During this edition of Bytemarks Cafe, we have a couple of our favorite tech geeks, James Pakele, community organizer, jack of all trades and Ian Kitajima, tech sherpa at PICHTR here to tell us about their favorite tech in 2025. We talk about everything from how to be a road warrior to what AI tools to use. Here’s a sample of James tinkering while on the show.
Episode 901: AI Safety and Governance – Nov 28, 2025
On todayʻs show we have Natalie Perez from Aula Fellowship, co-author of Levers of Power in the Field of AI and Andres Ramirez from the AI Safety Awareness Project, here to talk about AI Safety and governance.
Episode 900: Community Funding Hubs – Nov 21, 2025
On todayʻs show we have Katy Hintzen, Coastal Resilience Specialist at Sea Grant and Olivia Carbi, NOAA Coastal Resilience Fellow who join us to talk about Pili na Moku and the Community Funding Hub Program.
Episode 899: Shifted Energy – Nov 14, 2025
On todayʻs show Shifted Energy joins us with Forest Frizzell, Co-founder and CEO, along with Olin Lagon, Co-founder and CTO. We talk about startup life, getting acquired by Resource Innovations, and a new book on innovation by Olin Lagon.
Episode 898: 3I/ATLAS – Nov 7, 2025
On todayʻs show we have Astrobiologist, Dr. Karen Meech, Faculty Chair at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii and she is here to give us an update on the comet 3I/ATLAS. As a result of our discussion, the IfA launched this informational website about 3I/ATLAS.
Episode 897: Hulihia Lab – Oct 31, 2025
On todayʻs show we have Pohai Panoke who is with Purple Maia and is the Managing Director of the Purple Prize and is here to talk about Hulihia Lab.
Episode 896: Mana Up Showcase – Oct 24, 2025
On todayʻs show we have Meli James co-founder of ManaUp, Keiko Napier, founder of Aloha Spice Company, and Amanda Richards, founder of Paper Crane Soaps, here to talk about the upcoming Mana Up Showcase.
Episode 895: Internet Governance Forum Redux – Oct 17, 2025
On todayʻs show we reprise a show we did with Anja Gengo the Internet Governance Program Expert at the UN Secretariat for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and she’s here to talk about the IGF and the multi-stakeholder process.
Episode 894: 10th Hawaii Annual Code Challenge – Oct 10, 2025
On todayʻs show weʻll talk to Christine Sakuda, the Stateʻs Chief Information Officer and Thelma Alane, Hawaii Annual Code Challenge consultant about the 10th Hawaii Annual Code Challenge. Official launch date is Saturday, October 18, 2025.
Episode 893: Elemental Impact and Symbium – Oct 3, 2025
On todayʻs show weʻll get a program update from Tiffany Huynh, Senior Director of External Affairs at Elemental Impact. Sheʻs also joined by Leila Banijamali, co-Founder & CEO of Symbium, one of Elemental Impactʻs latest portfolio companies. .