My Favorite Moments Of [Re]Think: Hawaii - #rethink

  1. Sunrise, sunsets and moonsets over Waikiki.
  2. Following the #goap crew's tweeted adventure from SFO to Honolulu.
  3. Seeing awesome people I've met in my travels meet each other in Hawaii.
  4. Having Steve Case join us for cocktails. He's a lot taller than I thought. Just as nice as his tweets convey.
  5. Getting a private tour of the Pacific Aviation Museum thanks to Anne Murata.
  6. Announcing that I'm moving to Hawaii. :)
  7. Getting Pierre Omidyar's support via Ulupono Initiative's lead sponsorship.
  8. Dungeness crab ramen in Asian truffle sauce at Sansei's.
  9. Kris Krug walking in wet and half naked with towel during Jeremiah's panel.
  10. Hanging out with Henk Rogers, the man who brought Tetris to the world at a karaoke place and talking about virtual goods.
  11. Watching my friend and mentor Jill Buck speak.
  12. The Kalua Pork quesadillas at Lulu's.
  13. Stopping by Waiola Shave Ice for the first time on the way to Techkaraoke. I got the pina colada with li hing powder.
  14. Seeing my son excited to spend the weekend with his dad.
  15. Dr. Robert  Yonover's talk about his RescueStreamer invention during the Entrepreneur's Wanted lunch.
  16. Leah Lamb's Sustainable Hawaii panel of amazing and inspiring people.
  17. The pina coladas at Tiki's Bar & Grill are dangerous - in a good way.
  18. My friend and business partner Derek flying in from Shanghai.
  19. Announcing that the next [Re]Think is in Shanghai during World Expo.
  20. The Martell Brothers - they're adorable.
  21. The Waikiki dinner cruise. So touristy and so worth it.
  22. Chris walking around without shoes.
  23. MJ's creativity. Our conference badges were colored rubber bands.
  24. Hanging out with Jeremiah Owyang for the first time outside the usual social media conference setting
  25. Having Robert Michael Murray, VP of Social Media for National Geographic join us. Great speaker. Very articulate.
  26. Being graced by Aric S. Queen's presence. The man defines the word cool.
  27. Inspired by Kanu Hawaii.
  28. Having Beth and Neil Blecherman spend their vacation with us. Their first together in 11 years.
  29. TEDxHonolulu organized by my dear friend Neenz Faleafine
  30. Coffee and girl talk with Jackie Danicki
  31. Seeing Rick and Jim relaxed in Hawaii after a crazy several months planning Blogworld.
  32. Dave McClure is still my hero
  33. Plate lunch x3 from Haili's Luau thanks to Chris.
  34. The Fast Pitch 101 session. "Would take a meeting. Wouldn't take a meeting"
  35. Lunch at Pineapple Room with Melanie and Chris.
  36. Nice chat with Paul at Duke's with ocean behind us and tiki torches lit.
  37. Having Amanda from Twestival fly all the way out from NY at the last minute to join us.
  38. Kaiser Kuo's powerful talk on the US-China divide at TEDxHonolulu
  39. Convincing Mike Butcher of TechCrunch Europe that flying out from London to join us for a few days would be good for him.
  40. Getting Derek of Affinity Ventures and Dean of Crossover Capital on the same island to talk about the cross border thing we're working on.
  41. Realizing that you can't make everyone happy and not everyone will get what you're trying to do. Let it go. Smile. Move on.
  42. Watching Ben Henretig hard at work filming segments for his #GOAP and #rethink mini-docs. What a nice guy too. 
  43. Jason Putorti's beautiful Design 101 presentation during Startonomics. It was his first time speaking. You couldn't tell. He was great.
  44. Scanning the crowd at the What Gives!? cocktail and smiling at the eclectic group of people sharing laughs and conversation. A senator from Hawaii, Steve Case, geeks, non-profits, investors, an inventor and a celebrity chef to name a few.
  45. Ricky Li bringing a box full of awesome cream puffs from a local bakery to Social Media Business Summit day. 
  46. Me freaking out the night before the start of the conference, fear of failure weighing on me, kleenex in hand and Chris telling me it was all going to work out. Once again, he's always right. *sigh of relief*
  47. Knowing after day one that [Re]Think needs to be a non-profit. Working on it now with the feedback and support of some really amazing people behind the scenes.
  48. Renee making me feel welcomed with a bag of Happy Hearts Mochi.
  49. Meeting Hawaii state senator Carol Fukunaga who chairs the committee for economic development & tech in Hawaii.
  50. Having a good long convo with angel investor Brian Goldstein on Hawaii - China opportunities - while on a catamaran with a bunch of geeks cruising Waikiki.
  51. Spam musubi from the ABC stores are pretty good when you're hungry.
  52. Jeremiah's keynote on the future of social media evolving into a discussion with an audience of really seriously smart geeks.
  53. My son picking out a plastic heart shaped bracelet for me while out to dinner with his dad at Chuck E Cheese.
  54. Geek moment. Tetris man Henk Rogers and I comparing similar pictures of the Maglev high speed train in Shanghai on our iPhones. #rethink