http://www.robertscales.org/taxonomy/term/161/0 en http://www.robertscales.org/blog/scales/beijing-2008-summer-olympiad-social-media-coverage <h2>Citizens On the Ground <br /></h2> <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/kk/2735782867/in/set-72157606536311600" title="Scales on the go by KK"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3260/2735782867_d0209eff62_m.jpg" alt="Scales on the go by KK" class="fright" height="240" width="160" /></a></p> <p>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. </p><p>The Glimmer Twins' tasks are diverse and their methods varied so here's a preview: </p> <ul> <li>participating in the <a href="http://www.uwo.ca/olympic/" title="Univ Western Ontario Olympic Symposium">9th International Symposium on Olympic Studies</a>, in Beijing, August 5-7 with <a href="http://andymiah.wordpress.com/about/" title="Andy Miah Olympic Scholar">Olympic scholar Dr. Andy Miah's</a></li> <li>documenting the scene for crowd-sourced new site: <a href="http://members.nowpublic.com/user/6247/assignments" title="Scales on Now public">Now Public</a>, Vancouver radio station: Crave 95, and BBC Interactive - among other media outlets </li> <p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2735197723_2bd2bb6107_m.jpg" alt="KK on the go" class="fright" height="240" width="180" /></p> <li>shooting Creative Commons licensed photos delivered via Flickr</li> <li>extolling about the new, improved <a href="http://bryght.com" title="Bryght Web Community Hosting">Bryght web community hosting </a>product - available in free, cheap or fancy varieties</li> <li>meeting up with prospective clients to extol Raincity Studios' status as an approved weblog vendor for Vancouver/Whistler 2010</li> <li>cheering for Team Canada at the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP2w6F61Zss" title="Tickets in Beijing">Archery, Fencing, Women's Softball, BMX</a> and more summer games sports</li> <li>spreading international goodwill in the fun-loving/hard-working style they honed whilst at the Torino 2008 Winter Games.</li> </ul> BBC Beijing blog book China citizenjournalist kk raincitystudios scales symposium video Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:29:39 -0700