TechOahu

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This month’s Honolulu Coders meeting will take place on Wednesday April
30th from 6pm to 8pm.

Honolulu-coders mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/honolulu-coders/
Join the honolulu coders community:
http://discourse.ics.hawaii.edu/community/sign_up
Member’s web page: http://discourse.ics.hawaii.edu/workspace/5

********** LOCATION INFORMATION **********

This month’s meeting will be held in the POST building, room 302, at the
University of Hawaii Manoa campus.

http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/vtour?Manoa=l=POST?

UoH parking information is here:

http://www.hawaii.edu/parking/visitorParking.html

********** MEETING AGENDA **********

The meeting’s agenda is as follows:

6:00pm - 6:45pm “Python 3000, Django & Google App Engine” Talk by
Michael Bishop

6:45pm - 7:00pm Discussion

7:00pm - 7:15pm Pizza Break sponsored by Ikayzo http://www.ikayzo.com/

7:15pm - 8.00pm Open Ruby Workshop by Sam Joseph

The talk abstract and speaker biography are as follows:

Talk Title: Python 3000, Django & Google App Engine

Talk Abstract:

Michael just returned from PyCon 2008 held in Chicago and says that
there was so much going on there that he barely had time to sleep. He’ll
share what he learned about Python 3000 — what’s the big deal, what we
should expect and how to prepare. Next, he’ll show off Django - the
Python web framework. Finally, a video about Google’s App Engine. Q&A
will be done throughout the talk with open discussion at the end.

Talk Biography:

Michael Bishop is a life-long student, consultant and FOSS advocate.
Open Ruby workshop:

Join Sam Joseph as he plays around with the Ruby and Rails. Bring along
your Ruby programming questions and we can scratch our heads together
If you’re really unlucky he’ll show you his new linklens code

Just saw this posted to Upcoming.org - 2008 Mac a’hiki TechFest

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2008 Mac a’hiki TechFest Home Page
Saturday, April 26, 2008
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Krauss Hall, University of Hawaii at Manoa (Yahoo Map)
2500 Dole Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Hosted by the University of Hawaii, Pacific New Media and presented by the Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society, Inc. and the Professional Photographers of Hawaii. This event is FREE to the public!

Swap Meet
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Buy, sell or trade computer or camera gear.

Presentations
Yukiyoshi Room

9:00 to 10:00 — Digital Imaging: the Greatest Tool in Photography by Dwight Okumoto (president of the Professional Photographers of Hawaii)

Dwight will be showing examples of how true photographic technique can be confused with digital manipulation. Digital imaging has completely changed the industry, but we must maintain the same high standards and principles as shooting film.

10:30 to 11:30 — Everything You Always Wanted to Know About X by Rolf Nordahl

Rolf Nordahl from the MacMouse Club will give an overview of what’s new and great about Apple’s new operating system, Leopard, which is built upon the Unix environment. Rolf’s easy going, free-flow style of presentation will include many opportunities for questions and audience input.

12:00 to 1:00 — Keynote by Matt Mullenweg

In March 2007 PC World named Matt Mullenweg one of the 50 Most Important People on the Web. His company, based in San Francisco, recently received $29.5 million in funding from investors. Among them, the New York Times Co. In just three years Matt has taken the development of WordPress from obscurity to the top of the social networking universe. Matt will share his thoughts and hopes about the future of technology.

Exhibits and Clinics

Brown Bag Fixit Clinic hosted by Edward Slavish
10:00 am to Noon

Eddie and friends will help you free of charge with any problems you might be experiencing with your Macintosh or other Apple product. Bring whatever needs fixing and Ed’s mechanics will try to help you. Some times you learn a lot and other times you just pick up one tip that helps you enjoy your computer a little more. It is always worthwhile.

Manoa Photo Walkabout with Patrick Delos Santos
12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Limited to only 10 students (to register call Eugene Villaluz at 808-735-0402)

Learn how to use and understand your digital camera. You’ll be able to take photos just like a professional in any camera setting. Now you won’t have to worry about missing that great shot!

Door Prizes
Throughout the day.

Info: Tue, 15 April 2008 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm - University of Hawaii,
Manoa Campus, Marine Sciences Building Auditorium, Room# 114 - $8 for
pizza and soft drink (optional)

Note: We will start promptly at 6:00pm with introductory material and a
Q&A session

Speaker: Michael Bishop

Bio: Michael is a lifelong student of technology and Free/Open Source
Software

Presentation: Michael just returned from PyCon 2008 held in Chicago and
says that there was so much going on there that he barely had time to
sleep. He’ll spend the first part of his presentation walking us through
some of the best parts of the conference. Then he’ll be talking about
Python 3000 — what’s the big deal, what we should expect and how to
prepare. Finally, he’ll be showing off a bit of Python and Django - the
Python web framework.

For those of you who haven’t been exposed to the programming language
Python, this will be an excellent way to find out from a skilled
educator how this simple (to learn and to maintain) yet powerful Object
Oriented programming language can be easily and freely installed on
Windows, Mac and Linux computers and help you to be more productive and
have fun at the same time!

Directions to the event:
Take Dole Street Koko Head bound (East) and turn Mauka (toward the
mountains) on East West Rd. Take the first possible left turn onto an
unnamed access road and park in Lot #11. If there is a guard in the
kiosk there, just mention that you’re there to attend the “Open Source
Pizza” presentation.

A campus map can be found at http://manoa.hawaii.edu/map/uhmmap.pdf The
Marine Sciences Building and parking lot with Entrance Kiosk are at C4
on that map.

For further infomation, please contact Ron Fox at 589-5172.

Kara just sent this out. You can RSVP to kzbaker [at] “google’s email service” . com
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The Hawaii All-Geek Meetup and Potluck is scheduled for Sunday, April 20, 2008. Bring your family, your friends, and your toys. Bring some food and an appetite for good grinds and great conversation.

What is the Hawaii Geek Meet? Better to ask what it isn’t! Read all about it.

Where and when is it happening? Magic Island, at Ala Moana Beach Park, Picnic Area #40 [Map] from 10 a.m. until… whenever!

Afraid you’re going to be the only {x} person there? Check out some of the groups that are joining us.

Curious about who will be there? Check out the list of participants.

Can you bring something? Want to check out the menu? Take a look at the potluck page.

Have questions about how all this will come to pass? We do too! Check out the questions page.

Please RSVP A.S.A.P. by simply replying and letting me know if you can make it. Also, if you can provide a canopy tent, table, or large cooler, that would be great, as well.

Manoa Geeks makes up the majority of this event, so I hope you can make it. If you have already registered with someone else, that’s fine, and if you want to pass the word on to someone that may have been over-looked, please feel free.

Thanks, and have a great weekend!

Kara

7 pm, MIC conference room, second floor.

Topic
This week’s topic will be hybrid web/desktop applications. We will
discuss the advantages and disadvantages of hybrid apps as compared to
pure web or desktop applications. Daniel Leuck of Ikayzo will present
some simple examples to get us started.

About GUI Meetup
GUI Meetup is a forum for discussion of GUIs, usability and related
topics. We begin meetings with a short presentation and follow up
with a show and tell session for attendees’ current projects. Other
members provide feedback in areas such as design and usability.
Attendees are not required to present, but we hope everyone will
contribute to the conversation. We try to keep topics on the soft
side of business and design, and away from purely technical
discussions.

We expect to have around 10-15 people to allow for the benefits of
small group conversation. Please RSVP to Dan Leuck at dan [at] ikayzo
[dot] com so we can track the headcount.