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Ep52: The Blender Disease - Our 'feature checklist' culture

Blender Guru
Blender Guru
Episode • Sep 22, 2014 • 1s
In this podcast we discuss:
-The pervading culture of wanting new features over improving old ones (starts at 21:03)
-Why this is against our best interests
-How this can negatively effect development
-How it could turn potential new users away
-How this further harms our reputation

Also, discussed:
-The horrible trend of movie trailers showing the entire movie
-Why I could understand a business owner who commits suicide
-Moving back to Australia - and how the grass is always greener

Questions from twitter using #bgpod (starts at 1:08:22):
-Is it possible to bake reflections?
-Where to get Blender advice when struggling?
-Better to change the language in Blender?
-Does Australia have a national anthem?
-Is there a Crazybump alternative or Mac users?
-What music do you listen to when working?
-Any experience sculpting or 3D printing?
-Will you do another AMA?
-What do you think of Windows 8?
-Do you ever compete in competitions online?
-Do you sketch before starting a project?
-What does Blender do better than other software?
-What's your daily routine?

Got a question for next week's podcast? Ask me via #bgpod on Twitter

Thoughts on this week's topic? Post at blenderguru.com