Sketchcasts are a whole new way of sharing informtation, invented by Rich Ziade at arc90.com
Imagine you have a pen and a whiteboard behind you and you’re speaking to an audience. One of the guys is filming the whiteboard, but also recording what you’re saying. That’s exactly what a sketchcast is and exactly what it does.

Sketchcasting is definitely the most spontaneous way of spreading information on the web, as it involves no editing. If you make a mistake when you speak, hesitate, or whatever, it’ll be on the video. That’s what’s so cool about it. For the moment this is fairly small (I’m sure you’ve never heard of it) but i think that the concept has a future, ad I’ll definitely be making astronomy sketchcasts and posting them on this weblog. It might even become a buzz. The problem about it is that you need a tablet or a tablet PC, which are quite expensive.

Please give feedback about anything on this website or on any other website, so long as it’s linked in some way with astronomy. You’ve got a forum, a shoutbox, and a comment system. Also I would be delighted to hear about suggestions, either improvements or comments, so long as they’re constructive.

To record your own sketchcasts and for more information about them, go to Sketchcast.com

Thank you,
Clement