From the Mind of NEENZ

Outdoor Activities: Kualoa Ranch

NEENZ — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:15:46 +0000

Over on the So Much More Hawaii blog I wrote about our family excursion to Kualoa Ranch. There are many outdoor activities and tours offered by the Ranch. We especially enjoyed learning about ancient innovation of the Hawaiian people of the construction of the still existing, Molii Fishpond. Lilinoe even took her turn throwing a [...]

From the Mind of NEENZ or iNEENZ?

NEENZ — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:45:25 +0000

I really love WordPress and all of the creative geniuses that design themes and plugins that make building and maintaining websites a relatively smooth process. Originally designed as blogging software, WordPress now has become the software of choice. But, in the past year, I’ve really grown to love the ease of using Posterous, especially for [...]

So Much More Hawaii: A Blogger’s View of Paradise

NEENZ — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:52:56 +0000

Earlier this year, the State of Hawaii, Hawaii Tourism Authority tested the social media waters by launching a familiarization tour using bloggers with a substantial and global reach. Many balked at the idea for their own reasons, but I embraced it because it was a ray of sunlight on social and new media in an [...]

[re]Think: Hawaii and TEDxHonolulu

NEENZ — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:23:45 +0000

If you didn’t know, I love my home, Hawaii — unconditionally. Her beauty, her people, our community, our challenges, our success — I am proud, always. It’s no secret that we’re faced with economically challenging times, the toughest I’ve experienced as an adult. These challenges can cause communities to breakdown, feel hopeless, and make irrational [...]

Pono Media Initiatives: Web Properties

NEENZ — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:18:13 +0000

Part of being an entrepreneur is having a creative mind that is constantly churning out ideas. Call it curse or a blessing, I’d like to think it’s the latter. I wanted to share the current portfolio of web properties owned and managed by Pono Media. Hawaii Tech 5.0 A history of research, science, and technology in Hawaii’s [...]

Pono Media: Building Communities, Through Social Media

NEENZ — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:20:06 +0000

For more than a year my email signature read: “Pono Media [Coming Soon!]” and I probably purchased the domain name before then too. I knew that I wanted to launch my own startup, however finding it’s focus was a challenge. Media is my passion, but it was too broad, if I were going to make [...]

Blog Action Day: Climate Change

NEENZ — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:49:11 +0000

It only takes a small group to make a difference, to change the world and in the case of Blog Action Day it only took the passion of (2) people to inspire others. In 2007, Collis & Cyan Ta’eed founded, Blog Action Day and inspired 20,000 bloggers to write about the environment. Today is the 3rd [...]

Let’s Eat Las Vegas

NEENZ — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:31:43 +0000

I don’t think I need to say this, but people take things too literally, especially when it comes to blogging. Despite my Godzilla like size, I’m not suggesting we literally take a bit out of the Sin City. About a week ago, my friend and Hawaii’s favorite pushy Chinee Broad, Melissa Chang asked me to [...]

Polynesian Cultural Center: Haunted Lagoon

NEENZ — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:03:10 +0000

Disclaimer: The Polynesian Cultural Center comped 4-tickets for my family and I to experience the Haunted Lagoon. When I was about 8-years old my Father said that he was taking us to a very popular haunted house in Pauoa Valley here on Oahu. It was the Halloween season, so we knew it was produced, however our [...]

Chris Pirillo Continues to Share Hawaii

NEENZ — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:34:14 +0000

More than a year ago, I extended an invitation to Chris Pirillo to be a “puka shell tour guide” and this past July he returned. I helped get the word out for a tweet up at Tiki’s Grill and Bar in his honor, and about 50 local people attended as well as his millions of [...]