I'm just some guy. I live in Shanghai, China, I play with the fine folks @ Raincity Studios. I'm learning how to be a better, wiser person as I grow older, and like John Lennon once said "sometimes I play the fool".
2010
Countdown to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Submitted by Robert Scales on Mon, 02/12/2007 - 14:55.
Today, in Vancouver, shortly after noon, the Olympic countdown clock was revealed to the public in an event attended by supporters and surrounded by the chaos of protesters chanting and protesting the coming of the Olympics.
Here's VANOC official Press Release regarding today’s presentation:
“What’s six metres high, three metres wide, weighs 1,170 kilograms and is wrapped in a 15 metre by 12 metre gift box from Omega on the Vancouver Art Gallery’s northwest corner in downtown Vancouver?
It’s the new Vancouver 2010 Countdown Clock, presented by Omega, Official Timekeeper. Preparations are underway to unveil it to the citizens of Vancouver, rain or shine, in a fast-paced noon hour celebration on Monday, February 12 – the three-year anniversary to the start of the 2010 Winter Games.�?
Scales speaking at the 2010 New Media BC Day
Submitted by Robert Scales on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 09:32.
Kris Krug and I will be presenting on Web 2.0 and the 2010 Olympics as part of New Media BC's New Media Day for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Committee and friends on Thursday December 7, 2006.
We will be showing how "Web 2.0" can further the promotion of the Olympics and help connect the real world Olympic community with the online community world wide.
Bryght's blog post from 2006/12/06.
This will be a continuation of the work we've done earlier this year in Torino, where KK lead a Web 2.0 and Sports Symposium. This is also link with our ongoing strategy towards the 2008 Beijing Olympics with our client; China Access 2008 and the recent BarCamp Shanghai which Raincity helped organize and sponsored.
