TechHui

Hawaii's Science, Technology and New Media Community

Members

  • Darren Kimura
  • Gus Higuera
  • Attila Seress
  • Mark Gilbert
  • Bill
  • Jeffrey Char ジェフリー・チャー
  • Jay Fidell
  • Roger Garrett
  • Dave Kozuki
  • Todd Cochrane
  • Steven Caires
  • Keith Cronin

Blog Posts

Daniel Leuck

TechHui Meta Contest



Aloha TechHuians. As part of our initiative to grow the TechHui community, we are announcing what is, to our knowledge, the world's first meta-contest. This is a contest to come up with a clever contest :-) The winner of the meta-conte… Continue

Posted by Daniel Leuck on December 15, 2009 at 1:30pm — 14 Comments

kauai inventor

Business Evolution

As noted in a previous post regarding Richard Dawkins newest book 'The Greatest Show On Earth' I am a proponent of evolution. Although we dont readily see evolution in nature take place, clear evidence for evolution in business and economics abound. For a business to be vibrant and productive it helps to take cues from evolution and translate them into a solidified plan to ensure growth and profits. By taking key aspects of a business and its history and applying some basic tenets of evolution o… Continue

Posted by kauai inventor on December 11, 2009 at 3:46am

Alex Salkever

Hawaii's Feed-In Tariff: More Information Needed, Pronto - Big Backers Like Hawaii But Need Details, Economics

In my time working on the U.S. Mainland (I'm splitting time there now between SF and HNL), I've been talking to a lot of top-tier venture capitalists, energy project financiers, and investment bankers involved in green energy. After finding out that I was from Hawaii, a number of them have asked me about the state's new Feed-In Tariff. They wanted detailed information so that they could see if clean energy projects in Hawaii might pencil out. Sadly, I had to tell them that the FIT at present doe… Continue

Posted by Alex Salkever on December 6, 2009 at 10:11am — 2 Comments

Daniel Leuck

Renewable Energy Permitting

Sent to us by Jim Thompson:
There was a conference call this morning with representatives of the Hawaii Science and Technology Council, the UH Energy Policy Forum, the Farm Bureau, Senator Carol Fukunaga's Renewable Energy Sub-Group, Sun Fuels on the Big Island, and Pacific Bio-Fuel on Maui.

There was unanimous concensus to forward the attached package of leg
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Posted by Daniel Leuck on December 3, 2009 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Alex Salkever

TechHui Featured Techie of the Month - Darren Kimura, CEO of Sopogy and Confirmed Energy Geek


Darren T. Kimura is an energy geek. While still in college he founded his first-energy related business, a consultancy focused on helping businesses conserve power and save money. He launched that business out of a th… Continue

Posted by Alex Salkever on November 30, 2009 at 8:30am — 5 Comments

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Hawaii Venture Capital Association
The HVCA seeks to foster entrepreneurial development through networking, education, and access to venture capital.
 

Latest Activity

Dan and Liza, Thanks for all the great ideas; I will follow up accordingly as our plans develop. Aloha, Rox
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Daniel Leuck Hau'oli Lanui from the TechHui team! May you have plenty of quality time with your families and receive many geeky gifts :-)
12 hours ago
As a former chihuahua owner, I'm a big fan of Chehuahua :-) Nice work Gus!
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A photo by Gus Higuera was featured
A Christmas Message from my comic Re-Evolution
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The Wave Hawaii, a site covering news and commentary for Hawaii's economic future is launched by the Hawaii Science and Technology Council.


New survey organized by Leighton Chong


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New groups include Hawaiian Hope, Mobile Development, Google App Engine Developers, GWT Developers, Groovy Programming Language, Wordpress, UH ICS Mentors and UH ICS Students. Create your own group today.

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Liza Pierce

Social Media Expert Part 2 7 Replies

Started by Liza Pierce in Tech Humor. Last reply by Roxanne Darling 11 hours ago.

Stephen McMahon

Google Browser Size

Started by Stephen McMahon in Web Design 20 hours ago.

Stephen McMahon

If (Successful) { throw new Exception(); } 2 Replies

Started by Stephen McMahon in Tech Humor. Last reply by Stephen McMahon 21 hours ago.

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Featured Techie

Seth Ladd

On October 5th, the "Aloha on Rails" Conference kicked off at the Marriott Waikiki Hotel. The event was one of the top Ruby on Rails regional conferences in 2009. These conferences bring together practitioners of and experts in Ruby on Rails, a software development framework that has become increasingly popular in the world of the Internet. If you use Twitter, Hulu or YellowPages.com, then you are using Ruby on Rails (RoR). The Aloha on Rails event drew 160 top-notch attendees, roughly 50% of whom flew from the Mainland to attend and pay the $400 conference fee. The man with the plan behind the whole event was none other than Seth Ladd, a Kailua resident and rising star in the technology firmament. Naturally, he is also a member of TechHui.

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