July 15th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Tooting my own horn: Creating an Open Source Font (Video) I have to admit it was an honor to make this video for my font designer hero, Chank Diesel. It chronicles his session on creating an open source font at FontConf last month. The [...]
April 8th, 2010 | by mykl | published in observed
I’m blown away by this short film by Patrick Jean (of Paris-based One More Production).
December 1st, 2009 | by mykl | published in events
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while now. I had the opportunity to chat with Wendy Meadley at the MIMA Summit in October. These interviews were the result. Mykl Roventine chats with SocialWendy at MIMA09 from Gage Group on Vimeo.
October 10th, 2009 | by mykl | published in events
My work coordinating the recent UnSummit3 un-conference took an unexpected turn when one of our sponsors asked for an interpretive dance in trade for a substantial donation of notebooks. This is not just any notebook, mind you. These notebooks are known for their hipness (they even have their own Facebook fan group) and are prized [...]
May 27th, 2009 | by mykl | published in communication, events, social web
I’ve been meaning to post this for some time now. Here’s the video of Social Media Breakfast – Minneapolis/St. Paul #15. My presentation, Supercharged Personal Branding, starts at 03:45. My slide deck is also online.
May 14th, 2009 | by mykl | published in events, music
This sure gets me in the mood. Join us! Watch Dont Stop Your Screaming on CollegeHumor Thanks to Mitchell Hislop.
May 8th, 2009 | by mykl | published in events
Check out this great video put together by Catalyst Studios, one of the event sponsors. I make an appearance 22 seconds in.
May 1st, 2009 | by mykl | published in best of, design, events, typography
My contribution for the first ever Ignite Minneapolis. Thanks to videographer Brian Stemmler for making me look good. The Ignite challenge: Any topic, 20 slides, 15 seconds per slide, 5 minutes total. This was so much fun. It helped to be talking about a subject I’m passionate about. Remember, friends don’t let friends use bad [...]
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
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 →
