Archive for April 20th, 2009
Ton Roosendaal was interviewed at the Winter Camp 09 in Amsterdam and spoke the words “Like a Philippine Blender website.” Watch the Video
According to Ton,
“Blender was designed for people who knows what to do”.
“Blender, though it is an opensource it is not meant for everybody, it is meant for artist
who have the passion for 3d and is willing to spend a lot on it, and get a lot from it.”
At the camp Ton pointed out four keys focus point to build up a good
community.
“The first is to understand and facilitate people’s self-interest, that people want to also
get something out of it or will leave”.
“The second point is to not take yourself too seriously”.
“Point three, set ambitious goals. In Blender’s case this means saying to Hollywood…
“up yours” and produce high quality animations without the dominating Hollywood
business model”.
“Point four is to stop the navel-gazing, to jump out of the ivory tower and get those
feet wet, go where the things actually happen without thinking to much on a abstract
level about who you are and how to do thing different and, and this is the last point,
don’t listen to people who talk, but look at what they do”.