musings of a social architect

Photograb Halloween Contest opens today!

it's a big day for Shufflebrain  - we're running our first sponsored contest! For the next 7 days, we invite you to make Photograb games from from your best Halloween photos, and invite your friends to play your games. The top players will win cool prizes - and eveyrone who plays gets to see a special "spookified" version of Photograb, plus a discount code for BuyCostumes.com

This event is especially meaningful to me - because I'm a longtime happy customer of buycostumes.com -- for real -- I've bought my kids' Halloween costumes there for the last few years. So through a set of happy circumstances, ShuffleBrain's first brand relationship is with a terrific company that I personally love and am loyal to.

Visit Photograb now to check out the contest and win cool prizes! I can't wait to see the crazy, funny, spooky, and creative games that everyone makes.

Photograb Beta update

Photograb Beta is going great! We've already got some avid (addicted?) players, and people are creating some amazing games. We've resolved some tricky performance issues we were seeing last week <wipes sweat off brow> so now it's time to turn on the viral channels and welcome new players.

We got some great coverage on VentureBeat - check it out:
Shufflebrain launches Photograb game on Facebook to train your brain

I’m not a game designer. But imagine a game creation tool so simple and easy that even I can’t mess it up. Shufflebrain has created this tool as part of a game that transforms photo viewing into a fun experience.

PhotoGrab Beta is LIVE!

Hey folks -- our new original game, Photograb, is now LIVE on Facebook. Photograb lets you play your friends photos - and turn your OWN photos into mini-braingames. Check it out, let me know what you think!

Click here to go to PhotoGrab Beta

Op-Ed Columnist - The Great Iceland Meltdown - NYTimes.com

If you've been wondering (as I have) what caused Iceland's recent financial meltdown, here's a lucid explanation of  The Great Iceland Meltdown by Thomas Friendman, author of "The World is Flat." 

And therein lies the central truth of globalization today: We’re all connected and nobody is in charge.

Best video I've seen on the financial meltdown

Warren Buffett on Charlie Rose VIDEO.

worth watching for a level-headed analysis with GREAT metaphors of what's happening with the financial markets