Hawaii Geek Week » mactoberfest http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org Celebrating Technology in Hawaii Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:16:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Geek Week & Mactoberfest Oct. 17-24 http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/2009/10/13/geek-week-mactoberfest-oct-17-24/ http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/2009/10/13/geek-week-mactoberfest-oct-17-24/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:53:55 +0000 markmcmahon http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/?p=123 Hawai’i Geek Week starts on October 17, 2009 and culminates with a full day of workshops, talks, and a Professional Photographers of Hawai’i (PPH) flea market on October 24, 2009.  All events are free and you don’t have to be a geek to attend. The goal of the week is to learn about new, interesting technology related things, things that enhance your understanding of how the world works, things that can be fun and exciting for you.

Here are things happening during Geek Week.

Star Gazing Party October 17 and October 24

hawastrosoc Have you ever  wanted to look through a telescope with someone who knew what they were looking at?  The Hawaiian Astronomical Society of amateur astronomers invites you to do just that at Dillingham Field on 10/17 and at Kahala Park on 10/24.   Check their website for more information.  No telescope needed, just curiosity!  Everyone welcome!   http://www.hawastsoc.org/

hmausHMAUS presents three diverse and interesting evening sessions!
Location and Parking:  ING Direct Cafe 1958 Kalakaua Avenue.
Coffee drinks are very reasonably priced sandwiches and a hot dish are offered each day so come, get something to eat and enjoy the session!

Daniel Leuck

TechHui Community
Tuesday, Oct. 20 • 6:30 p.m.– 8 p.m.

Daniel Leuck, CEO of Ikayzo, the company that created and sponsors TechHui.com, will talk about this science and technology focused online community.  Apple and PC enthusiasts ranging from programmers and web designers, to people just getting started with blogging participate in the TechHui community. Social media brings together scientists and technologists in Hawaii and abroad in an exciting way!

markjohnsonDo you REALLY need a webmaster?
Wednesday, Oct. 21 • 6:30 p.m.–8 p.m.

Mark Johnson is the founder of logicspin, a Hawaii based software development and consulting company.  Launching a website is the just the first step – keeping a website updated and fresh will help your search engine rankings and keep your customers coming back.  Modern content management systems enable you to easily create and update a website without technical knowledge, resulting in lower initial and ongoing costs.  This interactive talk will provide real world examples with Menumill.com, a Hawaii based startup.

Mark’s experience ranges from his own online auction start-up way back in 1996, the search engine AltaVista, Oracle, and most recently co-founding Menumill and ecoBorrow, a very unique kind of social network.  http://www.logicspin.com

rolfMac OS X vis a vis Windows 7
Thursday, Oct. 22 • 6:30 p.m.–8 p.m.

Rolf Nordahl, owner of Macmouse Club compares features of Mac OS X with the soon to be released Windows 7.  Mac OS X has 10 built-in apps for pictures, movies, music, calendar, address book and mail, and they are all superbly integrated.  Snow Leopard. the latest OS’s big sell is it’s speed.  BUT on the other side of the table is Jeff Litvinoss, owner or Personal Touch Computers and Windows 7 with it’s new bells in whistles, faster processing, greater stability, all the things you’ve been waiting to hear.   This you need to come for!

Geek Day and HMAUS Mactoberfest at Leeward Community College

October 24, 2009  9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.

This year the annual HMAUS Mactoberfest is a joint venture with Geek Day at Leeward Community  College. There will be hands-on workshops in LCC’s Digital Media Program computer labs on iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie, Mac 101 for new Mac owners, Adobe Flash, Illustrator, Wireless Home Security, Photo Editing with Picnik and more.

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In a special lunch hour presentation famed body-border/filmmaker Tom Boyle,will talk about  artistic expression,filmmaking and technology.  All workshops are free.  Click here to visit LCC’s Geek Day site for session details.

Doors open at 9:30 a.m. for registration, coffee and the PPH flea market. Workshops begin at 10 a.m.. There will also be on-going demonstrations of Voice Thread, Anime and Making Tattoos with Photoshopnano and Illustrator presented by LCC’s staff and Digital Media students in the Student Lounge.  And stick around —  there will be lucky number drawings  sponsored by HMAUS during the day.   The big prize is the newest 8 GB Nano with video!

Coffee, pastries and water will be available.  But VERY IMPORTANT – for lunch pre-order a big, ono bento or a vegetarian option (including drink) for only $7.50 to be sure you get one. Deadline for ordering online is October 21, 2009.  Order HERE now!. http://hmaus.org/lunchorder

The Hot Dog Hawai’i cart will also be on campus with hot dogs and sandwiches if you don’t want a bento but there will be no other food.

