Panel on Panels at MaRS in Toronto

Last night’s panel discussion on panel discussions (meta) went really well. I was happy to chat a few people after who said they really learned something. Thanks to Johnny Bunning aka @emanintdot for snapping this photos of us. I forgot to get someone to take a few shots. Doh!

I love sharing things I’ve learned over the past few years. I’ve learned heaps about blogging, the social web and building your personal brand. I’ve been invited to speak at the She’s Connected Conference in the Fall that brings together all kinda of females in business. Hope to speak at more conferences in the coming year. I’m a natural on stage!

Although I love vacation, I really love working and it’s great to be back at my home office. It’s been a busy day with lots of phone calls. Planning some cool stuff for the next month. I wanna get in as many things as I can before the summer is over. I love this heat too. No chance of complaints from this lady!

I watched this again and I feel like Optimism Girl today. If you’re not smiling, you will be after you watch this. Enjoy the day 🙂

THE STATE OF THE INTERNET

Good morning! Another scorcher out there today. Drink lots of water!  I’ve got a meeting at Spoke and later this afternoon the Doc Martens Fall Preview. I’m stoked for that. Mama wants a new pair o’ shoes! This monster is so cute.

For the last year I’ve worked on my own and had the opportunity to do some pretty awesome things. I’ve been really thinking about joining a team, having a full time job.  I wanna share the things I’ve learned with a cool company. I miss contributing to a group and sharing ideas with people. You now I’m social! If you have an idea, shoot me an email. I’m not exactly sure what I want to do but I like the idea of working with a startup or a cool product.

Have you seen this wicked infographic Mashable posted about the state of the internet? It’ds rad. First time embedding HTML5 on my blog too. Nerd love. (I think you have to click to make it work. It’s interactive!)

State of the Internet 2011

OnlineSchools.org /onlineschools.org

 

This is also interesting. Are we in a tech boom or a tech bubble? I love infographics.

I also  found this fun site yesterday with the most comprehensive list on Internet Slang ever. Ok, gotta run! Have a stellar day. Remember you are younger today than you will be tomorrow, do something fun.

you missed this yesterday

hosting a heat wave in your honor

I love coming home to this city. Missed you Toronto.  Our flight was almost twice as long as usual due to changed flight pattern because of major thunderstorms near Toronto. There was heaps of turbulence.

Man it is super duper hot here, eh? Warmer than Boston I reckon and surely more humid. First time we’re turned on the AC all summer.

  Tonight is the Panel on Panels at MaRS. Are you coming? I blogged about it here.  Hope to see you. It’s gonna be fun fun fun 🙂

 

walk on water

We’ve done other things than pool hang all weekend but I’ll get to sharing that later. The weather is too lovely to be inside on the comp.

Tonight we’re going the Ocean Club at Marina Bay for Bad Boy Bill. Will bring camera.

Like Jesus.

 

kids in the pool

Today is vacation to the max. Our friends pool/backyard is wicked awesome.

Workin’ on my tan. Yes Mum, I we have sunscreen on.

sGCarF on Make A Gif, Animated Gifs

So funny. I feel like we’re kids again.

I crashed on this pile.

It’s beautiful out today!

Hope you are enjoying it.

Love from Boston.

xo CASIE

yesterday was heaps fun

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travel diary: YYZ > BOS

Walked to the airport with my sis yesterday. Toronto is an amazing city.

Almost certain this guy is the same model from the Mark’s style thing I did last week. This ‘type’ is often used in ads. Maybe he just has ‘the look’?

Worlds shortest Ferry ride.

Jenie is starting to look more & more like you Mum.

The red plane is Air Greenland. Keri & I were certain it was some type of fancy Air Canada thinger.

If you have never flown Porter, wait for the next 30% off seat sale (I will post) and book yourself a ticket. Best service ever. Jenie wanted to buy a snack and I said “You can’t if you tried, everything is FREE”. Freemium.

