I experimented with “Pencasts” using the Livescribe Pulse Smart Pen that I purchased yesterday, partially so I could sketch and annotate my thoughts.   The results are mixed, as the Smart Pen does what it was designed to do, well, but wasn’t really created to be an “Art Pen”.

VentureBeat has a review of the SmartPen and it’s “pencasts” done a few months ago, though I haven’t seen much “buzz” except for the initial launch of this capability.

However, the Livescribe Pulse Smart Pen  it could be used to capture thoughts, said aloud, and general note taking – what it was designed to do.

Here’s two sketches I did last night that I uploaded to the LiveScribe site – both sketches can be replayed – that is – if someone wants to see the drawing progress and hear my thoughts as I’m doing the sketch.   The problem is – they’re large files and LiveScribe only gives you 250MB free to work with – not sure what they charge you if you go past it.

Still, what do you think?