7, 2016)
• Tech, science enthusiasts spend some time in the sun at annual Geek Meet (KHON, July 10, 2016)
• 9th annual Hawaii Geek Meet in Kapiolani Park (Hawaii News Now, July 10, 2016)
• From Our Files: Moments from Hawaii’s Past (Honolulu Magazine, Sept. 29, 2016)
• Drivers using traffic apps to avoid gridlock (Hawaii News Now, Oct. 13, 2016)
• After the Election: Have We Changed? (PBS Hawaii, Nov. 17, 2016)
• Hawaiian cafe backs down over ban on Trump voters (Fox News, Dec. 30, 2016)
• The Best of Startup Paradise (Hawaii Business Magazine, March 2017)
• Volta, Blue Planet Energy take home awards (Pacific Business News, Feb. 24, 2017)
• Quit tweeting your travel ban anger to @hawaii (CNN, March 16, 2017)
• Owner of @Hawaii Twitter handle bears brunt of #BoycottHawaii tweets (Hawaii News Now, March 16, 2017)
• #BoycottHawaii trending on Twitter after travel ban put on hold (KITV, March 16, 2017)
• ‘Boycott Hawaii’ war erupts on Twitter (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, March 17, 2017)
• Smart Yields makes final pitch in Vatican-blessed accelerator program (Pacific Business News, Dec. 5, 2017)
• Scammers use Hawaii area code to get you to pick up the phone (Hawaii News Now, Dec. 20, 2017)
• False ballistic missile alarm sends Hawaii into panic (New York Daily News, Jan. 13, 2018)
• Interview with Nihal Arthanayake (BBC Radio 5 Live, Jan. 13, 2018)
• False ballistic missile alert rattles Hawaii (USA Today, Jan. 13, 2018)
• Interview with Natalie Allen (CNN International, Jan. 14, 2018)
• State issues different image of screen leading to employee’s false missile alert (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Jan. 17, 2018)
• SIM Swapping (Irene Cruz, WOAI-TV San Antonio, September 2018)
• Forget hacking into your accounts. Scammers are now hijacking your phone (Hawaii News Now, Sept. 17, 2018)
• Pod People (Honolulu Magazine, February 2019)
• Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp outage (KITV, March 13, 2019)
• Aging Well: Seniors should use apps (KITV, March 16, 2019)
• Amazon reportedly employs thousands of people to listen to your Alexa conversations (KITV, April 11, 2019)
• Masthead is a Social Media Platform That Moves Content Creators Away From Twitter (Editor & Publisher, May 2019)
• Google unveils new technology that can buy movie tickets, rent a car, and more (KITV, May 10, 2019)
• Awaken your inner nerd at Hawaii Geek Meet (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, May 19, 2019)
• Slack: Why is this loss-making tech firm worth $20bn (BBC News, June 21, 2019)
• Gabbard sues Google for $50M, claiming ‘interference’ in her presidential bid (Hawaii News Now, July 25, 2019)
• BBB warns of new voice search scam (Hawaii News Now, Aug. 19, 2019)
• New tariffs on Chinese imports set to hit your wallet starting this weekend (Hawaii News Now, August 30, 2019)
• Some experts believe online death threats on the rise due to increased social media usage (KITV, Sept. 16, 2019)
• Hawaiian Airlines flights diverted due to weather (KHON, Nov. 19, 2019)
• Social media seen as a tool for law enforcement to spot illegal behavior (KITV, Feb. 11, 2020)
• Coronavirus fears empty store shelves of toilet paper, bottled water, masks as shoppers stock up (USA Today, Feb. 28, 2020)
• Lawmakers Take A Stand For The First Amendment (Civil Beat, Feb. 28, 2020)
• Coronavirus fears send West Coast shoppers into panic (New York Post, March 1, 2020)
• Costco shoppers share funny/scary tales of preppers getting ready for a coronavirus outbreak (MarketWatch, March 2, 2020)
• Work from home cyber security tips (KHON, March 23, 2020)
• Food-A-Go-Go: Supporting Hawai‘i Restaurants With Takeout and Delivery (MauiNOW, March 23, 2020)
• NOAA tsunami website faltered Tuesday while Hawaii faced a potentially ‘destructive’ threat (Washington Post, March 25, 2020)
• Tech issues hampered information on Tsunami Watch for Hawaii (Associated Press, March 26, 2020)
• DOH releases map of COVID-19 cases by ZIP code (KITV, March 31, 2020)
• How to not get Zoom-bombed (KITV, April 5, 2020)
• Protect yourself against COVID-19 by cleaning your phone (KITV, April 11, 2020)
• Technologist Ryan Ozawa discusses issues facing the Labor Department’s computer system (KITV, April 24, 2020)
• Entrepreneurial mindset is vital during the COVID-19 crisis (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, April 26, 2020)
• Hawaii residents happy to join fight against COVID-19 in vaccine clinical trial (KHON, Aug. 24, 2020)
• An app to track Hawaii’s COVID-19 cases (KITV, Aug. 26, 2020)
• The Most Comprehensive Hawaii COVID-19 Maps Come From This ‘Data Geek’ (Civil Beat, September 24, 2020)
• 500 Hawaii volunteers participate in COVID-19 vaccine trial (Hawaii News Now, Oct. 19, 2020)
