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Ryan from Manoa Geeks pinged me with this event. I have shamelessly copied and pasted the details directly from his post Bytemarks Lunch on Thursday via Manoa Geeks since his write up is superb, and I encourage you to go read it if you are unfamiliar with Burt and/or Bytemarks Lunch

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Local ubergeek Burt Lum’s monthly “Bytemarks” geek lunch has been scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28, at Don Quijote (a.k.a. Holiday Mart) on Kaheka Street near Ala Moana [Map]. “Just bring your stories and your gadgets.”

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I recently also noticed it was updated via this post regarding location of August 28, 2008 Lunch on Bytemarks Mailing List

Here’s an update. I talked to the folks at Hawaii Public Radio and we
can use the Atherton Studio for our lunch gathering. We can still pick
up our lunch at Don Quijote and head over to Atherton Studio. It’s air
conditioned, great setting and free wifi! Let’s meet at Don Quijote
and head over together. Let me know if you can make it by signing up
on Yahoo Upcoming Bytemarks Lunch August 28, 2008

Just saw this posted to Jelly Coworking Group - August 27, 2008 at TechHui.

Jelly Coworking Group

Time: August 27, 2008 from 12 pm to 4 pm (Export to Outlook or iCal (.ics))
Location: Jupiter Cafe. 1601 Kapiolani Blvd Honolulu, HI 96814 (Map)
Organized By: Truman Leung

To see if we can coax late risers to come to our group, we’ll be trying a new time this week: Lunch at noon and then coworking until 4pm or whenever.

Cafe Jupiter has no sign visible from the street. It’s halfway between Kapiolani and Kona on Mahukona on the Diamond Head side of the street, just across the street from Shokudo.

Found this via UH Business IP Forum August 26, 2008 on TechHui

Time: August 26, 2008 at 12 - 2pm
Location: Manoa Innovation Center (Website), 2nd Floor Large Conference Room
Street: 2800 Woodlawn Drive Honolulu, HI (Map
Contact Info: +1 (808) 429-6600
Event Type: Forum
Organized By: Sam Joseph and Daniel Leuck

The UH Business IP Forum is intended as an opportunity for University of Hawaii researchers to present their latest ideas to the local business community. University of Hawaii researchers regularly generate intellectual property in the form of patents. The University of Hawaii can provide exclusive rights to these patents, licensing them to individual business or consortia for the purpose of generating revenue. In the first instance the forum will start with presentations from UH researchers from the Ubiquitous Wireless Computing research group from the department of Information and Computer Sciences. The presentations will generally be short in order to allow plenty of time for discussion. As well as getting feedback on the potential licensability of existing patents, UH researchers will be looking for input from the business community on what technologies and techniques could be developed for the mutual benefit of both academia and business.

The UH Business IP Forum is lead by Sam Joseph. Sam is the project lead for the Ubiquitous and Wireless Computing project in the Laboratory for Interactive Learning Technologies in the University of Hawaii Department of Information and Computer Sciences. He has brought in over $3,000,000 in industry grants over the last year and now runs a team of 10 researchers developing new IP in the fields of Ubiquitous and Wireless Computing.

Sam’s academic qualifications include a B.Sc. (Hons) in astrophysics from the University of Leicester, UK, a M.Sc. in cognitive science and natural language and a Ph.D. in neural networks from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He was also recipient of the Raymond-Hide prize for Astrophysics and a Toshiba Fellowship.

Sam spent six years in Japan, first working on intelligent agents at the Toshiba Research & Development Center, then freelancing for startup companies, and finally on peer-to-peer systems at the University of Tokyo.

Just saw this at Web Weavers Workshop iPhone, it will change your world on HMAUS Signal

Web Weavers Workshop

Sponsored by HMAUS and Pacific New Media
Hosted by the University of Hawaii, Pacific New Media and presented by the Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society, Inc.

FREE to the Public
From 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Tuesday, August 26

Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall, University of Hawaii, Manoa
(Google map to Krauss Hall) (UH PDF map)

Questions: Call Eugene at 808-735-0402
iPhone, it will change your world

iPhone expert, Rich Warren, will share his iPhone visions and promises at the next HMAUS Web Weavers Workshop. He will talk about what it can do, why it’s an important new platform, and tricks and tips you can use for getting the most out of it.

