Olympic Passion

It's no secret, Raincity staffers have demonstrated their passion for anything Olympics, Open Source and Social Media over the past 5 years...

During that time, as individuals and as a company we have had the honour to attend, cover and enjoy two Olympic games.

In 2006, we where part of a delegation of Vancouver companies that attended the games in Torino, Italy. Accredited by the Piedmonte Media Centre, we generated fan stories, using YouTube and other web tools to share our experiences. We tested a new video streaming device built by iMate (JazJar), running on a software created by ComVue. We also held a symposium on Social Media and the Olympics at the BC Canada House.

This first hand experience helped us create our strategy for 2008 where we attended the games in Beijing, China. Again, we covered fan and cultural stories and took part in an academic symposium on Olympic research. Some of our social media coverage gain popularity and was distributed by the BBC, the LA Time and various other media outlets.

We love to share...

For 2010, we wanted to push that envelope once again. We hope that in sharing our knowledge and adventures we could help others enjoy and create their own Olympic experiences.

With that in mind...Raincity's former CEO; Robert Scales along with the help of some friends Nadia Aly, Dave Olson, Mariska Richters, Kris Krug, Rebecca Bolwitt, and John Beihler created Vancouver Access 2010 (dot) com, a website dedicated to Culture, Fans, and the Olympics.

The site launched January 12th 2010, a month before the start of the Vancouver winter games.

VANCOUVER ACCESS 2010 is a collection of multi-media content; blog posts, pictures and videos covering the various winter/summer sports and cultural events during the past several games include Torino, Italy in 2006 and Beijing, China in 2008.

Currently we are working on creating content related to the 2010 Winter games in Vancouver, Canada.

Come play with us

I Invite you to follow our adventures and plan your Olympics with us @ www.VancouverAccess2010.com We currently have over 70 articles on sponsors, cultural olympiad, concerts, international houses, things to do for free and much more...