Slidecasting

Mike Arrington just blogged about tomorrow's launch of Slidecasting by SlideShare.  Slidecasting is a new media format, the combination of Powerpoint slides (everyone has the authoring tool) and audio (can be located anywhere), including podcasts (where it gets interesting).  While I'm a biased advisor to SlideShare, you will have to agree that multimedia on the web just got a whole lot easier and accessible.  And as objects you can socialize.

Here's an an example:

If I was an event organizer or podcaster, I'd be setting up a group on SlideShare now.

UPDATE: Launched, see the FAQ

UPDATE: Made my first Slidecast.  All it took was the time to listen to my 13 minute presentation while sliding some markers.  The editor UI is really easy.

Comments

[Dan York]

Ross,

I definitely agree its a great new feature of SlideShare. I've got another example as well as a view of the audio syncing interface now up on my blog at: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2007/07/slidecasting---.html

I'm very much looking forward to using it for all future conference presentations. (Where allowed to do so by conferences.)

[Karen O'Brien]

Ross, I personally LOVE slideshare and this is an amazing advancement - can't wait to try it!

[Des Walsh]

The technology concept is interesting and the content of the slideshow also. For me it was a distraction trying to figure out who the presenter is. Is it you? Some other famous person? and I really prefer the sort of presentation where it cuts from the slides to the presenter, and back, so how useful this will be in terms of effective communication remains, for me, to be seen.