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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.

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

This was just posted to Bytemarks on Upcoming.org as well as Bytemarks on Yahoo Groups

Bytemarks Lunch
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Laniākea YWCA(Google Map)
1040 Richards St
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

April 2008 Bytemarks Lunch, our very informal geek gathering, on a Wednesday this time. Bring your lunch and your web stories.
Homepage
http://www.bytemarks.org

Just saw this posted - Blogger Dinner on Upcoming.org, thanks @hawaii on twitter

Blogger Dinner
Thursday, April 10, 2008
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Highway Inn (Yahoo Map)
94-226 Leoku St # B1
Waipahu, Hawaii 96797

Renown web strategist Jeremiah Owyang, Senior Analyst for Social Computing at Forrester Research, is coming to Honolulu! He’d love to meet up with local geeks for dinner. RSVP early! Highway Inn, like all Hawaiian restaurants, is a small place with a big heart.

Just saw this posted to Guys Tais and Geeks on Upcoming.org. Thanks @lloydyasato

Guy Tais and Geeks
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
5:00 PM

Chart House (Yahoo Map)
1765 Ala Moana Blvd.
Honolulu, Hawaii 96815

Join us for Guy Tais and conversation at the Chart House. If you have never had Guy Maynard’s famous drink along with conversations ranging from iPhone SDK to Gruul’s Lair strategies while watching a gorgeous Hawaiian sunset, then what are you waiting for?

This was just posted to Bytemarks on Upcoming.org as well as Bytemarks on Yahoo Groups

Bytemarks Lunch
Thursday, March 27, 2008
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Laniākea YWCA(Google Map)
1040 Richards St
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

It’s our monthly Bytemarks Lunch for the Downtown Honolulu crowd. It’s an informal geek meetup to catch up on tech happenings and the latest gadgets in someone’s possession. All are welcome.
Homepage
http://www.bytemarks.org

Hawaii Venture Capital Association (HVCA) Luncheon

Thursday, March 27, 2008
The Plaza Club 20th Floor
11:30am-1:30pm
$29 for HVCA, Hawaii Angels, DualUse Council, Bytemarks and HSTC Members, $39 non-members, $25 students.

Aloha attire is required by the Plaza Club.

Register at www.hvca.org (Direct link - http://www.hvca.org/display.aspx?base=Luncheons&ID=68

Will Turmoil in the Public Markets Hit the Venture Capital World?

New Challenges Face Entrepreneurs and Investors

Elliot Parks, CEO of Hawaii Biotech and former venture capitalist with Ventana Capital, a 24 year old venture capital firm with global reach, will address members and guests of the Hawaii Venture Capital Association at its March 27, 2008 monthly luncheon meeting at the Plaza Club. With every passing day, the turmoil in the public markets caused by the mortgage crisis and instability of the US dollar touches us in many ways. Venture capital is traditionally insulated from the twists and turns in the stock market, however, today that insulation may be wearing thin. Elliott Parks, whose career spans many years in the private equity market will talk about the about the current cash flow situation within venture capital firms and address some of the challenges for venture capital portfolio companies. He will also speculate the impact of the current financial climate on the flow of capital into venture firms planning to raise another fund in 2008.

One situation, according to a MarketWatch report by Scott Austin, is the failure of “auction-rate securities” which are debt instruments that corporations and wealthy individuals invest. This situation may severely impact venture investing and venture capital portfolio companies. These securities, which comprise a $330 billion market, bear floating interest rates that reset in auctions every week or so. An estimated $60 billion of such debt failed to generate enough demand from bidders at a recent auction and the interest rates soared. This unprecedented occurrence prevented many holders of auction-rate securities from getting their cash back, according to the report. In addition to tying up cash available to venture capital firms, many start-ups who have parked their cash in these instruments may face lengthy delays in accessing their cash that could hinder operations.

“Investors and entrepreneurs need to be sensitive to big picture issues such as these that could severely impact operations and future investment,” said Bill Spencer, HVCA President. “We are lucky to have experienced observers like Elliot Parks in our community who can educate us about these challenges.”

The Hawaii Venture Capital Association, founded in 1988, is one of Hawaii’s oldest private non-profit economic development organizations devoted to entrepreneurship and capital formation.

