Improv Media

Author: Jeff Moriarty

  • Twitter launches Vine… but what is it?

    Twitter launches Vine… but what is it?

    Recently Twitter launched Vine, an app that allows people to quickly record and share very short videos. This isn’t the first short-video service to hit the internet, but its tight relationship with Twitter may mean this the one that finally catches on. How Vine works Twitter launches new app to share short videos It couldn’t…

  • Mission Possible: Engaging the public and spreading good deeds at ASU

    A few months ago I was asked to come in and speak to a Socially Engaged Practice class at Arizona State University (ASU) about flashmobs and engaging the public. I’m an ASU alum, but rarely visit campus so had no idea what to expect. It ended up going quite excellently. In my first trip to…

  • Instagram hits the web with a new look

    Social network is all about sharing parts of our lives, and what better way to share than visually? While some people love Twitter and the challenge of cramming wisdom into 140 characters, others vastly prefer to share pictures of the world around them. That’s part of what has made Instagram such an enormously popular web…

  • Turning your commute into a game worth playing

    Turning your commute into a game worth playing

    Companies are trying to change the way you drive, but this time they’re not using shock videos and pages of statistics. They’re making driving a game, and people are happy to play. The idea here is something often called “gamification“, where you bring game-like elements to normally mundane tasks. A extremely popular example is Foursquare,…

  • Write an ebook and shake things up a little

    I love to help people share ideas. I have my hands in a million different pies, which seems random to many people I know, but it really boils down to a passion for helping people look at the world in a new way. It’s human nature to build silos around ourselves and our view of…