Toronto Mini Maker Fare: 3D Printing & more!

I’ve told you about my love for 3D printing for months now and today is a special day, my bf is having a 3D printer delivered to his office, it’s also his birthday.  [LOVE YOU!] (He subscribes so this will be in his email :)) You can subscribe too. I so freaking excited to learn how to print in 3D. Next month is the Toronto Mini Maker Faire where people show what they are making, and share what they are learning. I’m stoked to soak up inspiration and see just what’s possible. For two days, innovators, artists and hackers from all over the city are busting out of their garages to take part in the biggest show and tell around. It’s going to be 3D printing, robots, Tesla talk, flame throwing unicorns, oh y’know, all my fav nerdy things. Gahhhhhh.  A friend on the organizing team called it “burning man meets craft show” so when she emailed me I knew I had to tell you. You’ll get the to make and learn through interactive activities and workshops too. What can you do at Toronto Maker Faire? Make your first robot Get inspired to design your own wearable electronics Learn how to solder Take your skills up a notch by attending a hands-on workshop Find a project that inspires you and talk to the maker who built it! Tickets – Get them here! Adult per day: $25 Student/Senior/Unwaged per day: $15 Child (6-12 years) per day: $8 Sunday Morning Family Pass (10am-1pm – 2 adults, up to four children): $25 Children 5 and under are free. AND IN OTHER 3D PRINTING NEWS… The crew of volunteers running the show are giving you one more reason to get your tickets early, the chance to WIN a 3Doodler, the world’s first 3D printing pen! DON’T EVEN, this thing started out as a…

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Tia Maria Room in Montreal on Thursday. Wanna come?

Helloooooooo from London, England! This week is a busy one as I arrived here early today and will be in Montreal come Thursday afternoon then, back at the office Friday afternoon, and on stage in the Santa Baby holiday burlesque show Friday night.  Yikes! I live for this though. I love being on the road, I find it really enhances my creativity and inspires me. I’m excited for all the things I learn and people I meet on each trip. I met two dudes while boarding the plane who get their biz cards printed through my office! Cray. I’d like to invite any of YOU  to meet up with me in Montreal on Thursday for the  Tia Maria Room. If you can make it please Tweet, test, comment, email, or do something to let me know so I can add you to the list! There will be lushious cocktails, sensual tunes, a performance by Jarvis Church, and of course, me! I’ll be working and tweeting for Tia Maria and would love to see you there. LMK! Time for a wee nap then I’m going to take in the city! <3 CASIE

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HIGHER

I’m going up there. Right on the edge. Cross my heart and hope to die I make it though ok. A wee bit terrified but excited in the same. That’s my favourite feeling, nervous/excited. The kind that makes you get all riled up with excitement yet you’re deeply terrified.

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Speaking | Panels, Parties & People #SMW

Social Media Week kicks off around the world today. Here’s my picks on what you wanna check out including parties and panels. I’m speaking on two that fall on Thursday & Friday. There’s a TON of things going on so check the schedule & see what peaks your interest. Image is from Say Media’s blog, LEGGOOOO, VROOOOOOOOOM! Monday: 7pm: SMW Tweetgasm & Official Launch Party (Both at Gladstone Hotel) Tuesday: 8am-6pm SMW Coffee House @ ING Direct 2-3:30 Keynote: Jon Sinden on Brands & Fans 3:30-4:30 Conversation in Social Metrics @ Entrinsic Wednesday: 10am-12pm: Content may be king, but without Context – no one will pay attention 4:30-5:30: Not Another Open Bar Event: Is Your Brand Seeing a Return On Influence? 9pm: Social Media Week Toronto Official After-Party: After Hours Conversation Thursday: there’s LOTS of great stuff! 9am-1pm: Entrinsic Presents: CaseCamp (No it’s not Camp about ME!) 1-2:30: Social Media Friends, Anxiety & You: 5:30-6:30: Community Management beyond Twitter & FB 5:30-7pm: Getting Serious About Travel Blogging 5:30-9pm: SXSW Pre-Party @ Spice Route Friday:  8:45-10:30pm: Driving the Social Media Conversation w/ GM 12:30-3:30 Post it, Pin It Party (lunch/drinks) 3-4pm: Social Storytelling: Creating and Curating Content Strategies That Work Friday 6-8pm: Building Valuable Social Features into your Web and Mobile Applications Information about my panels:  Thursday, 1-2:30: Social Media Friends, Anxiety & You: Hosted by Maria Lianos-Carbone, publisher & editor of amotherworld.com, this panel will be talking about the anxiety that can come along with being so open in social media and sharing more of your life than ever. I’m looking forward to this cause I deal with anxiety ALL THE TIME. Other panelists include Stéphanie Montreuil Principal, The Lotus Pad Consulting, and Chris Eh Young. Location is The Office Pub, 117 John Street, 2nd Floor at Adelaide. There will be networking after so come say HI. Friday 6-8pm: Building Valuable Social Features into your Web and…

