With Demo Day in the books, we’re getting ready to roll out the apps in time for the upcoming elections. Here’s a sneak peek at one of our apps to whet your appetite.
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Thank You!
Thank You!
Civic*Celerator organizers would like to thank the following people and organizations for making this unprecedented project possible.
Demo Day Judges
Daryl Huff, Hawaii News Now
Gordon Pang, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Kathy Higa, 2020 Fusion
Kristin Izumi-Nitao, Campaign Spending Commission
Lisa Maruyama, Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations
Nick Grube, Civil Beat
Civic*Celerator Demo Day Teams
1. Mark Egesdal, Alika Reppun and Will Reppun
2. Rich Halverson, Davis Kurihara-Nakasu, UH Shidler’s ITM 352 class and the ITMA Club
3. Ben Trevino, David Wang, Britney Taamu-Miyashiro, Ivan Lui
4. Jason Sewell, Russel Cheng, Dev League Team
5. Kyle Oba, H. Doug Matsuoka, Jordan Ohama
6. Jason Axelson
Additional Civic*Celerator participants:
Nicole Hori, Jon Lott and Sam Suen
Alex Bergo, Alan Solidum and Michael Winter
Demo Day Presenters
Jared Kuroiwa
Royce Jones
Team mentors
Jared Kuroiwa
Royce Jones
Tony Baldomero, Campaign Spending Commission
Venues
Iolani School, Sullivan Center
Rechung Fujihira and The Box Jelly Coworking
Catering
Kokorotei
Event filming
H. Doug Matsuoka
Joe Heaukulani
Jerome Koehler
Event Team
Corie Tanida, Common Cause Hawaii
Adrienne Brantley, Common Cause Hawaii
Leissan Sadykova, Common Cause Hawaii
Additional Thanks To
Jonathan Lott
Brett Aka, Prudential Advantage Realty
Event Sponsors
Voqal
Code for America
HTDC
Civic*Celerator is brought to you in partnership by
Common Cause Hawaii
Hawaii Open Data
Civic*Celerator Demo Day Judges
We are excited to announce our Civic*Celerator Demo Day Judges (in no particular order):
Kathryn Higa
Higa is a Silicon Valley veteran who’s held a range of marketing and sales management positions, including on the starting team for venture-funded start ups. She has held leadership roles in companies including Apple, Cirrus Logic, Silicon Graphics and Western Digital, and as co-founder and COO of The Voice Works, a venture-funded pioneer in voice over IP and remote conferencing.
Lisa Maruyama
Lisa Maruyama is the president and CEO of the Hawai`i Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations (HANO). She has served Hawaii’s nonprofit sector in various positions over the last 20 years. She sits on the boards of Think Tech Hawaii and the National Council of Nonprofits and chairs the latter’s Public Policy Committee. She is a University of Hawaii at Manoa graduate in Business Administration, a Weinberg Foundation Fellow, PONO Fellow, Pacific Century Fellow, and was designated one of the Pacific Business News’ Top Forty Under 40, back when she was under 40.
Nick Grube
Nick Grube is a reporter at Honolulu Civil Beat, the largest Hawaii news outlet specializing in investigative and watchdog journalism. Before moving to the islands he worked as a journalist in Wisconsin, California and Oregon, where he covered everything from the environment and campaign finances to prisons and police shootings. He loves public records and data mining.
Gordon Y.K. Pang
Gordon Y.K. Pang covers city hall and general assignment stories for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Born and raised in Honolulu, he previously worked for the Honolulu Advertiser, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald and West Hawaii Today. He is a Facebook and Twitter addict and will try to persuade you to follow his social media accounts if you spend enough time with him.
Kristin Izumi-Nitao
Kristin Izumi-Nitao is the Executive Director of the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission since November 2010. She was formerly with the Department of the Attorney General serving as the administrator for the Hawaii Internet and Technology Crimes Unit which included the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in the State of Hawaii and the territory of Guam. She is a graduate of Punahou School, Wellesley College, and Santa Clara University School of Law.
Daryl Huff
An experienced media professional dedicated to journalism and public service. Huff is now gratified to be part of the team of dedicated broadcast news professionals at Hawaii News Now as Special Projects Producer.
Demo Day
Demo Day: The big day
Time to showcase all your team’s hard work! Judges will be present and prizes will be awarded. Community guests are welcomed.
When: Saturday April 19, 2014 10:00am-2:00pm
New Location –> The Box Jelly, 307 Kamani St., Honolulu, HI
Parking: Parking is available at the nearby Ward Shopping Center garage, in the parking lot fronting Sport Authority and along nearby streets, Kamani and Halekauwila.
Refreshments and light snacks will be provided.
RSVP here: http://civiccelerator.eventbrite.com
Work Space Available for Groups at BoxJelly
BoxJelly is opening their space for teams and individuals to work on projects for Civic*Celerator every Friday until Demo Day on April 19th.
4pm-8pm, Fridays
BoxJelly, 307 Kamani St.
Parking (free!)
– Street
– 3rd and 4th floors of Ward Warehouse
Questions? Contact: ctanida@commoncause.org
Mahalo to BoxJelly for donating coworking space!
Pre-Demo Day
Civic Celerator Pre-Demo Day
The event before the big day! A chance to show off and preview apps before judging.
When: Saturday March 29, 2014 10:00am-2:00pm
Where: ‘Iolani School Sullivan Center, 4th floor conference room
Parking: Enter the parking garage from Kamoku Street and park anywhere on the 2nd floor.
Refreshments and light snacks will be provided.
RSVP: http://civicpredemoday.eventbrite.com
Hack Night #2
Civic Celerator Hack Night #2
Work with your team or join one–we’ll be brainstorming and designing your team’s app! Techies and non-techies are welcome.
When: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 6:30pm-8pm
Where: ‘Iolani School’s Sullivan Center, 4th floor conference room
Parking: Park at the Parking Structure on Kamoku St., anywhere on the 2nd floor
Refreshments and light snacks will be provided.
RSVP: civichacknight2.eventbrite.com
Mark your calendars: Pre-demo Day: March 29, 2014 10am-2pm Demo Day: April 19, 2014 10am-2pm
Join Us for Hack Night 1
Civic Celerator Hack Night 1
Come join your team in the first Civic Celerator Hack Night! Don’t have a team? Come to Hack Night and join a team!
When: Wednesday February 12, 2014 6:30pm-8pm
Location: Sullivan Center Conference Room (4th floor) at the ‘Iolani School
Parking: Park at the Parking Structure on Kamoku St., anywhere on the 2nd floor
Refreshments and light snacks will be provided.
A Git MVP Workflow
The following is a slightly opinionated Git-based workflow that helps you to manage your project with a team without having to worry too much about the politics of code management. Thanks to Ka`a Kihe for writing it. You can download the file here.
Campaign Spending Dataset Layouts
Thanks to the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission for providing this information. The latest datasets are posted to Data.Hawaii.Gov.