Later in the evening, Rich will talk about creating iPhone content … touching on everything from podcasts and iPhone compatible web-pages to iPhone-specific web applications and actual native applications. He will explore the reasons why you or your business will want to start making content for the iPhone, and which type of content best meets your needs.

Rich Warren is an associate scientist for 21 Century Systems Incorporated, a part time graduate student at UH Manoa, and a freelance writer and frequent contributor to MacTech Magazine. He bought his first Macintosh over five years ago, and has since converted his entire family. In his opinion, the greatest consumer gadgets ever released are the iPod, the Tivo and now the iPhone.

This was just posted to Hawaii .NET User Group Meetup - August 20, 2008 on TechHui

Time: August 20, 2008 at 6pm (Export to Outlook or iCal (.ics))
Location: OceanIT Conference Room 828 Fort Street Mall, Suite 600 Honolulu, HI (Map)
Contact Info: 528-5858
Organized By: Mike Fors

Speaker: James McDowell
Topic: Team Foundation Server (TFS)

We overview a great product that you’ll not want to miss…Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008. Team Foundation Server, part of Visual Studio Team System (VSTS), is an integrated development solution that solves software development lifecycle challenges facing development teams. Highlights of the talk will cover installation issues, process templates (such as agile), connecting to TFS from a variety of clients, work item tracking, reporting, source control (yeah, no more Visual Source Safe!), and many other features in the product. Please come and learn how you can increase your development maturity level using this powerful product.

As always, free pizza, drinks and door prizes will be given away. Hope to see you there.

Any Questions please call: Mike Fors (mike [at} platinumc {dot] net)- 528-5858 or Tina Sprague (tsprague [at} oceanit {dot] com) – 754-2929

Just saw this posted to Jelly Coworking Group - August 20, 2008 at TechHui. For those planning ahead, you may also want to put on your calendars Jelly Coworking Group - August 27, 2008 at TechHui. Don’t worry, we’ll post the second one as a reminder sometime next week.

Jelly Coworking Group

Time: August 20, 2008 from 8am to 12pm (Export to Outlook or iCal (.ics))
Location: Cafe Jupiter (Map)
Organized By: Truman Leung

It’s a bit hard to find Cafe Jupiter because there is no sign visible from the street. It’s just across the street from Shokudo on the Ewa side of the building fronting the side street. Easy to park in Ala Moana.

Shamelessly stolen from the Manoa Geeks Blog Aloha Molly entry

Molly E. Holzschlag — well-known Web standards advocate, instructor, and author — is returning to Honolulu this week to lead workshops for Pacific New Media.

On Friday, she’ll give a free public lecture titled “Browsers, Web Standards, and IE8” in Krauss Hall at 7 p.m.  Those looking for more intensive instruction can sign up for “Hot n` Spicy Style with CSS,” running 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday in Sakamaki Hall (the Manoa MultiMedia Lab). Registration is $270.

Holzschlag co-authored “The Zen of CSS Design” and has written over 30 other books related to web design and development. Named one of the 25 Most Influential Women on the Web, she is a steering committee member of the Web Standards Project.

Just saw this posted to Jelly Coworking Group - August 13, 2008 at TechHui. For those planning ahead, you may also want to put on your calendars Jelly Coworking Group - August 20, 2008 at TechHui. Don’t worry, we’ll post the second one as a reminder sometime next week.

Jelly Coworking Group

Time: August 13, 2008 from 8am to 12pm (Export to Outlook or iCal (.ics))
Location: Tropical Smoothie Cafe (Map)
Organized By: Truman Leung

We’ll be at the Tropical Smoothie Cafe which is across the street from Sears Ala Moana. Hope you can make it.

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On a related note, Ryan Ozawas has launched Lumihana, a project to pull together people in Hawaii interested in setting up a dedicated coworking space, ideally somewhere in downtown Honolulu. He has, likewise, set up this Coworking Group on TechHui.

Thanks to @phlatphrog for the tip!
Update: Also now on Meet the Chimps Event on TechHui

Meet The Chimps!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 from 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Where: PF Chang’s 1288 Ala Moana Blvd Honolulu, HI 96814 (Map)

You’re invited to meet and greet the Chi.mp team at PF Chang’s on Aug 12th between 5:30 and 7:30 PM.

In attendance will be:

• Josh Porter Author of “Designing for the Social Web”
• Brian Oberkirch Author of “Like it Matters” the blog of social media
• Anthony Eden (CTO for chi.mp) Ruby Rails Advocate
• Tony Haile (CSO for chi.mp)
• … and a few other team members with newly formed opposable thumbs.

