Episode 750: PTC’23 and Escape Room Games – Jan 11, 2023

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Brian Moon, Ron Bronstein

First up, we talk to Brian Moon, the CEO of Pacific Telecommunication Council about the latest PTC Conference coming up on January 15.

Then, we are joined by Ron Bronstein, founder and co-owner of Chambers Escape Games to talk about game development and how this industry can find a home in Hawaii.

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Episode 750: PTC’23 and Escape Room Games – Jan 11, 2023

Episode 749: Looking to 2023 with HTDC – Jan 4, 2023

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Len Higashi

This week weʻll look into our crystal ball and take a look at what is in store for 2023. For that perspective, I welcome the official Executive Director of Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, Len Higashi.

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Episode 749: Looking to 2023 with HTDC – Jan 4, 2023

Episode 748: IT Modernization in 2022 – Dec 28, 2022

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Doug Murdock

This week we jump right into conversation with Doug Murdock, State of Hawaii’s Chief Information Officer from the Office of Enterprise Technology Services and take a retrospective look IT modernization in government during 2022.

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Episode 748: IT Modernization in 2022 – Dec 28, 2022

Episode 747: HACC Winners T777 – Dec 21, 2022

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Joshua Li, Brix Kozuki

This week get right into conversation and talk to the team that took first place in the high school category at the recent 7th Hawaii Annual Code Challenge. And with that I’d like to welcome Brix Kozuki from Punahou and Joshua Li from University Lab School, who took 1st place in the Lo Code/No Code category at the HACC.

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Episode 747: HACC Winners T777 – Dec 21, 2022

Episode 746: Honolulu Science Cafe + Federal Broadband Programs – Dec 14, 2022

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Rob Jedicke, Laura Arcibal, Kaala Souza

First up, we’ll talk to Robert Jedicke from the Institute for Astronomy about the latest Honolulu Science Cafe event coming up on Dec 20th featuring Monique Chyba a her talk on Pandemic Modeling Gone Viral. RSVP here.

Then, we are joined by Laura Arcibal, the new Federal Program Officer for the NTIA and Kaala Souza, digital equity consultant, to talk about the federal programs that are instrumental in building out broadband access, digital equity and Internet for All.

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Episode 746: Honolulu Science Cafe + Federal Broadband Programs – Dec 14, 2022

Episode 745: Annual Gadget Show – Dec 7, 2022

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Paul Lawler, Ian Kitajima

During this special membership campaign edition, we have favorite gadget geeks and weʻre here to help fill out your holiday shopping list. I welcome our favorite gadget Geeks, Ian Kitajima, tech sherpa and Paul Lawler, IT consultant to Bytemarks Cafe. Here is a list of the products we talked about:

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Episode 745: Annual Gadget Show – Dec 7, 2022

Episode 744: FCC Broadband Maps and Hawaii Green Growth – Nov 30, 2022

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Issa Moffett, Celeste Connor

First up, Issa Moffett (she/them), Broadband Mapping Project Manager for Hawaii County, joins me to announce Hawaii Countyʻs broadband page and the launch of the FCC new and improved National Broadband Maps. Please check out the map for your area and report any issues here.

Then, we are joined by Celeste Conners, Executive Director of Hawaii Green Growth, to give us an update on the Aloha + Challenge, the Dashboard Lab and the Hawaii Sustainability Summit

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Episode 744: FCC Broadband Maps and Hawaii Green Growth – Nov 30, 2022

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Episode 743: Hawaii Sea Grant, Science by the Sea – Nov 23, 2022

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Dr. Beth Lenz, Sheanae Tam

This week letʻs get right into our conversation and talk about the latest at Hawaii Sea Grant. I welcome Dr. Beth Lenz, Assistant Director for Diversity and Community Engagement at Hawaii Sea Grant and artist Sheanae Tam to talk about Science by the Sea, Limu Love, and the art show ResilienSEA: a Celebration of Science, Education and Art.

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Episode 743: Hawaii Sea Grant, Science by the Sea – Nov 23, 2022

Episode 742: ResilienSEA + Solstice.us – Nov 16, 2022

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Cindy Knapman, Steph Speirs

First up, we have Cindy Knapman, Communications Lead at the Hawaii Sea Grant College join me to provide an update on ResilienSEA and Science by the Sea.

Then, we are joined by Steph Speirs from Solstice Power Technologies. Sheʻs here to give us an update on her company and their recent acquisition by MyPower, a subsidiary of Mitsui and Co.

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Episode 742: ResilienSEA + Solstice.us – Nov 16, 2022

Episode 741: Movers and Shakas, Hawaii Talent Onboarding Program – Nov 9, 2022

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Nicole Lim, Lei Zeng, Mike Stewart

This week we catch up with Movers and Shakas and their Hawaii Talent Onboarding Program (HiTOP). I welcome Nicole Lim, Director at Movers and Shakas to the show and sheʻs brought with her, Lei “Lee” Zheng from Bank of Hawaii and Michael Stewart from the US Army.

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Episode 741: Movers and Shakas, Hawaii Talent Onboarding Program – Nov 9, 2022