Bytemarks Cafe

First up, let’s welcome back The Catalyst by Leimomi Bong. In this segment she talks about the Hawaiian board game called Konane.

Then on todayʻs show we have Thomas Lee, Director of Government Partnerships at the Hawaii Data Collaborative, here to talk about a county charter amendment to establish the Chief Data Officer and the Office of Data and Innovation. Check out the Charter Amendment, Question 5 on the ballot.

On todayʻs show we have Monique Tate, Co-Director of Community Tech New York and John Kealoha Garcia, Minister of Commerce at the Nation of Hawaiʻi, who recently conducted a Portable Network Kit training in Hawaiʻi. Together we talk about building and supporting community broadband networks.

During this special fall membership drive, we have Paul Higashino, Natural Resouces Specialist for the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission, here to tell about how efforts are going to restore the native ecosystem of Kahoʻolawe.

During our broadcast, the phone lines are reserved for your show of support. We are looking for new members so if you enjoy our weekly tech talks, we hope you’ll consider supporting the great, original, local programming here on Hawaii Public Radio.

An added note: 2026 is the 50th anniversary of the Stop the Bombing campaign for Kahoʻolawe. You can find a calendar of events at Kahoolawe.org.

On todayʻs show we have Ron da Silva, Board Member of ARIN, co-Chair of the Internet Society DC Chapter and Steering Committee lead for the IGF-USA.

On todayʻs show we have Colin Rhinesmith, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Information Sciences and Director, Digital Equity Action Research (DEAR) Lab, joins me to talk about his new book, Digital Equity Ecosystems.

On todayʻs show we have Ron Hashiro, long time IT professional but more importantly a key member of the Emergency Amateur Radio Club and heʻs here to talk about the critical role HAM radio plays in disaster response. We also talk about a new (to me) radio network alternative to amateur radio called MeshCore.

First up, let’s welcome back The Catalyst by Leimomi Bong. In this segment she talks about innovations in data center cooling.

Then on todayʻs show we have Brian Moon, CEO of the Pacific Telecommunications Council here to provide us with the mid-year PTC report.

On todayʻs show we have Michael Bennett, founder of Hawaiʻi Tech Week and we’re talking about the 3rd annual week long event featuring Hawaii’s tech diversity and ecosystem.

First up, let’s welcome back The Catalyst by Leimomi Bong. In this segment she talks about the Univ of Hawaiiʻs plan for AI across all 10 campuses.

Then joining us, we have Daveed Benjamin founder of the Meta Layer Initiative and Dee Frewert from the Internet Society Nevada Chapter, both here to talk about the Meta Web and Desirable Properties of the Meta Web.

On todayʻs show we have Navid Najafi, aka Illnomadic and Super Groupers, four-time Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winning hip-hop artist here to talk about innovations in music.