‘Hawaii’ Archives
Looking for great, local training for Apple and Web 2.0 products? Become an HMAUS member!
It seems like every week there's some new product or service that HMAUS is demonstrating. HMAUS (Hawaii Mac & Apple User Society) offers help to people looking to expand their world a bit with discussions and training on things like social networking, photography, iPad, and much more. In fact this week there are two great sessions coming [...]
Upcoming Geek Events: Unconferenz and HMAUS Springfest
Unconferenz has rescheduled to Saturday, March 20, 2010 from 8:00 AM - 4:00 AM at Kapiolani Community College. (This was postponed due to the Tsunami Warnings the day of the original event.) A wide variety of topics and a great chance to network. Sign up on their site now to get a t-shirt and lunch. HMAUS (Hawaii Mac and Apple User Society) [...]
HMAUS presents Mac Springfest: May 23rd
A full day of learning and fun is planned at the upcoming Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society (HMAUS) Mac Springfest. JAIMS (6660 Hawaii Kai Drive) will be the site for all the Mac Fanboy Love you can spread around. Topics include: Mac 101 for beginners, Adobe's Lightroom, Social Networks and Livefeeds, and Time [...]
Free fax options
If you've read the paper recently you know that Hawaiian Telcom is facing bankruptcy. What exactly might happen if the company were to shut down is not a pleasant thought: Speaking at a hearing before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Lloyd King yesterday, PUC Chairman Carlito Caliboso said much of the state's banking transactions, access to the [...]
Upcoming Unconferenz: February 7th
An upcoming event that sounds very interesting: Unconferenz. Using Pecha Kucha which is basically a open discussion with limitations on each speaker of 20 slides and 20 seconds each slide. Date: February 7, 2009, Saturday Time: 8:00am to 4:00pm Place: JAIMS (in Hawaii Kai) 6660 Hawaii Kai Dr Honolulu, Hawaii 96825 Attendance: 50 – [...]
New web classes from Pacific New Media
University of Hawaii, Manoa campus, has several non-credit web classes coming up for Spring 2009. These are usually great for beginners (and even those who think they know everything!). The schedule is online at: UHM Outreach PNM. Just a couple of standouts include: Boost Your Traffic and Success Online with Social Media Optimization [...]
Uploaded some hiking photos to Flickr
I've uploaded some hiking photos to flickr; some older and some newer ones. Hiking around the ko'olau mountains -- beautiful!
Web Weavers Workshop with Lorelle VanFossen
Today was Web Weavers Workshop with Lorelle VanFossen, part of Hawaii's Geek Week. Lorelle had a ton of great tips to go along with the basics of setting up a successful Wordpress blog site. A large part of the information is in Lorelle's book, but it was her discussions to student questions that often proved most helpful. Some sample [...]
“How Has WordPress Changed Your Life”…
During the opening event of Mactoberfest for Hawaii's Geek Week, Lorelle VanFossen asked the audience, "How has Wordpress changed your life?" She showed some great videos of how lives have been changed by using Wordpress as a blogging software application for helping people express their lives. For me, Wordpress has changed my life in two [...]
E-Waste Dump At UH: October 25th
University of Hawaii is having an eWaste Disposal Day on October 25th, 2008. It's a great way to junk those old monitors, computers, and accessories that have been taking up space in the closet. Visit their site for more details.
