Managing the Flood
In a world in which too much information can be as dangerous as not enough, Contix offers a solution. The app sifts through millions of social-media posts about events – such as when a celebrity promotes a company or brand…
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Making Models (and you) Look Great
Name: Therese Wahl Job: Wardrobe Stylist Experience: 25 years What is styling? Stylists are usually part of a team – including models, photographers, hair stylists and makeup artists – that creates an image for a magazine, catalog, TV commercial,…
Talk Story with Shari Chang
CEO, Girl Scouts of Hawaii Girl Scouting runs through Shari Chang’s veins. Her grandmother and mother were both scouts. While growing up, she was a scout in four different states and a foreign country. Her two daughters, who grew up…
Ask the Expert: Leveraging the Cloud
Matthew Sirp Enterprise Architect Hawaiian Telcom hawaiiantel.com Question: I keep hearing that small businesses can benefit from cloud services. Can cloud solutions help my company increase productivity and save money? Answer: With cloud services, small businesses can access enterprise-level services…
The Growing Crisis of Student Debt
Ryan Delaney had been teaching at Waianae High School for two years when he received an offer he couldn’t refuse: Return to UH-Manoa’s Speech Department to get his M.A. at a discounted price. While earning that degree, he served as…
5 Steps to a Fitter You
If 2015 is like most years, fitness goals are at the top of most people’s resolutions list. Fitness instructor and author Tony Rodriguez Larkin offers this guide for you to succeed: 1. Take measurements Keep data on everything you want…
Wall Art for the Urban Village
A walk around Honolulu nowadays can seem like a visit to an open-air art gallery. Murals are reinvigorating communities with vibrant colors while celebrating Hawaii’s natural beauty, culture and people. Mark Brown, an artist and art teacher at the UH,…
Brazil in the Aina
Name: Sandy Tsukiyama Job: Radio show host Experience: Six years Profile: Tsukiyama has lived an interesting life: She trained on the koto, a traditional Japanese stringed instrument; worked as a tour guide for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking visitors to Oahu;…
Which NextEra Will Hawaii Get?
Soon after NextEra Energy stirred up debate in the local energy community by announcing plans for a $4.3 billion takeover of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Ted Peck called us to put in his two bits. Like other media outlets in town,…
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