daveo's blog

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

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:15:59 -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.

Beijing Calling: Scales Talks about his Olympic Fervor on the BBC

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:14:03 -0700

Cross-posted from: BBC Sport | Olympics | Beijing Diaries

Cross-posted at: Raincity Studios

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

RCS CEO Remarks at China Access Vancouver - Raincity Radio Podcast

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:28:24 -0800

Robert Scales winds up the Vancouver China Access event with his personal narrative and candid remarks about his experiences with Kris Krug exploring China, setting up businesses and understanding the cultures. Recorded by Roland Tanglao on video.

Download the RCS CEO Remarks at China Access Vancouver - Raincity Radio Podca

China Access Participants Raincity Studios and Bryght Creating Success in China

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:27:21 -0800

Raincity Studios' international ambassador of open business (and also CEO) Robert Scales, along with Bryght's honcho (and fellow new web luminary) Kris Krug, are in China for their fourth foray in the past couple of years. This time, it's getting permanent.

After 4 years spent making hundreds of Drupal-driven sites, building a diverse and noteworty client list, and hosting/promoting/sponsoring/covering dozens of events, Raincity Studios is now officially trans-Pacific with a new office in Shanghai as of yesterday China time (which is sometime late tomorrow here on the left coast ;-)).

China Access Eases the Way - Raincity Radio Podcast

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:20:14 -0800

Here

Doing business in China in advance and following the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, is the topic as Australian businessman Andrew Gilkes, Chairman of ChinaAccess2008, an international business facilitation program, shares tips and best practices for interacting with this rapidly growing economy.