Cityscapes

[pzarquon]

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Been thinking the same thing. Any idea how the other metro areas are doing? A bit early for burnout, I'd think, though maybe it's just the season. You did mention, meanwhile, that another blogger had been waiting to get in to the Hawaii group for a while now... wonder what's up?

I do want to avoid double-posting (i.e. posting twice in a row)... a local Thanksgiving post seems a no-brainer, if anyone's got a bloggable moment or two!

[Quark]

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What's the scoops with Metroblog? The Hawaii metroblog is pretty quiet. The last post was Ryan's back on Veteran's Day. This bugga running out of gas already?

[Miulang]

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Actually Miulang, I was thinking more about things like showing all da haoles what a good laulau plate from Masu's Massive Plate Lunch looks like.

You know wat da tourists who see dakine pictures going say, yeah? "Why are they eating leaves????? and why are they eating rice and macaroni salad? And what's that salmon dish?"

Miulang

[Linkmeister]

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Actually Miulang, I was thinking more about things like showing all da haoles what a good laulau plate from Masu's Massive Plate Lunch looks like.

Ooh! Lunchwagons! Leonard's Malasadas trucks!

[Glen Miyashiro]

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Shhhhh! You no like let everybody else know what da real Hawai'i is like! Da reason why a lot of your archeological sites and places only da locals use to know about are now being overrun by da touristas is because of books like "(name your island) Revealed". Da editors of dat series getting all kine pilikia from da locals. Ahihi Kinau (La Perouse Bay) in South Maui used to only be known by the locals. It has significant archeological and historical significance to da kanaka maoli. When those off the beaten track guide books started coming out, the tourists made a beeline for places lidat, and wherever da tourists go, da commercial ventures (like da divers and kayakers) going follow. If you wanna keep Hawai'l as pristine as possible, no be too vocal about all da beautiful places stay get in Hawai'i.

Actually Miulang, I was thinking more about things like showing all da haoles what a good laulau plate from Masu's Massive Plate Lunch looks like.

[Miulang]

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Looks like you guys are off to a great start! In looking at the other city blogs, I think one of the things that make a metroblog site interesting are photos, lots of 'em. When I go to the San Francisco blog, I wanna get a glimpse into the life of the City by the Bay, and photos seem more real and immediate than words. Same for the Hawai'i blogs; give all those folks Out There a taste of the Real Hawai'i that the tourist books usually don't show.

Shhhhh! You no like let everybody else know what da real Hawai'i is like! Da reason why a lot of your archeological sites and places only da locals use to know about are now being overrun by da touristas is because of books like "(name your island) Revealed". Da editors of dat series getting all kine pilikia from da locals. Ahihi Kinau (La Perouse Bay) in South Maui used to only be known by the locals. It has significant archeological and historical significance to da kanaka maoli. When those off the beaten track guide books started coming out, the tourists made a beeline for places lidat, and wherever da tourists go, da commercial ventures (like da divers and kayakers) going follow. If you wanna keep Hawai'l as pristine as possible, no be too vocal about all da beautiful places stay get in Hawai'i.

Miulang

[Glen Miyashiro]

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Looks like you guys are off to a great start! In looking at the other city blogs, I think one of the things that make a metroblog site interesting are photos, lots of 'em. When I go to the San Francisco blog, I wanna get a glimpse into the life of the City by the Bay, and photos seem more real and immediate than words. Same for the Hawai'i blogs; give all those folks Out There a taste of the Real Hawai'i that the tourist books usually don't show.

[pzarquon]

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I sent press releases to the Advertiser, Star-Bulletin, Pacific Business News and Honolulu Weekly.

The web-savvy Howard Dicus at Pacific Business News picked it up right away:
Hawaii becomes newest page on Metblogs

"We just launched blogs for Austin, Minneapolis and Hawaii," the site said in a Monday posting. "What? Hawaii isn't a city? Well, those wacky islanders thought it would be better to show the voices of the whole state as one and we agreed."

Wacky indeed!

[Linkmeister]

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Where are the rest of our cohorts' posts?

[Quark]

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It's live! Go check it out. I sent press releases to the Advertiser, Star-Bulletin, Pacific Business News and Honolulu Weekly. Let's see if any of them pick it up as a story. You know if I was still doing Bytemarks in the Advertiser I would certainly write about it.

[pzarquon]

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Who's gonna be first to post something there?

If we'd launched just a little earlier, I was gonna go with the Blue Angels air show. But the event is pretty much over. So, I figured why not go with another trusty conversation starter.

Hmm. Now that things are getting rolling, I better familiarize myself a bit more with the happenings in the local arts and culture scene. Much of the Metroblogging.com network seems to highlight upcoming events, whereas I'd usually end up focusing more on business or politics.

To everyone else, this thing should "go live" officially this week... although if you're really curious, you can probably guess the URL.

[Linkmeister]

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Having received login info from Sean Bonner, I've dutifully gone into the site and changed my password. But I've got writer's block.

Who's gonna be first to post something there?

[Linkmeister]

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I am soooooo lost.

Like an idiot I posted some contents of an e-mail message to members of the Metroblogging mailing list. Then Ryan said "wait, maybe those shouldn't be public." In the meantime Mel, who I'd meant the info for, copied the contents. Then I slapped my forehead and deleted the contents from that post.

Smarter now?

[scrivener]

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Damn, I didn't even think of that. Delete away, Ryan, the sooner the better.

I am soooooo lost.

[Linkmeister]

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I think I better ask if all this stuff is public or not.

Damn, I didn't even think of that. Delete away, Ryan, the sooner the better.