RSA Animate illustrated lectures

The combination of skilful drawing illustrating the short, thought-provoking lecture in this video is great:

I have watched several of them now (it's part of a series) and find them very compelling. Many people find it quite difficult just to listen to a lecture and need something to watch ... other than a 'talking head'. The sketching hits just the right humorous note for me; it emphasises what is being said, without distracting from the content. It also looks effortless which means it probably took ages and ages to create! 

Multimedia design

I have been running a blog to document my work for Kesurokai, an organisation that brings together traditional craftsmen from Japan and Europe. As a favour, I also agreed to update their web site however, as their organiser, Hannes Schnelle, and many of their craftsmen are from Germany, it is written in German! It has been a long time since I learned German at school so this presented an interesting challenge, but I managed it with some excellent help from green woodworkers Michail and Katy Schütte who translated the bulk of the text and my kind friend Michael Hohl who helped me finish it off.