Vancouver Tech

Coming of a noisy and buzzworthy Northern Voice, here are two powerful posts, both must-reads for the Vancouver tech community:

Miss 604: Northern Voice 2009 Citizen Media and the Olympics Robert Scales and Andy Miah

This liveblogged entry from Northern Voice captured the energy and quick pace of the presentation by Robert Scales and friends on social media during the Olympics. Speaker DaveO says, “we’re not here to live stream the women’s figure skating in prime time… We own as much of the culture about the olympics as the IOC does… People are coming and i plan to welcome them and make cool stuff.”

Citizen media, or “ambush media,” will undoubtedly become a significant part of future Olympic coverage. Will it happen in Vancouver?

Tris Hussey: Coping Digitially hits and hurts the mark:NorthernVoice 2009

This is a very powerful post at the intersection of technology and reality. Kudos for Tris for a breath of honesty in space clouded by technology and fancy tools for accessing and spreading information. To learn more about this initiative, read Mental Health Camp 2009 - A proposal, on Hummingbird604’s blog.

Keep track of local tech events at vancouvertech.com. Stay tuned to the calendar on the right side.

Thanks to James for sharing this video from Friday’s keynote at Northern Voice with Flickr’s Stewart

Bell’s new logo will be plastered more prominently at the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympic games than any other corporate name. And they are paying $200M for this priviledge. outbidding BC’s own Telus by 50%. $60M of that sponsorship will go to building new network elements in the region. Bell estimates it will generate $300M with a [...]

Live: Northern Voice 2009

How to find the Best Of in Vancouver

The Olympic countdown timer in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery on West Georgia just cracked 365 days. On the reverse is the countdown to the Paralympic Games, which begin on March 12 — yes, that was confusing if you didn’t know that…

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