Do You Have a Lanyard Collection, Too?

Oct 28 2012

It’s the only thing hanging on any of my walls.

I wish I’d known I’d end up collecting these, I wish I’d saved more of them. It took more lanyards than this to create this collection.

The one I lament the most is, ‘Internet World 2000 in NYC‘, ha.

Sometimes the blank ones were big ones.

Really like the badge below: a press pass for the 2011 BlackHat Security Briefings.

Last year in August, I flew to Vegas, and declared I’d founded a blog about online security. It was one of the gutsier things I’ve done in a while. Think about it… if it takes off and is effective, then the bad guys are all, “oh this blonde thing, our stuff doesn’t work so good anymore because of her, let’s put our efforts in her direction”. Like that.

Another top ‘most proud of‘ – Sun Media shipped me out to cover the Olympics in video, and write a column for their paper, called ‘Social Keri‘ (had no input there).

It was 2010, and I was one of few out there who was self-contained; edit, shoot, social media, create story, blog, write, everything.

Celebrating our Big Hockey Gold Win & 16th Gold Medal

Gave ‘er.

‘The Canadian Explorer’ covers #Van2010

UPDATE:

Found the missing LA Auto Show badge, along with my Sector Security Conference press pass.

UPDATE:

August 2013 additions

I Hope You Know General Hillier

Jul 4 2011

He’s Canada’s best ever General, and former Chief of Defence Staff – the Canadian Forces highest rank.

I’m not fangirling here, that’s his repuation. Ask a soldier, that’s how you know.

And given it was Canada Day Weekend, this seems fitting.

I was invited to the Art Of Leadership conference, see the full set of speakers here, you’ll know some. I’ve said before – they’re quality conferences.

I’ve attended many conferences over the years, one time I went to Internet World 1999. Imagine something called that happening today? Ha.

Not surprising is whom I worked my day around, having only time to see one speaker ;)

Meet General Rick Hillier at his website here, and watch him on The Hour here. Read a good article about his accomplishments and mode of operation here.

He spoke about leadership, and enamoured the crowd. You’d be too, he is magnetic.

Know what’s weird? I took copious notes throughout… and they’re gone. I’d emailed them to myself, I don’t even know how that’s possible.

‘Leadership’ by General Rick Hillier

Thanks for having me, Art of Leadership!

I’ll leave you with this:

Thank you Canadian Forces, for doing a job I could not, so I’m free and safe to skip around Canada having a blog and making videos and doing as I please.

Hosting Canada’s Largest Undergrad Tech Conference

May 10 2011

This weekend was the 12th Annual CUTC.ca, and Casie and I hosted the event at University of Toronto.

These kids were great; all on their own volition they organized, travelled and paid their way. Pretty sure this group is indeed our future.

Introducing your hosts!

And THAT is my very own personal QR Code boom boom.

They made it for me and put it on the back of my badge, I always wanted one. I’ve been preoccupied with QR codes since ’08, because I blogged about them over at Canadian Explorer then, ahhh the benefit of having a blog.

If you scan it it’ll kick your phone right over to here, my blog.

Non-nerds: QR Codes (quick response) are elaborate bar codes that hold a ridiculous amount of information, like a small book. They’ve been in wide use in Europe and especially Japan, and are finally making their way here. Here’s the Wiki page.

During lunch we found a video game area and settled into play our respecitve favourite games: Casie dancing, me Call of Duty.

I should really get and start using a proper camera huh.

Like Casie’s Olympus, which captured this moment of me finally meeting Adam and Adil (below) of MyCityLives.com

They’re doing awesome things combining online video and maps, you gotta check out their site – “you discover and share videos around your location on culture, art and entertainment”.

What’s this park like? Now I’m watching a video educating me, this is good… like that.