The Bloggers are Coming
A group of bloggers and vloggers will be touring Hawaii next week as part of a “social media tour,” as local visitor industry officials reach beyond the mainstream to spread the word about Hawaii...
Author: Ryan Kawailani Ozawa
Ben Gutierrez Joins KGMB9
Veteran reporter and weather guru Ben Gutierrez has joined the KGMB9 news team. This is great for Hawaii, great for KGMB9, and great for Ben, who in my estimation was easily among the best...
Bookmarks for May 18th
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on May 18th: Fish Poisoning May Be Why Polynesians Left Paradise: Could ciguatera poisoning be behind the storied migrations of...
Waikiki Aquarium Concert Series Announced
Tickets are now available for the popular Waikiki Aquarium Summer Concert Series, “Ke Kani O Ke Kai,” which brings talented local artists to the aquarium’s cozy and picturesque oceanside lawn. The Thursday night performances...
Bookmarks for May 11th
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on May 11th: Lingle lauds Big Island carbon facility: The Big Island Carbon facility will produce activated charcoal from macadamia...
Supporters Rally to Revive Civil Unions Bill
Supporters of House Bill 444, or the “civil unions bill,” are not ready to give up. While Tuesday, May 5 Thursday, May 7 is the effective deadline for any last-minute action on the stalled...
Bookmarks for May 4th
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on May 4th: Dow AgroSciences to lease Kauai sugar lands: Dow AgroSciences LLC has signed a multiyear lease for 3,400...
Act 221 on the Brink
Act 221 is on the brink of being gutted. A bill that would hack out the heart of tax credits aimed at building and sustaining a high tech industry in Hawaii is expected to...
Bookmarks for April 27th
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on April 27th: Creating Diamonds in Space: Do you know that there are countless diamonds in space? Loads of tiny...
Miner Brigade Released for iPhone, Android
Honolulu-based Noble Master Games this week released the full version of its game, “Miner Brigade,” for the Apple iPhone and Android platforms. “Miner Brigade” is similar to the arcade classic “Lemmings.” The simple and...
Humanitarian Happy Hours in Honolulu
Four local bars and restaurants are hosting a series of “Humanitarian Happy Hours” to benefit SurfAid International. The kickoff event will be at Oceans 808 at Restaurant Row on Thursday, May 7. Hosted by...
TV News Goes Interactive at KGMB9
KGMB9, the local CBS affiliate, launched a bold (and technologically tricky) initiative tonight during its 5 p.m. newscast. Called ‘i9News,’ it carved out a significant portion of the half-hour broadcast to share feedback from...
Bookmarks for April 20th
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on April 20th: Surveillance vehicles take flight using alternative energy: Fuel cell powered UAVs are taking flight as an Office...
Google Street View in Hawaii?
Google Street View is an immensely popular, though sometimes controversial, feature of its mapping products (like Google Maps and Google Earth). It allows you to go beyond “zooming in” on a map or aerial...
Eclipse Group to Explore Amazon EC2
The next meeting of the Eclipse Hawaii Eser’s Group will focus on Amazon EC2, or “Elastic Compute Cloud,” a popular web service for developers. The group will introduce EC2, then discuss how the service...
Bookmarks for April 14th
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on April 14th: Sound From Exploding Volcanoes Compared With Jet Engines: New research on infrasound from volcanic eruptions shows an...
Mufi Hanneman: How Not to Engage on Twitter
From the heady, shaky days of Howard Dean to the triumphant ascent of Pres. Barack Obama, there’s no question that the web is a vital tool for organizing and fundraising. Social networks have turned...
Songs in Support of Kids
Kenneth Makuakane is putting his music where his mouth is, offering his latest album as a gift to anyone who donates $10 or more to the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii‘s Windward Clubhouse....
Apple Gets “LOST”
Last month, Apple previewed the upcoming update to its iPhone operating system, iPhone 3.0. For iPhone fans, one of the big reveals was the final implementation of “cut and paste.” But it turns out...
FriendFeed: What If Twitter Worked?
What if Twitter let you organize your contacts into groups, so you can separate political talk from food talk? What if Twitter finally threaded replies, so conversations made sense? What if Twitter let you...