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Daily Twitter News for 2011-12-21

Kinetic energy may power our home/gadgets starting in 5 years http://t.co/INd3xafm via @zite # Hello hubba arm candy #KateMiddleton #AlexanderMcQueen http://t.co/6w6SFVuw # first-ever random tattoo, temp would be fun promo #QRcode #Tattoo [VIDEO] http://t.co/rLQFrwPV # 8 Cool Gifts For The Luxury Traveler http://t.co/EroZj7Xf via @zite (I have the camera but the rest are on my list too) # Photoset: lomographicsociety: http://t.co/324rbpLR # Photo: bohemea: http://t.co/trlHVgOa # What about just looking for things in my house Siri? http://t.co/UxvHeoeD # Pretzel crackers = tasty! http://t.co/4r6KzXpK # Love, like love. http://t.co/pcsmlQ6i # Photo: http://t.co/causNvTJ # Photo: http://t.co/UKpTtQvT # Daily #Twitter News for 2011-12-20: Photo: Sammers is sleepy (Taken with Instagram at… http://t.co/TL8A43BN # The Influence Game Has Only Started http://t.co/K0yLHefw via @zite # Holiday tunes on the tele trying to get in the spirit. Any fav tunes? # Using "Sorry I can't make it I'm in The Nutcracker" is my fav excuse EVER! # I'll be home for Christmas… like, this weekend, in Cambridge! I wanna see you old friends 🙂 http://t.co/gJW6OYA1 # I just entered the G Adventures You'll Never Forget It contest. Check out my entry and vote me up! http://t.co/6JTajEgQ #YNFI # If You’re Happy & You Know It, Show It!: Reckon I’ve been a bit slack on work since I got… http://t.co/5vov7Hoe # I wanna see the world w/ @Gadventures! #YNFI #traveltuesday: On my recent trip I didn’t stay… http://t.co/PxSjjBJc # My first iMovie ever & all done on iPhone :)… http://t.co/jWtudEbw # RE: @BHDiaries He is totally awesome & inspiring. Nice pick w/ @MarcusTroy! #BHDude http://t.co/7W9mfr8N # Fashion Holiday garland via @PSimadethis http://t.co/XqoXyhJi via #constantcontact # The more wonderful time of the year 🙂 # the holiday music is starting to work… # Urgh, this link, sorry! http://t.co/eWqKTp66 http://t.co/titM945V # Hanukkah for everyone 🙂 http://t.co/pTmI6EaX # who is…

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you missed this yesterday

Got a real cute haircut this time @dkwikstudio http://t.co/SOCwsHc5 # Met babes @toristreats @wardrobeprofessor @thedrakehotel http://t.co/fpAQOeig # Never met a girl like you before… (@ The Beaver Café) http://t.co/NhjCrc1D # you missed this yesterday: – finding a few people have been unfollowed but not… http://t.co/ca9MXI7a #thisismylife # JUST in time for my trip new luggage from http://t.co/qd506lH3 to be delivered tomorrow. Woooooooooohoooooo # Looking at posts from this time last year. Remember this day at #Finch station? Gave away @virginamerica flight! http://t.co/pGoZequ1 # Vintage @michaelnus & @shrued http://t.co/hEILie7l # What's for lunch? I'm hungry but can't decide. Wanna deliver a surprise lunch? Because, that would be amazing! # Be nice & share. # I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/H8tbAIsX Aubade Alarm Clock # A Whole New World: iCasie! It’s like a whole new world now that I’m all Apple… http://t.co/J0SHCqb4 #thisismylife # What inspires you? http://t.co/5n3YelDf http://t.co/uvqpACf1 # Ballerina Rocket Man via @laurenonizzle http://t.co/45Bg5K7x #BLOG # just did my 600th @dailybooth http://t.co/jcGjLclk # Used Siri to ring Mum at work! # RE: @TheDanLevy @thedanlevy @megbutton I blame #hipster culture on the popularity! http://t.co/TntJKgLH # RE: yeah man, i was looking back at posts and thinking WHERE DOES THE DAMN TIME GO?! http://t.co/qNkHsJQD # Sign & sending PDFs on iPad is so satisfying. # Oh my, I will be in Costa Rica for Have Sex with a Man with a Moustache Day – N (@YouTube http://t.co/WtTlHrWb) # #SwarovskiSneakPeek tonight # This makes me sad. I follow YOUR updates for YOU 🙁 RT @aplusk Twitter Management http://t.co/AKhT4U1l # Ooh boys look at his sexy #movember babe, Josh! http://t.co/9OeGXANo # Waiting so long for his taxi I could have walked. #firstworldproblems # Yes please! http://t.co/Z3nGgjnA # Lookin good @keriblog. #swarovskiskisneakpeek http://t.co/aRJFT58e # Thanks for the cotton candy & gift @swarovski. http://t.co/2CFedfX1 # "In…

