Yesterday was the start of Geek Week in Hawaii.  The inaugural event was Mactoberfest.  A day long event at the University of Hawaii Campus put on by Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society, Inc. (HMAUS) a group I recently joined.  They are a great group of geeks interested in learning anything new and relevant when it comes to Technology.  and they don’t even bug me about being a PC user.  The Key Note Speaker was Lorelle VanFossen ( @lorellonwp ), an author, WP Guru, Woopra Expert and Nature Photographer.  Hello? Could I be any more excited and interested?

We also heard from Lorenz Sell ( @Lorenz )of iLovePhotos.com a cool photo organizing/sharing program.

We learned about Studio Artist Softwarefrom John Dalton.  Amazing, amazing, amazing.  An incredible software package that creates cool animation/texture/renderings. just amazing.

The day culminated with Hawaii Geek Talk with Burt Lum ( @bytemarks ) Ryan Ozawa ( @hawaii ) and panelists Lorell VanFossen ( @lorellonwp ) Neenz Faleafine ( @NEENZ) and Bob Lew.  Door Prizes- flash drives, tshirts, software, iTunes card, Chili’s card,  a 500 gig external drive and a gift card for a 3G iPhone.

the alltop street team was in full force! :)  We scored some alltop stickers! :)

I enjoyed learning new things (Hello Woopra! ) and hanging with other flickr/tweeps ! :)  I am so thankful my mom was available to watch the boys so that Troy and I could get our geek on!

On Wednesday I’ll be going to a WebWeavers workshop with Adrienne Palmer ( @adriennepalmer ) where Lorell will be teaching WordPress.  I can’t wait!