I’ve said before that I think conferences are super valuable to attend. This episode is about one of my favorites: the SIGGRAPH Conference

It’s been almost 6 years since I posted the last episode. I think it’s time for the show to make a comeback. This is a recap of the crazy stuff I’ve been up to since the last episode.

We’re talking Nodevember in this episode! Jonas and Luca explain what Nodevember is, how it started, and how you can be a part of it yourself. These two are great fun to listen to… and while you listen, you can make your own burst of node-y goodness.

This week we have a great talk with Greg Zaal about his website, HDRI Haven, a place where you can freely get high-quality 360-degree HDR images under a CC-0 license. We also talk about the process of making a good HDRI as well as the “sister sites” to HDRI Haven, Texture Haven and 3D Model Haven.

In this episode, we talk with user interaction designer, Máirín Duffy about her work, the process of designing user experiences in software, and best practices for engaging open source communities. She’s been doing this for a while and is super knowledgeable on the topic, so it’s certainly worth a listen.

This week we get to talk with Pat David about PIXLS.US, GIMP, and a whole host of other topics around open source software, art, photography, and communities.

This week’s guest is Marcin Jakubowski from the Open Source Ecology project. They’re making some really cool things and have a plan for giving people the tools (creative and otherwise) to build their own civilization.

Solo show this week! In response to a listener’s feedback, I talk about a ring carving mount that I designed in Blender and produced on my 3D printer.

As promised, this is the follow-up to Episode 45. We speak with Bong Wee Kwong and Miguel Pozo about BlenderNPR and get more details about the BEER renderer.

In this episode, I interview guest Lee Posey from the BlenderNPR community to talk all about non-photorealistic rendering in Blender, the BEER renderer, and the BEER Development Campaign that they’ve started to fund its development.

It’s also is an episode of firsts. It’s the first episode with a guest and it’s the first episode recorded with video. Exciting times are afoot.