By uncleweed on August 15, 2008 - 12:56pm
Points for Participation?
Into the thick of the Olympic sporting competition, Canada is rolling in a litany of 5th, 6th, 7th places ... but with track and field, rowing finals and trampolining yet to come, the Canucks still have a chance to visit the podium.
As Tod Maffin twitter'ed: "Maybe Beijing will at least give us a courtesy Participaction pin?(Dont understand this? Ask a Canadian over 30.)" (ed note: or view this Participaction toque).
In the social media production department, Scales continues to create video at an epic pace despite losing his co-hort Kris who was repatriated to Vancouver in time for a glorious summer weekend. Scales is staying busy by picking up more tickets for varied events at the incredible new venues including the whitewater kayak run (plus visits to the Danish hospitality house).
I'm heading to the hills with tent and beverages so here's a few highlights to enjoy with your weekend viewing:
By uncleweed on August 7, 2008 - 1:25pm
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.