Please join us on the lanai for cocktails, heavy pupus, and great conversation with the Chimps … and Honolulu’s brightest technology and social media stars.

We look forward to seeing — and evolving with — you.

Please RSVP at Meet the Chimps on Eventbrite.

Just saw this in my RSS feeds, check out the Oracle Workshop August 14, 2008 on Hawaii Science and Technology Council site.

Oracle Workshop
7:30am - 5:00PM August 14, 2008
Hawaii Convention Center

ORACLE WORKSHOP - SOA TECHNOLOGY & 10g/11g DATABASE OVERVIEW/NEW FEATURES (Thursday - August 14th)
Service Oriented Architecthure (SOA) Technology (morning session):
Do the departments in your organization need to work with each other?
Do they have business processes that involves using more than one computer system (HW & SW)?
Would you like to automate these workflows? Be able to work on these workflows with a web interface?
Well, that’s where SOA comes in. SOA is a proven technology that was created for such needs. A way to connect various independent applications that are running different platforms so that current business processes can be automated, new business processes can be created, and applications can be easily upgraded. So no more double-entry into different systems, no more hard-coding, no more expensive upgrade process.
Come learn more about SOA technology:

* How does it work?
* Who’s using it?
* How are they using it?

Instructor: David Simpson - Integration & SOA Solutions Specialist, Oracle Corporation.
David Simpson is an Oracle Solution Specialist in SOA technology. He has 8 years of application integration experience with ERP, CRM, and other enterprise systems. He comes from a consulting background where he implemented integration architectures for his clients. Before coming to Oracle he was a member of the Lockheed Martin SOA Center of Excellence where he was responsible for overseeing integration projects within the organization. He now focuses on working with customers to solve their integration challenges. He often works hands-on with customers implementing SOA Proof of Concepts and Pilots.

Oracle 10g/11g Database Review & New Features (afternoon session):

Are you getting ready to do an upgrade of your Oracle DB? Do you need to do some development work with an Oracle DB? For all Oracle DBAs and those who will be working with an Oracle database, here’s a great crash course on the 10g and 11g databases. Oracle will be doing a 10g overview and cover the new features of 11g. Those topics include: Automatic Storage Management (ASM), Cross Platform Transportable tablespaces, new SYSAUX tablespace, high-speed Data Pump utility, extended Flashback functions, Real Application Testing, Automatic Diagnostic Repository, Flashback Data Archive, new compression algorithms, automatic SQL and memory tuning, new partitioning methods and more. The topics covered in this seminar are primary for the database administrators. Below will be the contents covered:

* Introduction and Overview
* Installation and Upgrade
* New Storage Enhancements
* New Memory Management
* Back Up and Recovery New Features
* Security Enhancements
o Database Tuning and Performance Improvement
o Real Application Testing
o Flashback Data Archive
o New Partitioning Method
o High Availability Improvements
+ Log Minder
+ Real Application Clusters (RAC)
+ Data Guard
+ Oracle Streams
* Grid Control
* Other Enhancements

Instructor: Daniel Liu - Database Architecture, Oracle Corporation
Daniel Liu is a Principal Solution Architect at Oracle Corporation and author of Oracle Database 10g New Features - by Rampant TechPress. A recognized Oracle expert and a frequent speaker at various international Oracle conferences, Daniel has published articles with DBAzine, Oracle Internals, Oracle Technology Network, and SELECT Journal. Daniel has received SELECT Editorial Award for Best Article in 2001, and has been named Architect of the Week by the OTN in 2004. Prior to joining Oracle Corporation, he worked as a Senior Technical Manager at First American managing one of the largest and most complex database environment in the world.

Location: Hawaii Convention Center - Parking entrance off of Kahakai St.
7:30am - Registration and Breakfast
8:00am - SOA Workshop
12:00pm - Luncheon Presentation: What’s Happening with Oracle and Who They’re Acquiring
1:00pm - 10g/11g Database workshop
5:00pm - Conclusion

Costs:

Workshop & Luncheon: Members $30, Non-members $50 (Late Registrations/Walk-ins, $60)
Luncheon Only: Members $20, Non-members $30 (Late Registrations/Walki-ins, $35)

RSVP to aitphawaii@aitp.org by end of Monday, August 11th.

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