I’m a barrista now too BTW.

Gella skin for my PC. He’s about to be upstaged by a new MACBOOK AIR.

FLYING! Bye Toronto, ILU.

Ha! A planking joke. Hilarious.

Welcome to the USA! Got in troubs for taking photos here. Sorry, I’m Canadiamazing.

First stop was taking my sis to Quincy Market. Her first time in Beantown.

They have your style here Raymi. Heaps of different ones too.

Do you know what is on their heads?

CONDOMS! It’s a Dick’s thing. Funny kinda I guess. Kids have them on their heads. OMG.

CHEERS!

Beautiful weather all weekend. Heck yeah. Going in the pool after I hit publish!

This is why you’re fat. Bagels. Omg. I did not eat.

Didn’t eat this either. Feasted with eyes only.

I did eat some chowda though. Heaps good.

Tried two kinds, marked one was way better.

Team Boston: Me, E1e, Bobcat & Jenie

Had dinner in this lovely old school Italian resto. Was delish.

Went to the famed Mike’s to grab some pasty.

Mega long line.

The pedi cabs are so online. Love seeing this type of advertising.

Time to get on the vacation train. Sista has already been in the pool. The sun is calling me and I’m ready to pick up the phone. Have an awesome day 🙂

you missed this yesterday

You have to do stuff that average people don’t understand, because those are the only good things.

Gong to Boston today with my sister. Still haven’t finished my a deck I’ve been working on. So beauty outside. Was at Steamwhistle for a friends work party last night. I love corporate events. So fun. Gonna walk to the airport today. I feel cool doing that. A friend said every time they look at soccer star Megan Rapino, they think of me. Did you read about Raymi in The Grid. The comments are appalling. Shame on you internet. These photos are from my tumblr. Title is a quote by Andy Warhol.

Have an awesome day 🙂

you missed this yesterday

video: you’ve got mail.

A Couple Things:

  • Thank you Alex from Riverdale Mac for the Alu Pen Stylus. It’s got a nice weight to it and the design is pretty. Will be using it to draw some amazing things on iPad Andy.
  • The stuff from Etsy was ordered one late Friday night way over a month ago and well before the postage strike, that’s why I forgot. The accessories you order from HK are super cheap. Make sure you wash them when you get them cause once I got a rashy neck from a necklace. It sucked.
  • Lauren’s printer giveaway is here. Send her something to print and you could win. I need to think of a contest idea for mine so if you have any ideas, lemme know.
  • Have an awesome day.

The Science of Social: Periodic Table & Google+

Came across this last night on Google+ via Drew Olanoff. Good find. So many networks, omg. How many are you on? Click the photo to see it in large size.

Been playing around in Google+ for the last week. It’s cool. Has potential. I’m a Google Fan Girl so I love seeing & testing out their new technologies & products. If you aren’t in yet, sign up here. Chris Brogan wrote about getting started here.

One thing I am really loving is following people that inspire me and getting to see their posts The newsfeed reminds me of a blog. It’s clean & easy to navigate. Talking about this makes me want to draw wireframes.

I’ve not had many conversation or a ‘hangout’ on video yet but I will soon. I wanna carve out some time to dive right in & organize my circles. Sounds so nerdy & I love it. These are some screen shots from my profile.

Home dashboard:

Get started info:

Activity happening:

Mashable posted some pretty funny parody videos and this one is my fav. The “Hitler Learns” series never fails. Kudos to whoever out there on the internet created this, you are funny.

Social networking FTW! Ha.

someecards.com - I can't wait for Google Plus to reunite me with everyone I blocked on Facebook.

P.S. Monday I’m speaking on a Panel at MaRs.

The panel is a Panel Discussion on Panel Discussions. It’s going to be interesting. The other speakers are very smart & good looking. You should come. Get a free ticket here. If you ever want to host a panel, this will give you valuable information on how to avoid making mistakes.