Behind the scenes: I interview many more people than I write about, but the stories are always compelling, and the people are always interesting. I'm going to start sharing these interviews as special extras for supporters on @substack!
“I highly recommend you come in person, it’s exciting, it’s rowdy, it’s highly competitive... There's something for everybody, it's a family-friendly event.” https://t.co/ph65NnBVyq #hawaii#esports#hawaiiesports#esportshawaii
A sold-out crowd of Honolulu-based tech workers (and their friends) packed the courtyard of Honolulu Beerworks in Kaka‘ako yesterday for @ThriveHI's monthly pau hana. https://t.co/mc2Nb8BCJz #workfromhawaii#remotework#kakaako#honolulu#hawaii
It may be the shortest month, but there are many great things to do and people to see. Read about a poo-themed bar meetup, a group therapy session for failed startup founders, and a couple of ways to get into the cloud. https://t.co/f4VlzcowEB #hawaiitechevents#hawaiievents
"The establishment of this new @MITREcorp office is a recognition of the seriousness of our time, but also of the tremendous opportunities right here in Honolulu to make this a safer world." https://t.co/SMODqOP8hI #MITRE#MITREHonolulu#MITREHawaii
"We will have prizes for the top custom coded solutions and top prizes for the low- and no-code solutions," HACC coordinator Thelma Alane said. "We also increased the high school prizes." https://t.co/sjkbjRiK2x #hackathon#hacc#hacc2022#hawaiihackathon#civichacking
Buoyed by home-bound office workers, gamers and tinkerers, the custom-built mechanical keyboard market has exploded. There's even a local club. https://t.co/DIFklVPbCb
Martin Emde, a former Boeing engineer, worked with a dedicated and talented group of students to take an open-source ultralight aircraft design and upgrade it to a fully FAA certified experimental electric aircraft. https://t.co/Tc5BUskNZu #stem#stemeducation#aviation
Victoria and Lucy Yang grew up in Kaʻū on Hawaii Island. Today, they're leading @StaaxApp, a fintech startup that's raised $1.8M building a social investment payments platform. Here's their story. https://t.co/N0NN4g3Eoj #hawaii#fintech#startup#startups#techstars
"The broad AI/ML community doesn't want to replace the human connection that happens in healthcare, nor the critical thinking. It's mostly just supporting clinicians, maybe realizing trends, or detecting cancer."https://t.co/prpn1hyu6m #aimahead#ai#ml#artificialintelligence
Nobody expects the sprawling universe of native Hawaiian genealogy to be transformed into an app over the weekend. But it was clear that everyone was going to learn quite a bit about both technology and what it means to be Hawaiian. https://t.co/CoM3EdBls1 #hawaiian#hawaiians