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Comment on Hawaii Innovation Alliance Launched by Tara Coomans

Tara Coomans — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:53:52 +0000

Thanks for the great write-up, Ryan. Its exciting to see some of Hawaii’s brightest minds working together.

Comment on “LOST” Travel Package and Tour by Dorian

Dorian — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:36:22 +0000

Has anybody here experienced being “lost” on a deserted island ? Are there any vacations set around this theme? I mean no hotels, no amenities, extremely secluded- just you, the beach, the “jungle”, making your own tent and gathering your own food. Any leads or serious suggestions would be helpful.

Comment on CityCamp Honolulu Advances Open Government Vision by » CityCamp Honolulu Hawaii Open Data

» CityCamp Honolulu Hawaii Open Data — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:44:36 +0000

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Comment on New Apps Unveiled at the City’s First Hackathon by Michael Chinen

Michael Chinen — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:24:35 +0000

Nice post! Wish I could have made it, but I found out too late.
I was looking at the The Bus API as well, but found some big holes in it and thought there was no way to get support (no response from email, phone, or forum):
http://forums.thebus.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1465
I bet some events like the ones you are posting about would be the way to go to get this info.
It will be interesting to see how these apps turn out.

Comment on New Apps Unveiled at the City’s First Hackathon by Christine Strobel

Christine Strobel — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:46:17 +0000

Wonderful post, Ryan! Thanks.

Comment on New Apps Unveiled at the City’s First Hackathon by eric n.

eric n. — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:39:47 +0000

Awesome! I love people tackling the Bus/city commuter angle. I used to ride the bus from Ewa/Waipahu to downtown, and later to the airport industrial area. And would have loved to use these.

One question: Isn’t TheBus a private institution? It’s not necessarily a public organization. Would the State have to commission/pay TheBus to implement an API or have one developed?

Maybe the folks could petition the vendor that provides the scheduling, gps devices within the vehicle, or the actual manufacturer of the buses themselves to gain access.

Great job folks, can’t wait to see the next batch. Such an exciting time for Hawaii innovation.

Comment on New Apps Unveiled at the City’s First Hackathon by Kristy Fifelski

Kristy Fifelski — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:56:16 +0000

Great to hear about another successful city hackathon. Excellent job at highlighting the participants!

Comment on Gov. Abercrombie on Open Data by cru jones

cru jones — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:34:16 +0000

This question is a great start. I would like to point out though that there are two conversations going on here:

1. complete overhaul of state government technology resources. (the “tens of millions” citation I think is suspect for that, but it’s true that would be expensive).

2. government granting secure access to public domain data. partisan gamesmanship sometimes is at odds with granting free access to people even though the cost is tiny. especially when it comes to reporting money-in-politics, Hawaii could pass legislation that requires better reporting from candidates and better distribution of information to the public in the form of an .xml file or something like that. To do that would not cost very much money.

We’re all intimidated by the seeming complexities of “technology”. Because of that, we shouldn’t be content with general answers claiming it’s “too expensive” to grant the public access to OUR data.

Comment on Gov. Abercrombie on Open Data by cloudia

cloudia — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:55:54 +0000

this is the Abercromibe we elected. Warm Aloha from Waikiki.

Comment on The Explosive History of Kilauea by John

John — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:34:14 +0000

You most certainly don’t want to take this one for granted. I grew up about 50 miles, line-of-sight, from Mt. St. Helens, and the explosive ash-type eruptions were went off my scale for enormity. Sounds like Kilauea will be even more powerful!