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Although I appreciate the work of these folks, they seriously need to get themselves a conference speaker: I could not understand anything of what he was saying

Although I appreciate the work of these folks, they seriously need to get themselves a conference speaker: I could not understand anything of what he was saying (candid feedback, please don't misunderstand).

ahartmetz 7y ago
Yeah. I was in the auditorium and could understand maybe one in four words. The acoustics there seem to be bad as well, so maybe the recording is better enough to make the guy understandable.
- ahartmetz 7y ago
  PS I am happy to report that I can understand ~90% of the words in the video. Enough to not lose the thread.
- StavrosK 7y ago
  The video seems quite good, there's some clipping at the start but I have no trouble understanding what he's saying. He does seem to have a bit of a lisp (or maybe it's the accent), but nothing that I would notice if it weren't pointed out here. EDIT: Oh I just noticed your sibling comment, disregard.
knolan 7y ago
He’s the Dutch founder of Blender.
DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
I am not a native English speaker and am having severe issues understanding what Van der Smut is saying. Was it something about an unfortunate schmelting accident? Schmoke and a pancake? Cigarette and a flapjack? Cigar and a waffle? Pipe and a crepe? Bong and a blintz? No? Then there ish no pleeshing you. edit: very sorry, ... I know I'm horrible, and this is bang out of order but I can't stop laughing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LlPU6KenjU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LlPU6KenjU
OmarShehata 7y ago
Ton (the speaker) has such a wonderful energy that maybe doesn't come off in this talk. I went to his Blender community session at SIGGRAPH last year, where he announced he wanted to go around the room and have people say their name and why they're interested in Blender before the talk started. I assumed he was joking because the room was packed, there was over a hundred people in there. Yet he went for it, even going so far as to rip the tape holding down the microphone chord to reach all the people in the back. It took us over half an hour (of an hour long session) to get to everyone, but he explained that it had always been a tradition to do this, starting way back when less than a dozen people would be at a session like this. It was really inspiring seeing his commitment to hear from each and every single person in that room and actually get to know why they were here and what they were expecting out of Blender. I could tell this was a really awesome community, and it made it really easy to talk to everyone around me. It was one of my favorite conference sessions.
zxexz 7y ago
Weird - I've never had a problem understanding Ton (in fact he's one of the more entertaining conference speakers I've heard). Maybe I've just listened to too many FOSS talks with Dutch devs :P

ahartmetz 7y ago

Yeah. I was in the auditorium and could understand maybe one in four words. The acoustics there seem to be bad as well, so maybe the recording is better enough to make the guy understandable.

ahartmetz 7y ago
PS I am happy to report that I can understand ~90% of the words in the video. Enough to not lose the thread.
StavrosK 7y ago
The video seems quite good, there's some clipping at the start but I have no trouble understanding what he's saying. He does seem to have a bit of a lisp (or maybe it's the accent), but nothing that I would notice if it weren't pointed out here. EDIT: Oh I just noticed your sibling comment, disregard.

knolan 7y ago

He’s the Dutch founder of Blender.

DyslexicAtheist 7y ago

I am not a native English speaker and am having severe issues understanding what Van der Smut is saying. Was it something about an unfortunate schmelting accident? Schmoke and a pancake? Cigarette and a flapjack? Cigar and a waffle? Pipe and a crepe? Bong and a blintz? No? Then there ish no pleeshing you. edit: very sorry, ... I know I'm horrible, and this is bang out of order but I can't stop laughing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LlPU6KenjU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LlPU6KenjU

OmarShehata 7y ago

Ton (the speaker) has such a wonderful energy that maybe doesn't come off in this talk. I went to his Blender community session at SIGGRAPH last year, where he announced he wanted to go around the room and have people say their name and why they're interested in Blender before the talk started. I assumed he was joking because the room was packed, there was over a hundred people in there. Yet he went for it, even going so far as to rip the tape holding down the microphone chord to reach all the people in the back. It took us over half an hour (of an hour long session) to get to everyone, but he explained that it had always been a tradition to do this, starting way back when less than a dozen people would be at a session like this. It was really inspiring seeing his commitment to hear from each and every single person in that room and actually get to know why they were here and what they were expecting out of Blender. I could tell this was a really awesome community, and it made it really easy to talk to everyone around me. It was one of my favorite conference sessions.

zxexz 7y ago

Weird - I've never had a problem understanding Ton (in fact he's one of the more entertaining conference speakers I've heard). Maybe I've just listened to too many FOSS talks with Dutch devs :P