Little Oven returns
If you are active on Twitter and Instagram, you already know that Little Oven, the tiny, beloved dessert restaurant on King St., suddenly reopened on Friday night. If you have been active on Twitter for three years or more, you…
Make it count
As I write this, I’m approaching my 100,000th tweet. As many of you know, I tweet a lot, but that’s a pretty huge milestone, even for me. And you’re probably reading this, wondering, “How the hell do you reach 100,000…
Cat Chat: My first McRib
Believe it or not, I’ve never had the McRib sandwich from McDonald’s.It’s been on the fast-food giant’s menu off and on since 1981 — and every time it’s made an appearance, I’ve never been that interested in trying it.And my interest…
Google+ = Confused+
Are you in the Circle?Apparently, I am. But I’m not in the loop.Circles are the latest social media hub — the place where you want to be. It’s replacing followers on Twitter and friends on Facebook.And yet, Google+, the company’s newest…
#nowplaying C&K ‘Goodbye’
That was one of Ryan Suenaga’s last tweets, sent yesterday before he ran 4.95 miles and “felt alright.”He was more than just Hawaii’s best known Apple II geek. He was a social worker, an Athletic Diabetic, a runner, a biker,…
The problem with Paper.li lists
Paper.li has been growing in popularity as a way for people to share interesting links in a published, newspaper-like format. At first glance, the service looks great on Twitter. A link to an individual’s “newspaper” is tweeted out along with…
Honolulu Twestival
Once again, the Twitter community rallied for a cause — this time, for the Blood Bank of Hawaii. Attendees enjoyed food, drinks, prizes, and live entertainment by Jason Tom, Emi Hart, Kamuela Kahoano and Willow Chang … and of course…
‘Winning’ is the new losing
I didn’t want to blog about. I really didn’t.But Charlie Sheen — who was fired yesterday from CBS’ wildly popular “Two and a Half Men” — is making it hard for me to ignore him.First he made the rounds on TV morning…
Defining progress
It’s been a crazy month. Ups, downs, highs, lows, cheering, silence, debate.Part of my passion for social media stems in the ability to explore, discover, take risks, and most of all, to learn from experiences and share them with others.This…
Final day for Audi’s #ProgressIs contest
It’s been just over four days of rallying for support in the Audi #ProgressIs Twitter campaign, and it all comes down to today. The finalist with the most points at 11:59 p.m. ET (7 p.m. Hawai’i time) will be the…
Lady, watch your kids
Today’s blog is a little off my usual theme to bring you a public service announcement.As you know, I’m big into social media tools. I teach people how to use them for themselves and for their businesses. But I often…
Audi #ProgressIs day two
Day two has come to a close for the Audi #ProgressIs Twitter contest finalists.We’re just about half way through, and I’ve dropped in the standings to third place, but I’m confident that we’ll be a strong contender until the end.…
My #H50 addiction
Every Monday night, millions of people tune into CBS to watch “Hawaii Five-0,” a slick new rendition of the classic cop show based in the Islands.And at the same time, thousands of fans log onto Twitter, posting running commentary about…
First day of progress
It’s been a whirlwind of a Monday, but #ProgressIs day one has come to a close. If you haven’t heard by now, I was chosen to be a finalist in the Audi #ProgressIs Twitter contest, a nationwide effort to spread…
Mini Darth Vader lights up Super Bowl
I had high expectations for this year’s Super Bowl XLV commercials.Mostly because I had no real stake in this year’s matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers the Green Bay Packers. I really didn’t care who won — the Packers did, taking home…
Talk Story with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
I had the chance to sit down with Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa to talk story about acting, his teaching efforts and about discovering Twitter and social media to connect with fans.With a recent appearance on “Hawaii Five-0,” Tagawa takes a moment…
FUUD: Your favorite pho
The other day I had lunch with HAWAII Magazine editor Derek Paiva and the acclaimed food critic (and Scorpio) John Heckathorn. They took me to their favorite Vietnamese restaurant that they said served the best pho around. I love pho.…
Tweets from the road: Marathon 2010
Me and my friends at the Honolulu Marathon start line. —Taken with my iPhoneYesterday was (I think) my 17th marathon. I want to say that I knew going in to the 38th annual Honolulu Marathon that this would be my slowest…
Fighting Nuts cooler than ‘Five-O’
It seems like Kukui High School has got a more loyal following now than the TV show that spawned it.Ryan Ozawa, blogger extraordinaire, launched the site for the fictitious high school as soon as it was mentioned in the pilot…
Party pics: Tweetup at Blue Hawaii Lifestyle
Last night, Blue Hawaii Lifestyle at Ala Moana Center had a “Secret Menu” tweetup to introduce its most popular off-the-menu items. It was also a great excuse for a lot of tweeps to get together and, for some, meet each…
Call me, but don’t leave a message
The other day I called a friend of mine only to be left with this message:“Thanks for your call but do NOT leave a voicemail. You can e-mail or text me. No voicemail.”Interesting. And, let’s face it, exactly how a…
Not your typical school lunch
I had lunch with Twitter friend Mike Sumida the other day, and since he works in the Kaimuki area, he suggested we do something different and eat at Kapiolani Community College’s Ka Ikena restaurant. Wow! While KCC does have cafeteria…
Tweeting up with Chef Mavro
Fellow foodie (and Twitter friend) Jared Kuroiwa and I had talked about doing a tweetup at one of our favorite restaurants, Chef Mavro. But we thought it was just a pipe dream. After all, who else in the Twitterverse would…
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