Improv Media

Tag: video

  • Instagram adds video, so what’s next for Vine?

    When something gets trendy everybody wants to pile on the bandwagon, and it’s no different in the world of social media. Instagram adds video, Vine responds Instagram, the picture sharing service owned by Facebook, just added the ability to share video in their most recent update. The videos can be up to 15 seconds long,…

  • 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…

  • Take action – SOPA and PIPA could destroy the internet… really!

    This may sound overly dramatic, but it isn’t. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) are two versions of legislation winding their way through Congress. Both are backed by the entertainment industry as a way (they say) to combat global video and music piracy. The problem is this legislation is…

  • Plan less and explore the unexpected

    There’s a time for planning, and a time to riff. Planning helps you construct something specific, when details of your product are known. Creativity is often focused in the early phases of creation and limited once plans are set. Riffing (or improvising) has boundaries and constraints, but the final product isn’t known until the end.…

  • Improv session: Twitter Uncovered

    Last year Evo Terra and I sat down to riff on social media topics, and we’ve been working to get some videos out with the goofy output. This time up, the topic is Twitter – why it is so popular, how it evolved, and how it can make money: These were fun sessions, and worked…