Just saw this posted as a Facebook event as well as on Upcoming.org. Here is the official Lunch 2.0 Hawaii site as well.

Lunch 2.0 Goes Hawaiian Style!

The tech business lunch phenomenon that started in Silicon Valley –and spread globally to places like Germany, Netherlands and India –comes to Hawaii to provide the Aloha State’s tech community with a new twist on networking. Lunch 2.0 (www.lunch20.com) gatherings are informal and meant to connect people with people and people with tech ideas, products and services.

Our second “Lunch Five-O” is:

Thursday, March 20, 2008
Noon to 2 p.m.
Harbor Court
55 Merchant St, Suite 1700

RSVPs greatly appreciated to get an accurate headcount for food:
rsvp@lunch20hawaii.com

You folks know the drill: come to a startup, eat their lunch, geek out, and then volunteer for the next Lunch20Hawaii like Lorenze (CEO of iLovePhotos.com) did last time. Raise your hand and you’re in!

iLovePhotos creates an entirely new photo sharing paradigm. Imagine seeing every photo anyone has ever taken of you. Imagine automatically sharing all your photos with your friends. Using facial detection and visual tagging, iLovePhotos simplifies photo management by doing two things: Automatically sharing your photos with the people in each photo and automatically creating compelling slideshows out of your photos.

Parking: Parking can be difficult downtown. You can try to find on street metered parking, or park in the garage in the building which will probably cost about $2.50 for two hours.

Please RSVP via email to rsvp@lunch20hawaii.com.

And following up on our first Lunch 2.0 Hawaii in Dec. 2007:

* Congratulations to Carnet’s team at ChipIn that launched their new product Sprout Builder with great success at Demo ‘08! Here is a link to a video of their presentation.
http://www.lunch20.com/2008/01/10/lunch-20-hawaii-launches/

* If you missed it last time, here is the link to PeopleBridge’s video that quickly covers their approach to delivering HyperRelevance.
http://www.mediadv8.com/pb/flash/

* We were mentioned by Pacific Business News who wrote a quick story on Lunch20Hawaii’s launch:
http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2008/01/21/story9.html?b=1200891600

Lunch 2.0 with Aloha!

Check out www.hawaiigeek.com for more details.

The following information was taken from the Hawaii Geek About Page

What is the Hawaii Geek Meet?

The Hawaii Geek Meet is a casual, friendly, open potluck gathering of geeks. And we mean “geek” in a most inclusive, positive way. Do you like technology? Do you have a specialty? Among your friends or coworkers, are you the guru, the go-to person for things that blink or have moving parts? Whether you’re passionate about programming, photography, design, HAM radio, model rockets, painting, teaching… we want to meet you.

For specific and focused local groups, the Hawaii Geek Meet is a great excuse to see old friends and catch up on the latest tips and trends. But at the same time, the idea of Hawaii Geek Meet is to mix and mingle with other brilliant people, people you might never meet in your own circles, but people with whom we’d bet you’d get along smashingly.

The Hawaii Geek Meet is the brainchild of Burt Lum (of Bytemarks) and Aaron Dragushan (of Manoa Geeks), but truly belongs to all Hawaii geeks!

Who is invited?

Anyone who is remotely geeky about anything. Web developers, designers, programmers, photographers, videographers, podcasters, bloggers, even artists, teachers, thinkers… Are you knowledgeable and passionate about something? Are you naturally curious and interested in learning about something? Do you want to meet new people, share what you know, and learn a thing or two that you don’t? Then you’re invited. Bring your friends, your family, your kids… and if you’ve got geek toys and gadgets, bring them too!

The core of the Hawaii Geek Meet are several local groups that already get together to talkstory and share knowledge. Is your group interested in joining? Just add your name to the list!

When will it be held?

Sunday, April 20, 2008.

Where will it be held?

Unknown, but most likely an open park in Honolulu

Just saw this posted to the Bytemarks Mailing List

Hi all,
A nice little birdie reminded me that it is time for the next Bytemarks lunch. Same time, same place!

Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
Place: YWCA Courtyard
Date: Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008

Bring your lunch, gadgets and your stories. I want to hear the latest LOST theories from Ryan. What is Kate doing with baby Aaron. Inquiring minds need to know. Also what is everyone doing with audio editing these days? What’s your favorite podcast editing software.

Hope to see you all on Thursday.

Burt