September 29th, 2010 | by mykl | published in events
Here’s the slide deck from my Twitter Tools session at yesterday’s MIMA Summit. Once again, I had a great time being part of this event. Special thanks to my session attendees for being so awesome!
April 16th, 2010 | by mykl | published in observed, social web
It’s about time someone did.
June 30th, 2009 | by mykl | published in photography, social web
Two of my favorite social neworks are now closer than ever before. Flickr2Twitter was announced today and I couldn’t be more excited. While I’ve been a fan of Twitter photo sharing services like TwitPic, I’ve never liked the quality of most phone cameras. Being able to share these fuzzy, lower resultion images with the world [...]
April 29th, 2009 | by mykl | published in observed, social web
There is something inherently funny to me about someone saying “meh” out loud. Am I alone on this? Watch Real Life Twitter and more funny videos on CollegeHumor
February 7th, 2009 | by mykl | published in design, observed, social web, web marketing
I was really pleased to see my Twitter background featured on Twitter Backgrounds Gallery this week. Thanks for the votes and comments. I’m excited that more sites like this are popping up. Anything to help inspire folks to make their backgrounds more unique is definitely a good thing.
November 4th, 2008 | by mykl | published in communication, social web
Social media and traditional media collide tonight as Current TV shakes things up again. They successfully integrated Twitter with live broadcasts during the recent presidential and vice-presidential debates. Now they’ve turned they’re attention to US election night coverage. Their take on this time-honored pundit-fest will be comprised of content from Digg, Twitter, a live DJ [...]
October 29th, 2008 | by mykl | published in communication, social web
Has social media influenced your vote in the next US election?Interested in how, if at all, social media has played a role in influencing your vote. So much of this most recent election cycle has taken place across the social web. Twitter and SocialMedian have created stand-alone political sites, Current TV combined Twitter and the [...]
October 7th, 2008 | by mykl | published in trends
Al Gore may not have invented the internet, but he’s doing a hell of a job to make it better. Gore’s cable network, Current TV has mashed together two of my favorite vices: politics and Twitter. Hack the Debate is an innovative use of the two mediums. During each debate (last week’s vice presidential debate [...]
May 7th, 2008 | by mykl | published in trends
Photo by keela84 It all started a few weeks ago. I had recently given into the hype and begun using Twitter. I quickly became addicted to the micro-blogging platform and a bit of a zealot, trying to convert everyone I met into a user. But this isn’t about that. I’d like to focus on the [...]
April 24th, 2008 | by mykl | 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 [...]
Hi there. I'm Mykl Roventine. I design things like web sites, WordPress blogs and social media strategies. This is my personal blog (not affiliated with any employer or client) where I write about the social web, typography and coffee. More →
