Hear Me Draw

I just did my first ever Sketchcast over at Codswallop and I found the experience quite strange.

For years my teaching method was to speak while I write and doodle on a whiteboard. That felt natural and fun. For some reason recording my voice while trying to draw didn’t really work for me. Perhaps with better equipment and practice I would get better at it.

Sketchcasting is a cool idea. Apparently my old Performancing colleague Patrick is behind the service, based on an idea by Richard Ziade (watch the video, it’s cool).

Watching some of the other users videos and reading commentary about the service (you can see more links in my post) made me think that this audio and visual experience will become more popular. Up to now text has dominated, and I don’t think it is going to go away, but mixing in different presentation styles has potential to keep a blog interesting and add variety.

I have been watching Darrens videos with a lot of interest. Perhaps once I have moved and my office is set back up I should try to embarass myself even further with some video …

Have you tried Sketchcast? Done any video or podcasting? Got any tips to share? You know what to do, tell us what you think in the comments 🙂