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Mahalo to our speakers for sharing their expertise and to  O’Reilly Books, Peachpit Press and Macmouse Club for help with our lucky number prizes.  A special mahalo to ING Direct Cafe for providing space and hospitality for our HMAUS workshops!


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Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society, Inc. (HMAUS) Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary

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]]> http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/2009/10/13/geek-week-mactoberfest-oct-17-24/feed/ 0 Get ready for Hawaii Geek Week! More details! http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/2009/10/07/get-ready-for-hawaii-geek-week-more-details/ http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/2009/10/07/get-ready-for-hawaii-geek-week-more-details/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:20:06 +0000 markmcmahon http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/?p=118 Hawai’i Geek Week starts on October 17, 2009 and culminates with a full day of workshops, talks, and a Professional Photographers of Hawai’i flea market on October 24, 2009. All events are free and everyone is welcome.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Daniel Leuck, creator of TechHui and CEO of Ikayzo will present things tech – Tech Hui, a multigroup tech networking site, Apple programming and Leopard, and how you can get involved in shaping the future of technology in our every day lives. Location: ING Direct Cafe 1958 Kalakaua Avenue.

October 24, 2009 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
This year the annual HMAUS Mactoberfest is a joint venture with Geek Day at Leeward Community College. There will be hands-on workshops in LCC’s Digital Media Program computer labs on iPhoto, Mac 101 for new Mac owners, iTunes and iMovie! There will also be hands-on workshops on Flash, Illustrator, Wireless Home Security, Photo Editing with Picnik and more. All workshops are free but come early to get yourself tickets to the ones you want.

Doors open at 9:30 a.m. for registration, coffee and the flea market. The first workshops begin at 10 am. There will also be demonstrations of Voice Thread, Anime and Making Tattoos with Photoshop and Illustrated presented by LCC’s staff and Digital Media students in the Student Lounge. As always, there will be lucky number drawings sponsored by HMAUS during the day.

Coffee, pastries and water will be available and huge and ono bentos with a drink can be pre-purchased for $7. There will also be hot dogs and sandwiches that day if you don’t want a bento.

Hawai’i Geek Week and the Mactoberfest Geek Day are evolving. Check back for more news!

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]]> http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/2009/10/07/get-ready-for-hawaii-geek-week-more-details/feed/ 0 Great overview of Mactoberfest and Photo Walkabout http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/2008/10/21/great-overview-of-mactoberfest-and-photo-walkabout/ http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/2008/10/21/great-overview-of-mactoberfest-and-photo-walkabout/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:52:19 +0000 markmcmahon http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/?p=65 The Blog Herald article by Lorelle VanFossen has a great run down of the of Mactoberfest and the Photo Walkabout that have started Hawaii Geek Week.   Lots of great photos and information in case you missed those events.

]]> http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/2008/10/21/great-overview-of-mactoberfest-and-photo-walkabout/feed/ 0 Mactoberfest brings together geeks http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/2008/10/19/mactoberfest-brings-together-geeks/ http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/2008/10/19/mactoberfest-brings-together-geeks/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:05:06 +0000 markmcmahon http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org/?p=58 Saturday the 18th was the start of Hawaii Geek Week with Mactoberfest.   Lorelle VanFossen gave the Keynote on “How Wordpress Has Changed Lives” by giving a voice to millions of people through easy-to-use blogging software. (Lorelle will be teaching a class on blogging and Wordpress on Wednesday.)
Next up was a demonstration by Lorenz Sell of iLovePhotos, a face-recognition software application for Mac to help you tag and share your photos of friends and family.
Then John Dalton gave a demonstration of Studio Artist, allowing the user to “synthesize” images and movies in some really amazing ways.
After lunch, came the “Hawaii Geek Talk” with Burt Lum, Ryan Ozawa, Lorelle VanFossen, Neenz Faleafine, and Bob Lew. Discussions along with Q&A, plus the Door Prize giveaways, made for a very lively conversation!

If you missed it, or want to see what it was like, check out the iPhone to video captures that one of the audience created! (Thanks Edward!)

Don’t forget, there’s more cool Geek Week events coming up this week!

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Cynthia Oshiro volunteered her talents to HMAUS to produce two great posters celebrating Mactoberfest 2008 and the Web Weavers Workshop with Lorelle VanFossen.

You can download these to help publicize the events:

Download the Mactoberfest 2008 poster

Download the Web Weavers Workshop with Lorelle VanFossen poster

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