Yesterday I teased that I would be starting on a new project today so here it is. The project is Eatkauai.com, a online directory of menus from restaurants around the island. Here’s the breakdown. Problem: Whenever my girlfriend and I want to go out to eat, we have trouble deciding where to go, and figuring out what restaurants are serving. Especially when putting in take out orders, we usually end up ordering the same thing [...]

It seems like ever since I returned to Kauai, I’ve watched business after business close up shop. Many of the local businesses still operating are still struggling more than ever. These businesses are family owned and operated and have been gone through multiple generations. When asked why sales are so poor, they always cite outside sources; Costco, Wal-mart, K-mart, Safeway, the economy, etc. How can they compete with these big box stores with huge national [...]