Founded in July 2007, Instant Serials offers a creative way to connect with the people you know, by sharing a good story as it unfolds.
The company creates and presents serialized literature written and illustrated for a general audience. Serials tell a story over a period of time in successive parts, a format ideal for sharing. During the pauses and breaks between installments, lively conversations can occur.
The company develops technology that facilitates sharing with its serial format, streaming delivery, and the serialization of group connections. Instant Serials, the product, is made up of original writing, paintings and illustrations, site functions and applications.
Instant Serials Inc. operates in affiliation with Breakfast Serials Inc, a publisher of serialized literature.
Beta testing of Instant Serials’ patent pending service began on January 10, 2010.
The Mission
The mission of Instant Serials is to make reading, which is so often a solitary pastime, a social one as well. Our online tools enable anyone to schedule the pace of an unfolding story for group engagement. Subscribers decide how much of the story to share at a time, and when to do so. These decisions influence the flow of reading and conversation.
People use Instant Serials to socialize with friends, to connect with family, or work together with peer groups and classmates. We make it easy to move between the story world and a group’s reactions, thoughts and ideas.
Team
All members of the Instant Serials team are highly experienced in their respective fields, and these fields are critical to the company’s technology driven strategies. Instant Serials core operations are intentionally maintained by a small staff; other functions are outsourced to mobilize complementary capabilities and ensure flexibility.
Linda Wright is the CEO of Instant Serials, which she founded in 2007. Linda guides the direction and product strategy of the company and its affiliate Breakfast Serials. She is responsible for the design and technology development of Instant Serials’ service. Linda is also the inventor of a method and apparatus for categorizing exemplar structures to access information regarding a collection of objects. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Linda a patent in 2007.
Eric Fritz is in charge of developing and maintaining Breakfast Serials' and Instant Serials' corporate websites and database systems. He has over 12 years experience designing and developing database-driven websites, intranets, and extranets using a wide variety of technical expertise in C#.NET, XML/XSL, AJAX, ASP, VBScript, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, CSS, and MS SQL Server.
Jorin Garguilo is a Flash and front end web developer living in Chicago, IL. Graduating from North Carolina State University with a degree in Computer Science in 1997, Jorin worked with a series of small multimedia shops developing computer-based training and marketing resources in Raleigh and Cary, NC before joining Trifolium as a front end developer. Involved in improvisational theater since the tender age of 17, Jorin moved to Chicago in 2004 to continue to study and perform improv. He has also illustrated a children's book: "I Want to Go to UNC"; a delightful propaganda piece for the archrival university from which he graduated
Jonathan Katz is responsible for the coordination and maintenance of Instant Serials' IT needs. President of Quality Computer Products, Inc., a Denver-based IT consulting firm, Jonathan has built the technical infrastructure for the company since it's inception. Jonathan is a GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst and holds a master's degree in piano performance.
Jeff Schaich creates the brand look and feel for Instant Serials product and services. Jeff draws from his 14 years of design and art direction experience in both large advertising agencies and small boutique design firms here in Colorado and the Washington D.C. area. His work has been recognized in award shows and magazines such as The One Show New York, AIGA, Richmond Art Directors Club, and Creativity, Print and How magazines.
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Adam Cohen has served as counsel to Instant Serials and Breakfast Serials since 2001. In this capacity, he is responsible for publishing and intellectual property matters of the corporations. Adam is a partner in the legal firm of Kane Kessler, P.C., located in New York, NY. He chairs the firm's Intellectual Property practice group and is an active member of the City of New York Bar and the International Trademark Association.
Gerald B Halt, Jr. protects our innovative ideas through the patent process. Instant Serials has a patent pending that applies to its service and applies to the site and to the features and services accessible via the site. Jay is a shareholder in the legal firm of Volpe and Koenig, P.C., located in Philadelphia, PA. He is frequently counsel in foreign intellectual property matters and is well versed in the international regulations of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Jay has been a presenter at PCT seminars for legal professionals, intellectual property owners and portfolio managers