Alex Salkever, founder of Hawaiirama, is a veteran travel journalist who has lived in Hawaii since 1994. He's written about Hawaii for dozens of publications, including Travel & Leisure, the Washington Post, Conde Nast Traveler, Outside Magazine, Men's Journal, Sunset Magazine, Islands Magazine, Honolulu Magazine, the Honolulu Weekly, the Christian Science Monitor, Salon.com, and Brides Magazine. He travels regularly in the islands and still surfs as often as possible. Before launching this blog, he spent five years as editor of the technology channel at BusinessWeek.com.