Bad Breath, Catchy YouTubes, and an Internet pop sensation

I’m completely convinced that one of the best ways to have a video go viral is to make it funny. Here’s a great case study of how an entrepreneur invented a tongue cleaner and couldn’t get traction using traditional marketing techniques. So wha

t did he do?
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It’s OK if you’re doing Twitter wrong, so is mostly everyone else

It was gratifying to read this piece “Media companies and Twitter — still mostly doing it wrong” because it reinforces what I’ve been thinking about

social media execution for a long time: we’re all probably doing it wrong.

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Calling All Honolulu Geeks

The Honolulu tech community is going to have a fantastic opportunity on December 3rd to participate in conference that is designed to shape the future of the city’s online services. I’m going and I hope you will too.

Honolulu citizens creating solutions for open government

CityCamp Honolulu (CCHNL) is an unconference focused on innovation for municipal governments and community organizations. It is a collaborative effort to re-imagine the way the web, applications, technology and participation will shape the future of Honolulu.

In an unconference format the session topics are participant driven. Over the next few months leading up to CCHNL we will solicit suggestions from the community. As an unconference, content for CCHNL is not programmed for a passive audience. Instead, content is created by participants and sessions are coordinated by facilitators. Participants are expected to play active roles in sessions. It’s peer-to-peer interaction. This provides an excellent format for creative, open exchange geared toward action.

CityCamp Honolulu is sponsored by the City & County of Honolulu and has four main goals:

  1. Bring together local government officials, municipal employees, experts, programmers, designers, citizens and journalists to share perspectives and insights about the cities in which we live
  2. Create and maintain patterns for using the Web to facilitate local government transparency and effective local governance
  3. Foster communities of practice and advocacy on the role of the Web, mobile communication, online information, and open data in cities
  4. Create outcomes that participants will act upon after the event is over

CityCamp Honolulu is just the first step in an effort to explore and document ideas, lessons learned, best practices and patterns that can be implemented within the City & County of Honolulu and shared across municipalities. Our primary focus is the use of social/participatory media, mobile devices, linked open data and leveraging the Web as a platform for transparency, Open Government and civic engagement.

Contact us or learn how to sponsor CityCamp Honolulu.

I just voted for “Devise a p…

I just voted for “Devise a policy whereby all Honolulu websites are constructed atop a…” – what do you think? #feedback http://t.co/8n5XIDZh

iphone 4S battery life problems fixed

The fix is apparently in. Just the other day I was on Rick Hamada’s show (KHVH AM 830) and he asked me about the iPhone 4S problems. I told him there would be a fix right around the corner just based on my experience with these kinds of things. One day later, bam! It’s nice when pure predictions come true.

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Get your business on Google+ Pages. Finally!

I’ve been patiently waiting for this move and now it’s here. While Facebook is still the gorilla in the social media room, it’s worth setting up your company’s Google+ page online. I’m certainly going to!

In life we connect with all kinds of people, places and things. There’s friends and family, of course, but there’s also the sports teams we root for, the coffee shops we’re loyal to, and the TV shows we can’t stop watching (to name a few).

So far Google+ has focused on connecting people with other people. But we want to make sure you can build relationships with all the things you care about—from local businesses to global brands—so today we’re rolling out Google+ Pages worldwide.

Try this right now: do a googl…

Try this right now: do a google search for “do a barrel roll”. really neat!

Watching in house videos for @…

Watching in house videos for @lanakila , you folks should publish those to youtube if you haven’t already!

No HOV lane on Kal hwy. Traffi…

No HOV lane on Kal hwy. Traffic going be horrific

I’m giving a presentation to t…

I’m giving a presentation to teachers today about the future of education. Do you have anything you’d like me to share with them?