Hawaii Governor Declare Geek Week in honor of Web Tech, Podcamp, and WordCamp
by Lorelle VanFossen
October 18-25 has been declared Hawaii Geek Week in honor of a packed week of technology conferences. The special proclamation (pdf copy) honors Hawaii’s contributions to technology.
Put together by Hawaii Macintosh and Apple Users Society (HMAUS) and their Secretary and Ambassador Eugene Villaluz, Hawaii Geek Week is celebrated with the following mostly free events:
- Mactoberfest - Saturday, October 18, 2008: A free annual event by HMAUS with guest speakers covering computer technology, blogging, WordPress, and photography, and features keynote by Lorelle VanFossen.
- Web Weavers Workshop - Wednesday, October 22, 2008: A day long workshop on blogging, social media, and WordPress featuring Lorelle VanFossen of Lorelle on WordPress, Blog Herald, Woopra, WordPress Podcast, The WordCamp Report, and Blogger and Podcaster Magazine.
- Social Media Club Workshop - Thursday, October 23, 2008: is a one day workshop featuring Social Media Experts Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells from San Francisco, Beth Kanter from Boston, and Roxanne Darling from Honolulu.
- Windward Community Tech Fair Workshops and Exhibits - October 24, 2008: Windward Community College presents a free day long Tech Fair covering a wide variety of web and tech topics such as Google Docs, Digital Workflow for Educators, blogging, social media, and iChat Video Conferencing.
- Podcamp and WordCamp Hawaii - October 24, 2008: features top podcasters, WordPress experts, social media experts, video bloggers, business blogging, and everything you need to know about today’s social media. will be speaking on WordPress 2.7 and Lorelle VanFossen will be speaking about Woopra, the new web analytics program, Shane Robinson covering WordPressMU, and more.
Mark McMahon of Hawaii Web Consulting has started the Hawaii Geek Week blog with more news and information on the events for Hawaii Geek Week.
