Vancouver 2010 Olympics Coverage Daily - Olympics and Web 2.0 Symposium

Beijing 2008 Social Media Backpack - Scales and Krug are on the go!

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:44:30 -0700

NOTE: As part of on-going social media coverage of the Beijing 2008 games, this article was cross-posted at:

Citizens On the Ground

Raincity Studios Sino-Away-Squad of Scales and KK, are on the ground in Beijing to cover and participate in the Olympic experience as citizen journalism, technology experts, social pundits and cultural ambassadors.

The Glimmer Twins' tasks are diverse and their methods varied so here's a preview:

participating in the 9th International Symposium on Olympic Studies, in Beijing, August 5-7 with Olympic scholar Dr. Andy Miah's
documenting the scene for crowd-sourced new site: Now Public, Vancouver radio station: Crave 95, and BBC Interactive - among other media outlets
shooting Creative Commons licensed photos delivered via Flickr
extolling about the new, improved Bryght web community hosting product - available in free, cheap or fancy varieties
meeting up with prospective clients to extol Raincity Studios' status as an approved weblog vendor for Vancouver/Whistler 2010
cheering for Team Canada at the Archery, Fencing, Women's Softball, BMX and more summer games sports
spreading international goodwill in the fun-loving/hard-working style they honed whilst at the Torino 2008 Winter Games.

Heading To China

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:51:29 -0700

September China Program Finalized

The September China trip is only a few weeks away. All of the details have been finalized and hotels and plane tickets have been booked. The crew will be making stops in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, meeting with members of the business community and political figures. There is still time to jump on board if you have not already done so and join the team of business leaders who are making the trek. This is an opportunity of a lifetime to be a part of such a well orchestrated and strategic event. To find out more about upcoming Business Visit Programs in Beijing please, click here

Click here to Register for the September Program.

Olympic Notebook for Feb. 17th - Day Seven Heaven

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:15:27 -0800

Day Seven and I am in Heaven, How about you?

A few quick notes after busy day of attending the RainCity / Bryght-sponsored Symposium at Vancouver's Take 5 coffeeshop.

The event linked up the Torino street-maniacs Krug, Scales and (the not sooo maniacal) Bman at the BC lodge in Turin, Italy. Participants on the Western hemisphere included Gold Medalist Ross Rebagliati, plus photo-machine Roland Tanglao, boy-wonder Will Pate, very public Michael Tippet, photo queen Spiral Goddess, my buddy Bread and many more.

Symposium underway

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:41:00 -0800

The symposium is underway. My computer has been taken over by Dr. Andy Miah to give the first presentation. Kris handed his computer over and I've taken a few pictures with my cameraphone. Robert is taking pictures with his "good" camera and taking a few notes as well.

We started by going around the room and having everyone introduce themselves. Internet service providers, website developers, research consortiums, and content providers are here. Words like innovation, promotion, and research are being used a lot. This is a very interesting group of people, and I'm already thinking of just opening up my 15 minutes in a very different way. There are many experts in the room and I'd love to hear them all speak.

A representative from Top-IX talked about taking technologies from something that people are perhaps aware of or at a research level, and promoting them and making them real to people. Their challenge is about promoting home Internet broadband -- I pointed out that we have much to share. Canada has some of the highest per capita home broadband usage, but we lack sadly in mobile technologies.

Symposium Agenda

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 05:02:47 -0800

Here is the agenda for the Sport and Web 2.0 Symposium.

1pm - Introduction - Kris Krug - 15 minutes.
1:15pm - Talk 1 - Andy Miah - 30 minutes
1:45pm - Talk 2 - Beatriz Garcia - 30 minutes
2:15pm - Talk 3 - Boris Mann - 15 minutes
2:30pm - Talk 4 - Robert Scales - 15 minutes
2:45pm - Break
3pm - Roundtable discussion and demos
4pm - Checkin with Vancouver via the Web (see Cup of Coffee and also on Urban Vancouver)
4:45pm - Kris Krug - Thank you's and wrap-up

Urban Vancouver's Cup of Coffee "Sport and Web 2.0" video conference with Torino and Ross Rebagliati

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:51:09 -0800

Vancouverites: join Olympic Gold Medalist Ross Rebagliati and Urban Vancouver at Take 5 Cafe at 429 Granville for a free cup of coffee and a live two way video conference with the Torino "Sport and Web 2.0" symposium. Sponsored by Bryght, New Media BC, and Raincity Studios

Prepare your questions for Torino and Ross beforehand and submit them via email to roland AT urbanvancouver.com or give them in person at Take 5. All welcome especially bloggers, podcasters and videobloggers!

New Media BC Symposium Press Release

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:24:26 -0800

Vancouver Web Talent to Wow International Audiences in Torino

New Media BC announced that there will be a BC led new media symposium in Torino, Italy, during next week's Winter Olympics.

The event, billed as "Olympics and Web 2.0", and slated for February 17th, will showcase a pioneering cluster of British Columbia companies leading a shift towards Web 2.0 - what is being called the evolution of the Internet.

Vancouver-based Web 2.0 companies, Bryght and Raincity Studios, will lead sessions examining the emergence of citizen journalism and its anticipated impact on Olympic coverage and how podcasting is bringing a whole new sound to sport. Urban Vancouver bloggers will participate from Vancouver via a live connection.

Symposium on Web 2.0 and the Future of Sport

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:41:12 -0800

The Olympics and Web 2.0

Friday, February 17th, 2006
BC Canada Place, Torino, Italia

Join Bryght and Raincity Studios in Torino for a half-day symposium in BC Canada Place in Torino exploring the intersection of sports and web 2.0. Chaired by Andy Miah and Kris Krug this event aims to explore how changes in technology and the internet are influencing media and the coverage of the games. Topics to be discussed include citizen journalism, the decentralisation of media power, user generated content, mobile devices and applications and open-source software.