I’ve been following the world-wide travels of Matt Harding since early 2005 when he posted his first YouTube video. One of the items on my bucket list (as yet unreleased) was to meet someone made famous by traveling to more than 80 countries. Today I checked that off my list when I had lunch with [...]
TedxMaui: The Dream is Really Awesome!
TedxMaui is an independently coordinated conference whose goal it is to “inspire a passion for spreading ideas in local communities from within”. The best parts of 2012 started with TedxMaui for me. An inspiring year-full of ideas and exciting happenings many of which sprouted from the passionate talks I had the privilege to experience with many of [...]
Meeting Mark Zuckerberg
My regular meditation (read: surfing the net) over a warm cup of decaffeinated coffee at my favorite little cafe was slightly disrupted yesterday morning. Late was the hour of my arrival to Java Cafe because the Friday night festivities were, well, let’s just say it was eventful. The line in front of me consisted of a [...]
Letter from Santa
This year I got a letter from Santa. It went something like this… “Dear Resident or Current Occupant: What if we could give the world community the gift of peace this year? It we could, would you be one of my elves?” Initially I though Santa was a political campaign looking for contributions, but as [...]
Google Hangout Livestreamed on YouTube
Caution, you’re now entering the Living Maui Social Scene… Tara Coomans, President of Social Media Club of Hawaii (SMCHI), joins Living Maui Social for a google hangout livestream with special guest Peter Liu.
Not Voting in Presidential Election is a vote of No Confidence
I used to think people who didn’t vote shouldn’t complain (no vote, no grumble). Back when I was first into politics voting was a privilege and not voting was unacceptable. Is it true that not voting is wrong or is it really a vote of no confidence? @rplevy – which is why I’m not voting for either major-party [...]
What does a social media expert cost?
A commonly known phrase in social media circles is, “if someone says they are a social media expert, run away, run far away!” There are no social media experts. There are professionals and talented social media managers, strategists, community and brand managers, specialists in a specific niche, but no experts. I sometimes joke around about [...]
Open Letter to Congress
An open letter to the 113th Congress of the United States of America In review of the last ten years there hasn’t been many positive solutions coming out of congress. In fact, some could argue nothing positive has been accomplished by Congress in more than 20 years that isn’t easily contested in a public forum. [...]
TedxMaui – Dr. Jacob Liberman – Stop Looking, Start Seeing
Dr. Jacob Liberman – Stop Looking, Start Seeing http://tedxmaui.com/category/talks/life/
TedxMaui – Lani Medina Weigert & Pomai Weigert – Lessons of Sustainable Aloha
Lani Medina Weigert & Pomai Weigert – Lessons of Sustainable Aloha http://tedxmaui.com/category/talks/life/