An interesting new service... Moontoast

A guy I grew up with just launched a service at South by Southwest (SXSW) called Moontoast. I know that this may be off of our topic stream but it does fall under the list of education and technology. Here is an excerpt from Forbes Online about it...

Nashville-based Moontoast announced today the launch of moontoast.com, the content company's new web-based knowledge marketplace at South by Southwest's Accelerator event in Austin, Texas.

Moontoast is building a global community of experts and enabling them to share their knowledge live, at a scheduled time, via moontoast.com's unique face-to-face video player. Out to disrupt the web and the world by democratizing knowledge and linking those who know with those who want to know, moontoast.com launches as a beta site and is currently enlisting early adopters.

Moontoast is opening a new channel for the world, where anyone who seeks knowledge can find it. Simply search the profiles for an expert of any kind, establish a live connection with that expert and speak directly for a determined price using Moontoast's unique two-way video player. The next evolutionary step in the online space, Moontoast takes us from information and data retrieval to sharing human knowledge and expertise in real time.

The Moontoast technology combines:

-- The Moontoast Session Player: A live video interface designed to enable people to share their knowledge from anywhere in the world with a Web browser and a Webcam. The Session Player supports multiple cameras and microphones, as well as real time file transfer between people while they are talking live. -- The Moontoast Calendar: A Rich Internet Application which allows Moontoast experts to present their availability to the world. Those seeking knowledge can view a provider's calendar, and choose a convenient time to request a Moontoast session. -- The Moontoast Message Center: An email like system that facilitates all communication and purchases between experts and buyers.