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Twitter’s Year in Review

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New to the annual highlights of searches is Twitter with their Year in Review. Even though Twitter isn’t a search-focused service, searching is a powerful addition to the near real-time world of tweets.

Overall Top Trends

  1. Gulf Oil Spill
  2. FIFA World Cup
  3. Inception
  4. Haiti Earthquake
  5. Vuvuzela
  6. Apple iPad
  7. Google Android
  8. Justin Bieber
  9. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
  10. Pulpo Paul

Top Trend in Category

  • Gulf Oil Spill in News Events
  • Justin Bieber in People
  • Inception in Movies
  • MTV Video Music Awards in Television
  • Apple iPad in Technology
  • FIFA World Cup in World Cup
  • Lebron James in Sports
  • #rememberwhen in Hashtags

Interestingly enough, only Justin Bieber has been a common thread between the top searches on Twitter, Yahoo, and Bing.

Highlights from the Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific Basketball Game

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So what if Division I UH took on Division II HPU’s basketball squad? Here are some highlights.

In-Zane Threes. To close out the first half Zane Johnson nailed three 3-pointers. Did you NBA Jam fans yell out, “He’s on fire!!” For the designated marksman on the team, Zane’s not quite automatic. Sure, he’s better than Hawaii’s recent long distance shooters, but he needs his feet set and shoulders squared up, otherwise, clang.

Bullying the Boys. You could see the difference between a Division I and II athlete. Joston Thomas was a bruiser, pushing out the Sea Warriors on his way to the rim. And Douglas Kurtz had 10 boards and several putbacks. Against D1 competition, Kurtz would have had like 4 boards.

The Next Big Man? Vander Joaquim is far from the next Hakeem Olajuwon, but there’s been definite improvement from the Warrior’s center. Vander had a solid dunk in the first half whereas previous UH centers would wind up for the jam but then be stripped of the ball.Later,  instead of going with his only offensive move, his right hand jump hook, he reversed pivoted his man for an easy bucket. Good things could be in store.

The best highlight of this game has to be the new Supa Bowzooka from Farmers Hawaii. That thing is downright nasty. Not just for the expanses of Aloha Stadium, this bad boy was shelling fans in the Stan Sheriff Center. Check it out.

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Despite all these highlights, there’s that one lowlight still afflicting the Stanley – the funky screens on the overhead scoreboard. Can one of the sponsors please help out with those screens?

More About the Dillingham Transportation Building Redesign

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Mesmerized by the architectural redesign of the Dillingham Transportation Building done by Hawaii Architecture? Here’s the concept and inspiration behind this project:

This project was a complete commercial tenant improvement of the first floor and attached mezzanine space of the historic Dillingham Transportation Building. Restored for the Hauoli Mau Loa Foundation that supports youth education and local environmental sustainability, the project has targeted LEED Platinum Certification, the highest and most stringent sustainable accreditation certificate in the industry. In restoring the historical space, we worked to retain the critical and timeless accents, namely the historic faux ceiling treatments, while introducing contemporary solutions for partition walls that allowed natural light to pour deep into the space.

In addition to employing translucent eco-resin panels for the partition walls, we also worked with 3-Form to develop a blended fabric and eco-resin panel that functions as an interior light shelf over the main conference room. The material blend in the light shelf reflects 80% of the natural light deeper into the space while diffusing 20% of the light into the conference room ceiling, creating a soft glowing lid. For general purposes, this diffused light precludes the necessity for any artificial lighting during normal business hours.

From the flooring to the paint and framing materials, only sustainable or rapidly renewable materials were considered for the build out. In addition, all of the dated systems (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) were upgraded with energy efficient systems including temperature controlled HVAC systems, natural light and occupancy sensored lighting systems, and efficient low flow plumbing fixtures. Even the reception desk was clad with naturally fallen timber procured by a youth group from Hana who reclaimed the dead timber and created the phenomenal wood mosaic that can be seen at the reception desk.

The ultimate goal however was the resultant product that created a space the client truly enjoys and loves to display as they further their work in promoting sustainable stewardship.

If you like the results, the inspiration, and use of sustainable materials, please vote for this design in this Best Installation Contest.

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