With 4 days until the Olympics begin in Vancouver, Bell, Canadas’ largest phone network offered a taste of the world’s first all-IP (internet protocol) Games. This is the first Olympic Games, in history, to be broadcast and shared across a fibre, digital infrastructure.

On the 6th of February, 2010, to coincide with the opening of CODE Live at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, the Cultural Olympiad 2010 and Emily Carr presented a one-day forum that brought together national and international artists, (many of which were exhibiting work within CODE) curators and thinkers for a series of dialogues on the relationships between digital technologies and creative practices today.

Over the evenings of the 3rd and 4th Febuary, Culture @ the Olympics staff (Jennifer Jones, Kris Krug and Danielle Sipple) have been present at the pre-launch and launch of the Vancouver Cultural Olympiad events, CODE Live.

Our Twitter Feed Summary for 15 Dec 2009 -06 Jan 2010

To mark the first Winter Games of the Twitter era, Tourism Whistler has launched hashtags #whistler30 and #whistlerW5. These social media tools will provide international media with a vital information channel for up-to-the-minute coverage on what’s happening in Whistler – the Host Mountain Resort for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Working with many of its members and community partners, including Whistler Blackcomb, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, and The Fairmont Chateau Whistler, the dedicated Twitter hashtags were developed by Tourism Whistler to deliver media-specific content before, during and after …