Bytemarks Cafe

First up, on Saturday, February 29, 2020, Hālau ʻĪnana in Kapaʻakea-Mōʻiliʻili will transform into an ʻŌlelo Jam. They’ve invite Hawaiian speakers to come and co-create digital content in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi for community which includes teachers, students, kupuna as well as new learners. No tech experience is needed; just the (desire) to ʻōlelo or speak Hawaii … Continue reading "Episode 600: ʻŌlelo Jam, HPU STEM Conference + Women in Data Science – Feb 26, 2020"

First up, I want to let you know about the Spring break Altino Coding training for teachers. There are two 3-day 3-credit introduction to coding workshop for teachers, during spring break starting March 16 for the Campbell Kapolei Complex and Maui Complex starting March 19th. There are only 30 seats per 3 day training. Teacher … Continue reading "Episode 599: HVCA Entrepreneur Awards + Purple Maiʻa, Indigenous Innovation – Feb 19, 2020"

First up, Amy Weintraub, Executive Director of the Hawaii Academy of Science joins us to tell us about the and the regionals science fairs that lead up to the upcoming Hawaii State Science Fair. Then, we’re joined by Corie Tanida and Sarah-Lyn Kaeo, honor student at Univ of Hawaii Manoa, both independent but support Common … Continue reading "Episode 598: Hawaii Academy of Science + Civic Engagement – Feb 12, 2020"

First up, Jonathan Weinberger from the Honolulu Game Development Meetup joins us to tell us about the Unity Game Jam and Hackathon happening this Sunday, Feb 9th. Then, we’re joined by Bill Hozey and Kaui Kauhi from MicroNan to talk about some novel technology that converts your smartphone into a sterilization tool. Stream MP3 | Subscribe in … Continue reading "Episode 597: Unity Game Jam and MicroNan – Feb 5, 2020"

First up, Jessica Radovich from College of Tropical Ag and Human Resources joins us to tell us about an event called CTAHR Day. Then Suchandra Thapa, independent coder and organizer is here to tell us about the upcoming UnVoxxed Unconference. Last but not least, we are joined by Richard Zheng and Kat Windham from ServPac … Continue reading "Episode 596: CTAHR Day, unVoxxed Hawaii & ServPac Data Center – Jan 29, 2020"

First up, David Miyashiro from Hawaii Kids Can joins us to tell us about an event called the Hawaii Education Innovation Showcase. Then, we are joined by Ken Hiraki from the Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation and Melanie Joseph from Farmers Insurance to tell us about innovation, the Education Innovation Teacher Challenge Grant, and social … Continue reading "Episode 595: Hawaii Kids Can + Social Impact Investing – Jan 22, 2020"

First up, Katherine Williams from Google joins us to tell us about an event happening tomorrow called Grow with Google. Then we have Justin Delos Reyes, Computer Science teacher from Campbell High School and President of the CSTA Hawaii Chapter here to tell us about the upcoming CSTA Hawaii Summit. Last but not least, we … Continue reading "Episode 594: Grow with Google, CSTA Hawaii Summit + EastMeetsWest – Jan 15, 2020"

First up, we have Nicole Fuertes from the Pacific Telecommunications Council here to tell us about the upcoming 2020 PTC Conference: Vision 2020 and Beyond. Then, we are joined by Len Higashi from HTDC and Michelle Cheung, one of the TRUE Directors, to tell us about the Technology Readiness User Evaluation Initiative or TRUE Initiative. … Continue reading "Episode 593: PTC 2020 + TRUE Initiative – Jan 8, 2020"

This is the second of our special 2-part year end edition, where we’ve invited two prominent executives in Hawaii: Rich Wacker, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Savings Bank and Micah Kane, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Community Foundation, to talk about Hawaii’s innovation economy and how Hawaii can thrive in … Continue reading "Episode 592: Innovation Economy 2020 – Jan 1, 2020"

During Part 1 of this special 2-part edition of the show, we’ve invited two prominent executives in Hawaii: Rich Wacker, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Savings Bank and Micah Kane, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Community Foundation, to talk about Hawaii’s innovation economy, the CHANGE Framework and how Hawaii can … Continue reading "Episode 591: Innovation Economy 2019 – Dec 25, 2019"