This week I am attending the ACM Multimedia conference in Vancouver. The ‘city of glass’ is proclaimed to be one of the best places to live in the world. This could be due to the many possibilities for outdoor activities in the direct viccinity of the city. One such activity is hiking, which we did today. Together with Xirong, Marcel, and Bouke we went to Lake Garibaldi. It took us some time to get there, but it was certainly worthwhile. The view was magnificent. Luckily the conference starts tomorrow, so that we have some time to recover. I wonder whether there are some interesting developments in the multimedia field to report the coming days.