July 29th, 2008 | by Mykl Roventine | published in best of, social web
Photos by Leo Reynolds
Hasbro finally took out Scrabulous today. The incredibly popular Facebook application had been dancing on the toy company’s intellectual property for almost a year now, so not many were shocked. It was a play straight from the book. The problem is that the book has been out of print for years.
Don Reisinger [...]
May 28th, 2008 | by Mykl Roventine | published in best of, social web
Photo by sidewalk_story
It took a while, but Spring has finally come to Minnesota. So, squinting in the sunlight and gasping the fresh air pouring through newly opened widows, my thoughts turned to cleaning, de-cluttering and purging all the stuff that has piled up around here. Then I started to think about the state of my [...]
April 24th, 2008 | by Mykl Roventine | published in trends, web culture
Original photo by ElvertBarnes
There’s something about this post from Minneapolis Metblogs earlier today that fascinates me. It’s not the subject matter per se (a scoop on the latest venture of a recently fired local weather man) it’s the story’s sources. They cite a tweet by local blogger and entrepreneur, Graeme Thickins (go Graeme!), and the [...]
April 14th, 2008 | by Mykl Roventine | published in events, web marketing
I had the privilege of hearing Joseph Jaffe speak tonight. Jaffe (marketer, consultant, author, blogger extraordinaire) was the fourth speaker taking part in the Conversations About the Future of Advertising series.
His presentation (and the theme of his latest book, Join the Conversation), focus on the refreshing concept of brand engagement with customers as a conversation. [...]
Hi there. I'm Mykl Roventine. I design things like web sites, user experiences and social media strategies. This is my personal blog (not affiliated with any employer or client) where I write about about the social web, typography and coffee. More →
