Yup, it's a vidcast featuring Uncle Weed on random sound-seeing adventures around Vancouver and international exploits spieling on with anecdotes and observations about communities, public policy, transportation, economics, architecture, entrepreneurship and enjoying herb, ya know ganja. Get yer mitts on some tasty, hemp-fortified hi-jinks!
Thousands of colourful Vancouver-ites gather at English Bay, in costumes from clowns to bikinis, to start the New Year with a plunge into the frigid Pacific beginning with a a mass start from the snowy beach at 2:30pm on January 1st, 2009.
Outside of the VANOC worldwide press briefing, inpendent media maker Dave Olson answers questions about the Olympics, protests, and tension between social concerns and international events. He spiels forth about peace, pacifism, understanding, love of winter sports, copyright, rumoured riots, the importance of dialouge and respect and conversation. Also he briefly recounts his experiences covering Olympic Games from a grassroots point of view. See 2010.dailyvancouver.com for more. Filmed by Ma...
native drummers express their concerns with a spiel and drumming and chanting at a press concerence at the Anit-Poverty Committee HQ in Vancouver's downtown eastside.
KK and Uncle Weed check in from Canada Place after being rejected entry to the VANOC worldwide press briefing event. We had hoped use our experience crowd-covering previous Olympic Games to discuss how social media can enhance the accredited media's coverage and also provide deep documentary into the fan experience and lesser-known athlete's stories. Alas, we were asked to leave and watched over by a handful of Vancouver Police Officers. Outside we drink coffee and chat about it.
En route to Gnomedex, KK and DaveO explore a sampler plate of microbrews and offer brief discourse on the varities of tasty libations at a fine brew pub off the I-5 in Washington State.
From Studio SX in Austin TX for SXSW Interactive, host Dave O laughs along with fellow festival newbs - mobile technologist Roland Tanglao, Nick Cook from NYC via Japan, and Jordan Behan of Strutta.com about panels, presentations, free beer, parties, booths, Facebook gossiping, video competition, mobile technology, grassroots revolutions, execssive Twittering, copyright conundrums, and Canadian rockers Loverboy.
From Studio SX in Austin TX for SXSW Interactive, host Dave O laughs along with fellow festival newbs - mobile technologist Roland Tanglao, Nick Cook from NYC via Japan, and Jordan Behan of Strutta.com about panels, presentations, free beer, parties, booths, Facebook gossiping, video competition, mobile technology, grassroots revolutions, execssive Twittering, copyright conundrums, and Canadian rockers Loverboy.