• AlohaSafe Alert App Launch (KITV, Nov. 23, 2020)
• Hawaii seeks to be seen as a remote workplace with a view (Associated Press, Nov. 29, 2020)
• Worldwide vaccine rollout raises questions (Hawaii Public Radio, Dec. 10, 2020)
• App to help slow spread of coronavirus goes live on Maui (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Dec. 18, 2020)
• Christmas Day Gadget Tips (KITV, Dec. 25, 2021)
• Hawaii COVID Update (Hawaii Radio Connection, Feb. 6, 2021)
• State’s outdated unemployment computer system to get a $10M overhaul (Hawaii News Now, Feb. 17, 2021)
• Could Tech Companies Help Diversify Hawaii’s Economy? (KITV, March 5, 2021)
• The Future: A Year with the Coronavirus (Hawaii News Now, March 26, 2021)
• Tech expert shares tips on how to protect cars from high-tech breakins (Hawaii News Now, May 24, 2021)
• Hawaiian Electric attacked daily by hackers as White House warns of ransomware (KHON, June 8, 2021)
• Hawaii launches app that allows residents to upload proof of vaccination status (Hawaii News Now, Sept. 10, 2021)
• Tech expert explains what you need to know about ‘Safe Access Oahu’ (KITV, Sept. 11, 2021)
• Tech expert explains cause of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp global outage (Hawaii News Now, Oct. 5, 2021)
• Scammers use sophisticated HECO plot on Honolulu family (KHON, Oct. 18, 2021)
• Outage on Amazon Web Service disrupting streaming services, deliveries (December 7, 2021)
• Cybersecurity attack could delay paychecks for some city workers (Hawaii News Now, December 13, 2021)
• BWS, EMS employees warned of possible identity theft after hackers target payroll vendor (KITV, December 13, 2021)
• Cyberattacks hit at least 3 Hawaii government systems in past week (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, December 14, 2021)
• Five questions with Ryan Ozawa, the new CEO of Smart Yields (Pacific Business News, Jan. 6, 2022)
• Aging Well: Apps help people with hearing loss (KITV, January 18, 2022)
• Pfizer testing omicron-targeted COVID vaccine dose, how Hawaii can help (KHON, Jan. 27, 2022)
• Cryptocurrency trading to end in Hawaii if legislature doesn’t act (KHON, Feb. 7, 2022)
• Hawaii doesn’t give crypto much aloha, but some lawmakers want to change that (KHON, Feb. 22, 2022)
• One possible threat to Hawaii amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Cybersecurity attacks (Hawaii News Now, March 2, 2022)
• Amid increase in internet crime reports, data shows kupuna most vulnerable (Hawaii News Now, March 22, 2022)
• 44 State Attorneys General call for third-party access to TikTok and Snapchat (KITV, April 3, 2022)
• Many Hawaii non-profits are accepting crypto-currency donations (KITV, May 21, 2022)
• Hawaii’s crypto pilot program gets another chance (KHON, June 3, 2022)
• Local tech events promote innovation in medicine, city planning (Aug. 7, 2022)
• Hawaii Geek Meet, tech events offer support, funding for local startup community (Hawaii News Now, Sept. 24, 2022)
• ‘Geek Meet’ returns to Honolulu, shows off economic impact of tech on Hawaii (KITV, Sept. 25, 2022)
• Hawaii Geek Meet unites creatives (Hawaii News Now, Sept. 25, 2022)
• Geek Meet at Magic Island (KHON, Sept. 25, 2022)
• Energy consumption key as Hawaii electric rates increase (KITV, Oct. 5, 2022)
• Why I’m Sticking With Twitter—For Now (Civil Beat, Dec. 7, 2022)
• Hawaii lawmakrer seeking to bank TikTok on state devices (KITV, Dec. 30, 2022)
• Director Steve Sue on latest film exploring the origins of the ‘Shaka’ (June 22, 2023)
• Celebrating passion for STEM at the 15th Annual Hawaii Geek Meet (September 24, 2023)
• Bungled Communications, A Tweet Attack, And A Longing For Another Side (October 17, 2023)
• Hawaii Creators fosters community, collaboration across Aloha State (November 19, 2023)
• Experts warn of theft of unlocked smartphones (December 25, 2023)
• AI disrupted 2023, while augmented reality is expected to boom in 2024 (December 30, 2023)
• The shaka could become an official state gesture for Hawaii (NPR, March 15, 2024)
• How vulnerable is the Board of Water Supply to a cyber attack? (KHON, May 20, 2024)

See also:

• Tech View in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser: A weekly column on local and national science and technology. April 2019 to present.
• Bytemarks Cafe on Hawaii Public Radio: A weekly live radio show focused on Hawaii science and technology. August 2008 to July 2018, 518 shows.
• Geek Beat on Hawaii News Now: A bi-weekly segment on tech as part of HNN’s morning news show. September 2013 to July 2018, 114 segments.
• Civil Geeks for Civil Beat: A weekly column on Hawaii science, technology, and startups. April to October 2016.