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".
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Cross-posted from: BBC Sport | Olympics | Beijing Diaries
Background: Raincity Studios CEO/Founder Robert Scales and Pres/Ambassador Kris Krug are on the ground in Beijing to document and study the 2008 edition of the Olympic Games. They are publishing dispatches to a variety of news outlets including the venerable BBC. Here's Scales' first installment of his Olympic diary.
ROBERT SCALES, MONTREAL, CANADA

Robert runs a web development company based in Canada
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.

My first SXSW, I spent 10 days in Austin, Texas armed with a video camera, a digital SLR and my mac! In my hand a platinum and photographer pass giving me access to almost all events and venues in town for the film, interactive and music festival.
Raincity Studios and Bryght hosted a party with our friends at Blue Flavor and Newsvines.
Bryght had a booth in the Convention Centre, where I spent the best part of my afternoon chatting with geeks and rockstars alike. Helping Colin and kk to promote Backstage and our services.
Ponzi stopped by one afternoon and did a podcasts with me and one with KK, you can listen to mine on the Chris Pirillo Show.
Another fine segment of the Krug and Scales Show.
Checking in from Robson Square in Vancouver. Kris Krug and I are talking about Skateboarding, SXSW and the party we are hosting with Blue Flavor, News Vine, Bryght and Raincity Studios.
Kris Krug and I were being interviewed by BCIT Magazine about our trip to Torino for the Olympics.
I was filming using my camera phone while he was filming on Roland's Nokia N70 and the crew from BCIT Magazine was filming us. That's meta media coverage for you..
Here's my clip, I'll post an update when Kris Upload his.









