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Evan Nagle

Evan Nagle is a software developer, a published poet, and the founder of Mentalpez, a tech and design boutique operating out of Honolulu. You can follow him @evannagle on Twitter or e-mail him at evan@mentalpez.com.
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Civil Bytes: A Haole Stuck in Traffic Kanaka Menehune/Flickr.com

Civil Bytes: A Haole Stuck in Traffic

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If there's nothing to add to the Thirty Meter Telescope debate, how about some heavy thinking about fitting in — or not — in the islands?
Civil Bytes: When Google Calls, Nerds Like Me Answer Shawn Collins/Flickr.com

Civil Bytes: When Google Calls, Nerds Like Me Answer

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I didn't really want to move to California. Yet there I was, airline condiments in hand, winging my way east toward a date with techie destiny.
Civil Bytes: With 3D Scanning, There’s No Place to Hide Courtesy of Mid-Pacific Institute

Civil Bytes: With 3D Scanning, There’s No Place to Hide

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From uncovering history to protecting the president, applications abound for laser technology, and Mid-Pacific students in Honolulu are catching the wave.
Civil Bytes: H1 and Rail Inspire Visions of a Driverless Future

Civil Bytes: H1 and Rail Inspire Visions of a Driverless Future

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Technology will bring out the best in transit when we finally pry the hands of the masses off their steering wheels and leave the driving to computers.
Civil Bytes: A Journey Into the Basement With Hawaii Tech Chief Keone Kali State of Hawaii

Civil Bytes: A Journey Into the Basement With Hawaii Tech Chief Keone Kali

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The chief information officer talks about the precarious state of information locked in outdated equipment in the bowels of downtown Honolulu.
Civil Bytes: Our New Governor Should Upgrade State’s Sorry Technology Flickr/Dennis van Zuijlekom

Civil Bytes: Our New Governor Should Upgrade State’s Sorry Technology

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While fears grow about the feds tracking us too keenly, we should be equally wary of the state's near-inability to track us at all.
Civil Bytes: Will Write Code for Food Flickr: IntelFreePress

Civil Bytes: Will Write Code for Food

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Hawaii's first developer boot camp is helping blossoming techies find jobs in a growing field.
Civil Bytes: WTF, Internet? Pursuing Truth in the Digital Age Twitter

Civil Bytes: WTF, Internet? Pursuing Truth in the Digital Age

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The power and the danger of the Internet rests in its vast flexibility. It can be used for good, and it can be used for the not-so-good.
Civil Bytes: Concerns Remain About the Future of Hawaii’s Tech Industry YouTube.com

Civil Bytes: Concerns Remain About the Future of Hawaii’s Tech Industry

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Hawaii's tech community has been buzzing for weeks about the questionable funneling of public money into two tech startups.