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time capsule creative: november 16, 2006

Once I thought I lost the contents my first external hard drive. It was November 16, 2005. I was heart broken. Like no other love I’ve ever had, it was my everything. Devastated. Distraught. Thinking about that day now, and you reading this, my heart, it still hurts, feels like like a day old punch. I went to the bar and I got a martini. What the hell else was I supposed to do, I LOST  goddamn EVERYTHING?! There was a hole in my heart. And it was bleeding. So I wrote… #1 now i must write. today i think i lost my work, my life my story. my external drive showed up empty. my brain is very full. the words i wrote, can not be gone. i must remember what is lost. _______________ #2 where what now here me loud my story goes untold a life worth living a legend will unfold _________________ #3 life lost. a legend burried deep within the walls four of them that hold my life a broken link holds it togehter a photo in my mind it is all remembered. __________________ Later that day, I decided to take all the cords apart (there were two to connect it to my PC, it was 2006) and put them back together. It turned back on. I didn’t  lose anything. The end. Lessons learned: 1) Make sure you back up. 2) Drama inspires creativity.  3) I might be rtrd. 🙂

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annoying department: excuse me for a minute

One of the most annoying things ever is when girls (any age) talk about you to other people. I’ve talked about it before and despite getting older, it never seems to go away. It is especially annoying when it is public, negative, the person has a high profile and they also don’t bother to say it to you directly. I was not Regina George in highschool and didn’t used to have the confidence I do now. I got bullied heaps growing up, mostly by mean girls. Today I got a message from a friend on my way home from the airport after six hours on airplanes and spending half the day before in an airport… “your tweets & blog post rant about parents with kids at airport is causing a shit storm with parents on fb” GREAT! Welcome home! First: Thank you for reading & linking to my blog Erica. I’m happy to have you as a reader. I’ve been a fan of yours since I was a kid. Circa 1991 here, lookin’ cute. We both worked at MuchMusic and I’ve often wondered if  we would work on a project together. We both blog & Tweet in Toronto. We have many friends in common. I always though of you as cool with great style.   Second: Why didn’t you comment/say ANYTHING TO ME? I know you’re not shy. Lots of options, Twitter, Facebook, Fan Page, blog , email? I am surprised you would single me out like that to your friends on Facebook without commenting as a mother yourself. I waited to see if you would say something to me since you were engaging your audience about my blog post. You didn’t. Your comment “what people without kids think of us who have kids” is a silly generalization about those who have kids and those who don’t. I…

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i really hope she’s gonna make it.

My baby, she’s gone to the Bike Doctor. At first diagnosis, it’s not lookin’ too good. Went to Curbside Cycle to drop off my ride and check out the shop. We had a really fun time. Photo looks like the thing is in my mouth. Haha. Team Boston will get a kick of of that I’m sure! So many cool bikes there. Watched this totally awesome TED talk yesterday. The cloud thing at the end for the London Olympics is mind blowing but don’t skip the start. Hope it inspires you 🙂

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yesterday on twitter, this happened:

dance break. # like you mean it. http://goo.gl/fb/haSKK #blog # bike season, babe season, bixi toronto http://goo.gl/fb/fCvD4 #blog # omg April 30 & May 1 – @victornewman will be at the National Womens Show #yandr # probs not what they had in mind but then maybe they did? heh heh http://twitpic.com/4r45o3 # have you tried this from #Dufflet pastry? got it at @sobeys http://post.ly/1y28i # kate did her own makeup. # Pippa’s dress tonight http://bit.ly/j5Huvg # Photo: › have you seen this @laurenonizzle? BF is back haha[ ] vintage voter: “A young Jack Layton at the… http://tumblr.com/xmj2bhnf2o # did i blog the notable wine thinger? #forgets [check own blog] #handy # I want to see YACHT in Toronto with @AUXTV. Like srsly. @teamyacht are awesome 🙂 http://bit.ly/iI4t89 # inner conflict # sometimes i wish tumblr was a real place i could just crawl into, like other than my computer. # I am Dutchess of Cityplace. #realtalk # f you leave me a VM or private msg on FB. expect a delayed response, they all are low priority. # when someone starts a message with “hey you”, it’s __________. # some people are so weird. # new official WIll & Kate site: http://bit.ly/lK9EbV # this kitten needs a Royal nap. # Photo: Kate! ILU. http://tumblr.com/xmj2bgegph # i would love to be on the digital team for the @britishmonarchy. # bowling and bands w/ @morgan_c_ross #MAY4 #tickets http://goo.gl/fb/oI0uR #blog # this is awesome. you are awesome. great idea. promoting awesomeness is highly encouraged by me! 😀 http://disq.us/1tlj8q # I like this idea. RT @ChrisSpagnuolo Every adult should go to pre-school once a month. Inspires creativity! # omg Duke & Duchess of Cambridge – I’m from Cambridge & my middle name is Diana after his Mum. we are like, SO CONNECTED. # Stoked…

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