Long Live @CaseP!!!

100 Happy Days — Can You Be Happy for 100 Days in a Row?

#100HappyDays—Day 25—@CaseP Twitter Bio Screenshot
R.I.P. @doomzTO—LONG LIVE @CaseP!!!

This has been a long time coming.

When I started on Twitter back in June 2008, I was under a handle that made sense then—@doomsdayblaze. It was the screen name I’d used since my first email address in 1998; the name of the website where I ran Fish ‘n’ Chimps; the screen name for my LiveJournal—back then, it was what anyone who knew me online knew me as.

When I hit 2010’s HoHoTO—my first Twitter event of that size—Diana Pronosher was flabbergasted at the length of my Twitter handle, suggesting I change it. Since @doomz was taken in 2009 by a rapper I’m trying to track down, I tacked “TO” for Toronto on the end and @doomzTO was born (as referenced in the ever-infamous “HoHoTO Rap”)!

For the next 40 months, I had a shorter Twitter handle, but not one that really reflected who I was becoming.

After moving from doomsdayblaze.com to caseypalmer.com in 2011, “Doomz” was becoming more of a shadow behind me than a name I’d associate with. I was signing my blog posts with a shortened version of my name, “case p.”; I was sharing with my real name all over the Internet—with the days of anonymity coming to a close and Facebook tying everyone to a “real identity”, why not have a Twitter to match?

And after a friend helped me connect with @CaseP’s former owner on Google+, he was gracious and me the handle, since he’d only tweeted 4 times since 2010 and didn’t use it much.

So goodbye, @doomzTO. Goodbye to an era of partying, getting to know Toronto’s social media scene and building a name for myself. Here’s to a future where I get that much more professional, that much more grown-up—ready to handle whatever lies ahead for Casey Palmer. The opportunities and challenges that Doomz never had.

#100HappyDays Day 25/100 — such a success.

–case p.

By Casey E. Palmer

Husband. Father. Storyteller. Calling the Great White North his home, Casey Palmer the Canadian Dad spend his free time in pursuit of the greatest content possible. Thousand-word blog posts? Snapshots from life? Sketches and podcasts and more—he's more than just a dad blogger; he's working to change what's expected of the parenting creators of the world. It's about so much more than just our kids. When Casey's not creating, he's busy parenting, adventuring, trying to be a good husband and making the most of his life! Casey lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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