Witty and often hilarious – and obviously with plenty of examples, this is surely on of the best and most entertaining seminars ever dished out to the Library of Congress.

Having watched this, I strongly believe that if Google ever tries to shut the platform down (it still struggles to make money from Youtube), there’ll be murder and mayhem everywhere.

Click play below to watch (it lasts almost an hour, but worth every minute).

(photo watching the anthropology of Youtube on the iPhone by ~C4Chaos)

When I saw this I’d already made the step from writing a résumé to making an online slideshow portfolio. But ‘Moving’’s imagery and soundtrack convinced me of the power of film (or better yet, re-awoke me to the idea – I did study the subject).

So here’s a tribute and a thank you to Lukas, who helped turn me into a self-proclaimed film making genius. Click play below to watch ‘Moving’; see my own concoctions by clicking here.

Lukas van de Vrande is an Amsterdam-based artist. He not only puts his work up for sale, but also rents it out. So if you like his work but can’t afford to buy something now, build up a credit by renting so you can buy one of his pieces later – a bit like Dutch Art Loan.

Check out his website (in Dutch) by clicking here.

Thanks to Wouter for enlightening me.

(photo Lukas Art by Textz (a sculpture by his 8 year old son sculpted it, so not to be confused with one of Lukas’ works).

Now taking applications for a six-month post of “island caretaker”, starting 1st July 2009.

Soak up the sun, swim, snorkel, sail, and generally laze about for a living.  Requirements: you must be over 18, a fantastic and charismatic communicator, and speak and write English – so you can report your hard work via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates.

The successful candidate will be employed for 6 months. Pay: 150,000 $AU (about 100,000 U.S. dollars).  Secondary benefits: free airfares from your home country to tropical Hamilton Island on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, and a multi-million-dollar three-bedroom beach home – rent-free.

In its bid to boost Queensland’s $18 billion a year tourism industry, the northeastern Australian state is going to great lengths to stress that it’s a real job.

No need to tell hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts from all over the world: inundating the website that advertises the job, they managed to crash it for a day. It’s up and running again though, so you can visit it to submit a 60-second video explaining why you’re the ideal candidate. Think about it – you have until February 22nd to apply.

Fantastic piece of tourism marketing, if only for all the people sending in video’s and raving about the job. But also a great way to call out to potential candidates – and a shame not all work can be made this enticing.

Read more on Expatica (thanks to Meg for giving a shout).

(image the best job in the world by me)

This workshop empowered the people who were there as much as it did me – and it left me with a lot of useful feedback.

The Digital Pioneers Academy coaches social, small-scale online enterprises looking to professionalize. For them, writing a business plan can be a daunting task. I wanted to simplify the business model concept by visualizing it – and to turn the prospect of working with it into a positive design challenge.

Below is the Slideshare presentation (some rights reserved – ). I adapted it after the workshop to give the pioneers a reference guide to flick through. Because I used their feedback to clarify some things, it’s as much theirs as mine.

(photo standing there – in a puddle by Auntie P)