Geek Week & Mactoberfest Oct. 17-24

markmcmahon — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:53:55 +0000

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

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/

HMAUS 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!

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!

Do 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

Mac 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.

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 Photoshop 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.

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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